Pick of the Week – The Elmhurst event NOT to be missed! The Independent urges readers to: Stay home, stay well and keep your family safe! For the latest updates on cancelled events, restaurants offering curbside delivery, and other notices concerning the Coronairus please visit: theindependentnewspapers.com. ———————————- Ongoing programs: SPECIAL […]

Pick of the Week – The Elmhurst event NOT to be missed! Thursday, March 19 From 6 to 9 p.m., York Furrier, 107 N. York Street, is hosting a Fashionable FUNdraiser benefit for the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra. A fully-deductible donation of $60 includes hors d’oeuvres, dessert buffet; champagne, wine and […]

Pick of the Week – The Elmhurst event NOT to be missed! Saturday, March 14 Family Day Puppet Workshop From 1-4 p.m., the Elmhurst Art Museum is hosting a Family Day Workshop with Puppets. Families can participate in art activities inspired by the museum’s current exhibition Could Be Architecture, then […]

Pick of the Week – The Elmhurst event NOT to be missed! Saturday, March 7 Elmhurst St. Patrick’s Day Parade The 24th Annual Elmhurst St. Patrick’s Day Parade will  step off from Spring Road and Wilson St. promptly at 12 noon. Come out early for music and more. Dress for […]

Pick of the Week – The Elmhurst event NOT to be missed! Saturday, Feb. 29 Lions Club Annual Pizza Party From 5-7 p.m., the Elmhurst Lions Club will hold its 34th Annual All You Can Eat Pizza Party Fundraiser at Sandburg Middle School. Enjoy Roberto’s Pizza, cookies and soda. Tickets, […]

Pick of the Week – The Elmhurst event NOT to be missed! Sunday, Feb. 23  Messiah Lutheran presents Spirituals for Black History Month At 10 a.m., Messiah Lutheran Church at 130 W. Butterfield Rd., will present A Service of Spirituals to celebrate African American History month. Singers will perform African […]

Pick of the Week – The Elmhurst event NOT to be missed! Thursday, Feb. 13 Next Stop Elmhurst: Exploring railroads at EHM At 3 p.m., the Elmhurst History Museum presents a new Throwback Thursday lecture by exhibits curator Dan Bartlett, who will talk about the earliest history of the Galena […]

Saturday, Feb. 8  • At 10:30 a.m., Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, now located at 1220 Kensington Road in Oak Brook, offers “Start Your Rockin’ Collection” for youth 5 to 10 years of age. Create your personalized rock collection. Bring our own egg carton to repurpose into a collection box. […]

  Pick of the Week – The Elmhurst event NOT to be missed! Thursday, Jan. 30  From 7-8 p.m., the Elmhurst Youth Commission and Thrive D205 invites parents and teens to a program entitled, “Legal Marijuana: What Does It Mean for Teens,” in the large meeting room at Elmhurst Public […]

Pick of the Week – The Elmhurst event NOT to be missed! Sunday, Jan. 26 Candidate’s Forum From 1 to 6 p.m. at the Elmhurst City Hall, 209 N. York St., the League of Women Voters of Elmhurst will host a Candidate Forum for contested candidates for the March 17, […]