EMKAY and DuPage PADS Help Give a Happy Holiday ITASCA, IL – EMKAY partnered with the DuPage PADS (Public Action to Deliver Shelter) to help provide a Thanksgiving meals to families in need. The EMKAY family rallied to donate more than six complete baskets to families in need this holiday season. Read more on Automotive…
Too often, we think we have to go downtown Chicago to visit an excellent museum, but this is absolutely not the case. Conveniently located near downtown Elmhurst, is the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art. What is Lapidary Art you ask? Lapidary is the art of cutting and polishing stone.
Not too long ago, we posted this tour of Lyman Woods in Downers Grove. In addition to the wide variety of wild plants and vegetation growing in Lyman Woods, the preserve is teaming with wildlife. On this brisk fall morning these deer grazed, seemingly unfazed by the nearby traffic and bustling corporate office park. Just…
Just a quick reminder for all the parents out there… Remember that DuPage-area public schools are closed for Thanksgiving vacation this week. No need to rush the kids off to school, but hopefully they have somewhere to go
Winter Jazz Fest – Kidjazz! Join the Arts Center Jazz Ensemble as they dance and kazoo their way through some of jazz music’s rich history. McAninch Arts Center Mainstage at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn.
The DuPage workNet Career Center offers various employment, career, and workforce development services to the job seekers and businesses of DuPage County.
Warrenville alderman Christopher Halley has been arrested… again. At the present moment, Halley is behind bars in the DuPage County jail trying to post his bond. The court has ordered Halley to turn in his passport after he allegedly attempted to flee to Rockford after promising to turn himself in to police. Halley is currently…
On Friday, November 25th (the day after Thanksgiving), check out one of the many Christmas tree lighting events in DuPage County. Get your kids and the whole family into holiday fun and spirits!
Of the tree-lighting events listed below, my personal favorite is the Glen Ellyn event. The tree lighting takes place right in the heart of downtown Glen Ellyn at Main Street and Crescent Blvd. The setting is very much like that of a Norman Rockwell painting. The entire family is sure to enjoy it!
[Photos from in and around Downers Grove.] Downers Grove Park District Museum Image by skeggy Downers Grove Park District Museum, on Maple Ave, Downers Grove, Illinois. Side view in snow – a gray wintry day. www.dgparks.org/catalog.cfm?dest=dir&linkid=17&li… Tivoli Theatre, Downers Grove, IL Image by BWChicago 5021 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL cinematreasures.org/theater/66/ Kids on flooded 55th…
German food, fun, and great beers await you at this year’s Oktoberfest event in Naperville. The event begins today (4PM -10PM) and runs through Saturday (11AM – 10PM).
