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Village in Illinois, US
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The village of Skokie is a suburb in the Chicagoland area about 15 miles (24 km) north of Chicago's downtown Loop. The name Skokie comes from a Potawatomi word for 'marsh'. It is home to the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. .
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As of June 2025, this museum is closed for renovations and scheduled to reopen in 2026. A temporary site is operating in Chicago's Near North neighborhood.
Small park in between Skokie Public Library and Village Hall features several monuments, including a Holocaust memorial and an eccentric recycling sculpture. Home to Skokie's "Wednesdays on the Green" summer concert series.
Facilities include mini golf, golf driving range, and batting cages.
A public library offering cultural events, free internet access, and more. In 2018, Skokie's Public Library was one of ten libraries in its expenditure range across the country to be named a five-star library by the Library Journal.
Theater near Old Orchard Mall offers shows for younger and older audiences.
Par-3 public golf course and adjacent fitness center.
Theatre in downtown Skokie offers jazz, film, and music events.
Highly regarded Jewish deli near the Dempster-Skokie CTA station.
Latin American cafe in downtown Skokie offers coffee, tea, sandwiches, and desserts.
formerly Old Orchard Shopping Center
This North Shore mall offers upscale stores like L.L. Bean, Nordstrom, and Apple and a smattering of restaurants in an outdoor, open-air setting. Old Orchard is rumored to be the basis for the mall in the movie Mean Girls, which is based on a nearby high school.
This smaller shopping mall, at the border of the Village of Skokie and the Village of Niles (get it?), offers a more typical suburban shopping mall experience.
By car
I-94 (the Edens Expressway) has exits at Touhy Avenue and Dempster Street in Skokie.
Pace and CTA buses run through Skokie, forming connections at Old Orchard, Skokie CTA Station and Downtown Skokie and the Village Crossing Shopping Center.
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