Thursday-Sunday, April 27, 28, 29 and 30
York High School drama will perform West Side Story. Tickets will go on sale to the public beginning Thursday, March 16 at www.ticketpeak.com/res/yorkdrama.
Saturday, April 29
From 9 a.m.-12 noon, the City of Elmhurst along with Elmhurst College, DuPage County and SCARCE will host the 2017 Recycling Extravaganza at Elmhurst College, in the Alexander St. parking lot. For a complete list of recyclable items, visit elmhurst.edu/sustainability.
Sunday, April 30
• At 3 p.m., the Elmhurst Choral Union and Orchestra will present Totally Mozart at Hammerschmidt Chapel on the campus of Elmhurst College. Tickets are $25 for adults, $23 for seniors and $10 for youth (7-22). Tickets are available from elmhurstchoralunion.org , 800-838-3006, or at the door. The concert is funded in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
• From 2-4 p.m., meet at the Elmhurst History Museum’s Education Center, 120 E. Park Ave., for Elmhurst Neighborhood Tour: How the City Developed Over Time.” Explore the history of different neighborhoods throughout Elmhurst during this bus tour, beginning with the 1870s when people built homes to escape post-fire Chicago. Cost: $20 for members; $25 for non-members. RSVP at elmhursthistory.org (adult program section) or http://btp.me/2844002. Info: elmhursthistory.org or call 630-833-1457.
Monday, May 1
The Elmhurst Garden Club will hold its monthly membership luncheon at Wilder Mansion. The Club will have their Member Plant Sale starting at 10:30 a.m.. Luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m., followed by the regular membership meeting at 12 noon. The program “Potagere: Kitchen Garden” by Freyja Conrad will begin at 1 p.m. For info: elmhurstgardenclub.org.
Tuesday, May 2
When life gives you a rainy day, make a rain garden and use a rain barrel. Crestview Garden Club is featuring Jan Roehll, from The Conservation Foundation, who will do a presentation on rain gardens and rain barrels, the benefits of both and how to get started. Learn how to best use rain as a resource for your yard. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Community Bank of Elmhurst, 330 W. Butterfield Road at Spring Road, second floor. The program is free and open to the public. Info: 630-408-7900.
Wednesday, May 3
From 9:30-10:30 a.m., preschoolers ages 3-6 are invited to Elmhurst History Museum Education Center, 120 E. Park, for House & Home Story Time. Children and their caregivers will do a fun activity together after reading the story “The City Kid & the Suburb Kid” by Deb Pilutti and Linda Bleck. Co-presented with the Elmhurst Public Library. Fee: Members–$3/child; Non-members–$5/child (no charge for adults) To register, call 630-833-1457 or visit elmhistory.org.
Friday, May 5 & Saturday, May 6
From 9 a.m. to 4. p.m. both days, RRAF in Elmhurst will host a sale of antique, costume and retro jewelry at 613 So. Main St. in Lombard to benefit children with autism.
Friday, May 5
From 6-10 p.m., the Elmhurst Junior Women’s Club will hold its annual “Tickled Pink!” fundraiser at the Diplomat West, 681 W. North Ave. Fun for adults and children, the adults can enjoy a night of shopping, appetizers, drinks and desserts and free prize drawings. Children can participate in crafts, hair and nails, face painting and meet Disney inspired princesses. Admission: $30/adults, $10/children younger than 10. Proceeds benefit the Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare Breast Health Center and the EJWC Brenda Grabacki Scholarship Fund.
Saturday, May 6
• Beginning at 7 p.m., the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra presents “Musical Monuments,” the final concert of its 56th season at Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church, 149 W. Brush Hill Rd. Tickets are $32 for adults, $30 for seniors and $9 for students. Group and family rates are available. Behind the Music Stand, led by audience favorite Dr. Ted Hatmaker, will take place at 5:45 p.m. prior to the concert. All are welcome. For more information, visit elmhurstsymphony.org or call 630-941-0202.
• Faith Evangelical United Methodist Church, 111 W. North Ave., will host Alan Fenske at 7:30 p.m., who will present facts and knowledge of the moon. Afterwards, weather permitting, participants will each get to view the moon up close, looking through his telescope. Info or to register: contact the church office at [email protected]m or 630-941-0212.
Sunday, May 7
• Beginning at 12:15 p.m., the Single Mothers Support Group will host its monthly meeting in the Garden Room of the Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church 149 Brush Hill Rd. The meeting includes lunch, followed by child care while mothers enjoy a program about single women who survived poverty, the loss of a business and losing a child, etc. Poised for Success will also present part of the program. This will be our last meeting until Sept. 17. Guests welcome. Info: [email protected] or visit elmhurstcrc.org/she.
• From 2-4:30 p.m., the Elmhurst History Museum will present “Hunting for your Home’s History” workshop. Instructor Jean Guarino, PhD, leads participants through the steps of researching your house history including: where to find primary source documents, online resources, and combing the archives of local institutions. Fee: Members, $15; Non-members, $20. To register, visit elmhursthistory.org or call 630-833-1457.
Thursday, May 11
From 2-3 p.m., the Elmhurst History Museum presents a lecture “Americans and their Homes. Join award-winning author and history professor Michael H. Ebner to explore the exterior and interior attributes of homes in Elmhurst, DuPage County, and the Chicago metropolitan area. Fee: Members, free; non-members, $5. To register, call 630-833-1457 or visit elmhursthistory.org.
Saturday, May 13
• From 9 a.m. to 12 noon, the third annual Yard Sale and Green Garden Fair will be held in the parking lot of the First Congregational Church at 235 S. Kenilworth. New this year will be the sale, by We Grow Dreams Greenhouse and Garden Center, of native plants, sourced within 90 miles of St. Charles, Ill. Food scrap amended compost will be available for purchase. Bring your own containers to fill. Or buy a rain barrel. University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners will be there to answer gardening questions. Free and open to the public.
• Rockin’ Jewelry for Kids is a beginner’s class being hosted by the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, 220 Cottage Hill Ave., to make their own gemstone jewelry to keep. Choose two different types of jewelry to make with stones from the Museum Shop and learn how to work with jeweler’s tools. The class form ages 8-16, starts at 1:30 p.m. Fee: $10 per person; reservations required. Info: Call 630-833-1616 or lizzadromuseum.org.
Sunday, May 21
From 1-5 p.m., Elmhurst Museum Day will take place at the various local museums including Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst History Museum, Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, and Wilder Park Conservatory. The Explore Elmhurst trolley will be operating that day. Free admission to all museums plus family-friendly activities, exhibit tours and much more. Limited free parking at each museum.
Ongoing programs:
• A support group for family caregivers of older adults meets the second and fourth Thursdays of every month from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Elmhurst Public Library’s second floor study room. (Not an Elmhurst Library program.) Info: (630) 833-9665.
• “By All Accounts: The Story of Elmhurst,” is at the Elmhurst History Museum, 120 E. Park Ave. Take an interactive journey through Elmhurst history. Experience engaging towers filled with one-of-a-kind objects, compelling photos, and first-person video accounts from locals. View new additions to the exhibit including a feature on veterans and the Glos Mansion history. Admission: Free. Info: 630-833-1457 or elmhursthistory.org
• The Elmhurst American Legion, T.H.B. Post No. 187, hosts a fish fry every Friday night from 6-8:30 p.m. New York steaks are available first Friday of the month. Musical entertainment follows. Karaoke on the second Friday of each month. Bingo on Wednesdays, starting with Early Birds at 6:45 p.m. Info: 630-833-7800
•. TOPS—Take Off Pounds Sensibly—meets on Friday mornings at Grace Lutheran Church 950 S. York Road, Bensenville. Weigh-in at 9:30 a.m., meeting from 10-11 a.m. Info: email Millie at [email protected]
