5 things to do for $5 (or less) in suburbs over the next week

Posted January 26, 2018 5:30 am

By Scott C. Morgan

Falcons White goalie Dean Melchiorre stops a shot during a previous annual “The Sleds Are Coming” sled hockey game at the Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse at Lake Forest College. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com, 2016

Icy competition

Get a jump on one of the more popular events of the upcoming Winter Paralympics by attending the eighth annual “The Sleds Are Coming” hockey match. It's sponsored by the Lake Forest College Athletic Department and Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association. Watch the match Sunday at Lake Forest College's Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, 555 Sheridan Road, Lake Forest. Free. (847) 735-5285 or glasa.org/special-events/the-sleds-are-coming. 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28

The 2004 painting "Creation of Crow" is among 120 paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints displayed in the exhibit "Rick Bartow: Things You Know But Cannot Explain" at Aurora University's Schingoethe Center. Courtesy of Aurora University

Native artist

See more than 120 paintings, drawings and sculptures by the late Native American artist Rick Bartow in the exhibit “Rick Bartow: Things You Know But Cannot Explain.” The exhibit is ongoing at Aurora University's Schingoethe Center, 1315 Prairie St., Aurora. Free. (630) 844-4924 or aurora.edu. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday; through Friday, April 13

Author Gint Aras appears at the Elgin Literary Festival at the Hemmens Cultural Center this weekend.

Author awareness

Celebrate the power of words at the Elgin Literary Festival, sponsored by Side Street Studio Arts and other organizations. Featured speakers include Gint Aras, Miller Oberman, Chuck Wendig, William Pack and more this weekend at the Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin. Free. (847) 429-2276 or sidestreetstudioarts.org. 4 to 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, and 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27

Musicians and more

Kick off Black History Month as Oakton Community College presents the art exhibit “Sandra Bridges: Southern Roots - Revisited.” Bridges' painted portraits of musicians and more go on display Thursday in the Koehnline Museum of Art, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines. Free. (847) 635-2633 or oakton.edu/museum. Opening reception 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1; regular hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; through Friday, March 16

Shadow play

Join in as the city of Woodstock once again celebrates its role in the beloved 1993 Harold Ramis comedy “Groundhog Day” with a series of events called Groundhog Days. Some events are free, with many hosted in and around the Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St., Woodstock. (815) 334-2620 or woodstockgroundhog.org. Various times from Thursday, Feb. 1, through Saturday, Feb. 10

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