The club will meet in the Vail Room at LFP on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, with the following exceptions: June, July, and August, when we meet only on the third Tuesday of each month. The Vail Room is located on the first floor of Lake Forest Place, 1100 Pembridge Dr, Lake Forest, IL 60045. Events listed below in italics are part of the CACCA (Chicago Area Camera Club Association) events open to our membership.
2026-2027 NSCC Calendar
June 12 Breakfast,10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL
June 16 Program Night – Still life program/photoshoot, Christine Foley,7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
July 10 Breakfast, 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL
July 21 Program-How to judge images – Bob Benson and Bill Brown, 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
August 9 Annual Picnic, 4 – 7 pm , Lake County Forest Preserve, Old School Shelter "B"
28285 N. St. Mary's Road, Libertyville, IL 60048
August 14 Breakfast, 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL
August 18 Program Night- Chicago Botanical Garden – outing (info to follow)
September 11 Breakfast, 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL
September 15 Program Night- Middlefork Savanna outing/photo shoot (info to follow)
October 6 Competition Night,7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
October 9 Breakfast, 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL
October 11 CACCA Special Themes, Reflections in a Puddle, Upload by 6:00 pm, Self-judging Oct. 12 - 16
October 14 CACCA Nature and PJ, Upload due, Judging October 17th, 1 pm
October 17 CACCA DPI judged, 10 am
October 20 Program Night, Sports photography (hockey) – Professional Hockey photographer
Richie Guzior, 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
November 3 Competition Night, 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
November 13 Breakfast, 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL
November 15 CACCA Special Theme, Wildlife (no zoo or game, or farm animals)
Upload due by 6 pm, Self-judging Nov. 16 -20
November 18 CACCA Portrait and Creative
Upload due, Judging Nov. 21st, 1 pm
November 17 Program Night, Critique Night, 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
November 21 CACCA DPI judged, 10 am
December 1 Competition Night,7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
December 6 CACCA Special Theme, Autumn Colors, Upload by 6 pm, Self-judging Dec. 7 – 11
December 8 Holiday Party, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
December 9 CACCA, Nature and PJ, Upload due, Judging Dec. 12th, 1 pm
December 12 CACCA, DPI judged, 10 am
December 11 Breakfast, 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL
January 5 Competition Night, 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
January 8 Breakfast, 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL
January 10 CACCA, Special Theme, Inside a House of Worship, Upload due by 6 pm, Self-judging Jan. 11-15
January 13 CACCA, Portrait and Creative, Upload due, Judging January 16th, 1 pm
January 16 CACCA, DPI judged, 10 am
January 19 Program Night, Bad Weather Photography, Arik Gorbam – 7:00 pm, Zoom meeting
February 2 Competition Night, 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
February 12 Breakfast, 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL
February 14 CACCA Special Theme, Parts of a face (human or animal), Upload due, Self-Judging February 15 - 19
February 16 Program Night, Still like workshop – winter set-ups,7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
February 17 CACCA, Nature and PJ, Upload due, Judging February 20th, 1 pm
February 20 CACCA, DPI judged, 10 am
March 2 Competition Night, 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
March 12 Breakfast, 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL
March 14 CACCA Special Theme, Wheels, Upload due, Self-judging March 15-19
March 16 Program Night, Street Photography, Steve Geer,7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
March 17 CACCA, Portrait and Creative, Upload due, Judging March 20th, 1 pm
March 20 CACCA, DPI judged, 10 am
March 28 CACCA Postcard Competition, Upload due by noon, judged March 29 – April 3
April 6 Competition Night, 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
April 9 Breakfast, 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL
April 11 CACCA Special Theme, In Motion, Upload due, Self-judging April 12-16
April 17 CACCA, DPI judged, 10 am
April 20 Program Night- Frog lady shoot, 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
May 4 Members’ Choice Competition
7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
May 9 CACCA Special Theme, Tulips
Upload due, Self-judging May 10-14
May 15 CACCA, DPI judged, 10 am
May 14 Breakfast, 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL
May 18 Program Night, Model Shoot, 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
June 11 Breakfast, 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL
June 15 Program Night, TBD
July 9 Breakfast, 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL
July 20 Program Night, TBD
August 13 Breakfast, 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL
August 17 Program Night, TBD
September 10 Breakfast, 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Avenue, Highland Park, IL
September 21 Program - TBD
July 10 Breakfast, 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Avenue, Highland Park
July 21 Program night, "Becoming a Better Judge for the CACCA Community" - Bob Benson and Bill Brown, 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place