The City of Elmhurst is partnering with Elmhurst College, DuPage County and SCARCE to host the 2017 Recycling Extravaganza on Saturday, April 29 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. The event will be held at Elmhurst College, using the Alexander Parking Lot. Items that will be recycled include: eye glasses, […]

Programs for scouts, youth groups, companies and individuals The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County invites fans of the forest preserves to celebrate Earth Day in April by helping to remove litter and enhancing the environment at several volunteer workdays. Individuals and families as well as school and church groups, […]

Members of the community will have the opportunity to share their opinions on state issues and gain insight on legislation up for debate in Springfield at a Coffee Shop Stop hosted by state Rep. Deb Conroy, D-Villa Park, on Saturday, March 25 from 10:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. at The […]

When we see images of children injured in the war in Syria or displaced with their families to refugee camps in neighboring countries, it’s too easy to feel a moment of sympathy and go on to the next news story. It’s quite a different matter when you’ve met these families, […]

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES MEMBERS The Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry will honor some 40 members at its “Salute to Business and Professional Services” Spring Luncheon at the Diplomat West Banquet Halls on Wednesday, April 19, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. “This business category of honorees is special […]

Elmhurst College will be screening a documentary about a renowned Chicago art collective on Friday, March 31 beginning at 6 p.m. in the Schaible Science Center, Illinois Hall, on the campus of Elmhurst College elmhurst.edu/campusmap). The documentary, called Hairy Who and The Chicago Imagists is an engrossing and lavishly illustrated […]

Thursday, March 23 Join the League of Women Voters of Elmhurst at 7 p.m. at the Elmhurst Public Library, 125 S. Prospect Ave., as they explore the resources available in DuPage County for those dealing with mental health issues. Meredith Kober of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), will […]

New exhibition tours America’s residential landscape at History Museum Home. It’s where we all come from. Whether we have lived in military barracks or college dormitories; in rental apartments or condos; in public housing or gated communities; in trailer parks or row houses-where we live is home. But the word […]

The Elmhurst Symphony Musicians in Performance at Mayslake series concludes its 2016-17 season with “All That Jazz” on Thursday, April 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 W. 31st St. in Oak Brook. ESO Assistant Conductor Allison Gaines will lead a selected group of ESO musicians in an […]

The local band Lake Effect will be performing a concert to benefit the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, April 8 from 12-4 p.m at Pinstripes in Oak Brook. Lake Effect will be the spotlight of the afternoon, providing music from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s will be in the spotlight […]