Community Calendar
Recurring on Sundays
Elmhurst Model Railroad Club Sunday open house. From 1-4 p.m. every Sunday at the Elmhurst Model Railroad Club, 111 E. First St., and visit the club’s three operating model railroad layouts. For more information, call 630-530-9584 or email: emrrc@comcast.net
Recurring daily until Jan. 2
Winter Scavenger Hunt. Recurring daily at the Elmhurst City Centre, discover the magic of the season with over 100 plush reindeer hidden in the windows of your favorite merchants throughout City Centre. Explore downtown Elmhurst, search for the reindeer, and enter to win over 100 prizes. Player cards are available online or at any participating retailer. And don’t forget to check out the dazzling holiday lights as you explore the shops and restaurants of downtown Elmhurst. Don’t miss out on this festive experience. For more information, visit: https://elmhurstcitycentre.com/events
Now through Jan. 4
Elmhurst Art Museum – Shakkei: Work by Mayumi Lake and Bob Faust: Shakkei: Work by Mayumi Lake and Bob Faust occupies the museum’s main galleries as well as the historic Mies van der Rohe—designed McCormick House, featuring new site-responsive installations alongside recent works. The title references the Japanese principle of Shakkei—or “borrowed scenery”—a design philosophy that harmonizes built environments with the surrounding natural landscape. Lake and Faust interpret this concept broadly, as a metaphor for empathy, adaptability, and the capacity to hold multiple perspectives at once. Their works reflect a deep engagement with personal history, place, and the transformative power of shared visual language. For more information, visit: elmhurstartmuseum.org
Elmhurst Artists’ Guild winter members show. The Elmhurst Artists’ Guild (EAG) invites the public to enjoy its winter members’ show in the EAG Gallery at the Elmhurst Art Museum, 150 Cottage Hill Ave. During the show, the gallery’s Feature Wall spotlights the work of Jeanne Yargicoglu, a University of Dallas Fine Art graduate whose mixed-media abstractions explore the space between the natural and the internal world. With a background in graphic design and art direction, Yargicoglu returns to her fine art roots through layered compositions rich in texture and quiet organic forms that evoke transformation and emotional balance. For more information, visit: https://www.elmhurstartistsguild.org
Recurring weekly through Jan. 30
People, places and things: Photography by Audrey Lowe. Recurring weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from noon-5 p.m. at the Elmhurst Art Museum, 150 Cottage Hill Ave., Lowe invites the public to experience her evocative solo exhibition of a life’s work of photography art. Proceeds from sales will benefit Glioblastoma Research. The exhibition will culminate with a closing reception on Jan. 30 from 7-9 p.m. Free and open to the public. For more information, visit: https://www.elmhurstartistsguild.org/
Now through Feb. 22, 2026
Winter Stitch-Along. Presented by the Elmhurst Public Library, and recurring weekly on Sundays, a stitch-along is a mystery cross-stitch pattern where new parts of the design are released each week. Every Sunday, the library will send you the next piece until you have a completed pattern. This is an asynchronous program where everyone stitches at their own pace. This year’s theme is folk art. For more information, visit: https://www.elmhurstpubliclibrary.org/
Now through Feb. 28, 2026
Winter Reading Program. Presented by the Elmhurst Public Library, Reading Takes You Places! This year, readers of all ages can track their reading or listening to be eligible for prize drawings. For more information, visit: https://www.elmhurstpubliclibrary.org/
12th annual Organic Seedlings Sale. The First Congregational United Church of Christ’s twelfth annual Organic Seedlings Sale is kicking off now. Preorder seedlings through Feb. 28 and then pick them up at the church’s Green Garden Fair from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, May 9. The church is located at 235 S. Kenilworth in Elmhurst. Certified organic vegetable and herb seedlings will be available as well as annual flower seedlings. Choose from your old favorite varieties from prior years as well as fun new varieties. Seedlings can be ordered by going to the church website: https://elmhurstucc.org/store. Orders will be filled based on the date they are received. For more information, visit: https://first-congregational-store.square.site/
Sunday, Jan. 11
Snapshots in Time: 250 Years of Elmhurst History Lecture. Starting at 1 p.m. at the Elmhurst History Museum, 120 E. Park Ave., join Dave Oberg, executive director of the Elmhurst History Museum, in celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. At 1 p.m., enjoy a special flag raising ceremony and then head into the Education Center for a special lecture on Elmhurst history at 1:30 p.m. Presented in 25-year intervals, this lecture will provide a 250-year retrospective on how the area we call Elmhurst today has changed over time. This talk covers the vast and sweeping changes our area has seen, from the time when Pypegee strolled along the banks of the Wewanippissee (now called Salt Creek), through the arrival of the iron horse, incorporation under Village President Henry Glos, explosive growth in the 1920s and 1960s, and a new era of construction in the 21st century. Free for members; $8 for nonmembers.
Sunday, Jan 18
Appalachian Spring concert. From 3-5 p.m. presented by the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra at the Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church, 149 W. Brush Hill Road, the orchestra celebrates America at 250 with Appalachian Spring. Maestro Stephen Alltop leads the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra in an all-American Program. Program highlights include: Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring; Eric Ewazen, Sinfonia for Strings; Jessie Montgomery, Strum; and James Stephenson, Persephone. For tickets, first-time visitor guides, FAQs, and further concert details, visit www.ElmhurstSymphony.org or call the Elmhurst Symphony office at 630-941-0202.
Elmhurst Art Museum
Info: 630-834-0202 or visit elmhurstartmuseum.org.