On Monday, May 1, 2017 at the City Council Meeting, Mayor Steve Morley issued a Proclamation designating May 7-13, 2017 as “Municipal Clerks Week.” The Proclamation cites that the Clerk “serves as the professional link between the citizens, the local governing bodies and agencies of government at other levels.” The […]

Join Elmhurst Park District at The Abbey on Wednesday, May 17 from 12:30-3 p.m. to learn about the nutrition and lifestyles of the world’s five most remarkable longevity hot spots. Today we are living longer than ever before, and a few of us can expect to live to 100 or […]

Garden Club of Villa Park 23rd Annual Plant Sale Villa Park, IL, May 12 & 13, 2017 – The 23rd Annual Plant Sale of the Garden Club of Villa Park will be held Friday and Saturday, May 12 and 13, 2017 from 8 am to 3 pm at the Villa […]

On Saturday, June 3, the family of an Immaculate Conception Grade School kindergarten student will team up with the IC Grade School and Parish community to host a charity lemonade stand on the parish grounds. The lemonade stand will benefit “Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation,” a national childhood cancer foundation dedicated […]

On Sunday, May 14, Bethel United Church of Christ will celebrate its annual spring Music Sunday, featuring the church’s adult voice choir under the direction of Minister of Music Jeffrey Panko, the adult bell choir under the direction of Linda Lunt, and soloists Andrew Volk, clarinet, and Jenny Riddle, soprano. […]

The Kiwanis Club of Lombard will present its 13th annual “Over the Threshold…A Tour of Distinctive Lombard Homes” on Friday, May 19. The house walk will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and again from 5-8:30 p.m. All attendees are invited to a reception from 3:30-4:30 p.m. at […]

Local performers with Elmhurst roots join to support Elmhurst Centre for Performing Arts Elmhurst native, Julie Peterson, returns to Elmhurst on Saturday, May 13, for a special performance in Broadway in Elmhurst, an evening of musical theatre and entertainment to benefit the Elmhurst Centre for Performing Arts, a not-for-profit organization […]

Jack Jones remembers when a train fare was around a dime, and that the Chicago Aurora & Elgin train went all the way to Wells Street in Chicago, where one could then take an el train to the Loop. The era of that third-rail train sprouting from the far west […]

Support the restoration of historic Mayslake Hall at a 1920s-era garden party featuring games, activities, antique cars, antique silver tableware, a silent auction and music on Sunday, June 4 from 1 to 4 p.m. on the lawn at Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 W. 31st St. in Oak Brook. Tickets are […]

ICGS inviting all school alumni, parents, and friends for reunion On the evening of June 2 from 7 – 10 p.m., alumni, alumni parents, current former teachers and staff, and friends of Immaculate Conception Grade School in Elmhurst, are invited to gather for drinks, food, and friendship at the Knights […]