Things worth checking out this week
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Things worth checking out this week ...
1. The Party That Shall Not Be Named -- celebrating the release of the seventh and final Harry Potter book -- runs all afternoon and evening today as downtown Naperville does its best impression of Hogsmeade. Activities are planned at 65 participating merchants leading up the midnight release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." Info: andersonsbookshop.com, visitnaperville.com or downtownnaperville.com.
2. The Hot Jazz - 6 Cool Nites concert series debuts with a performance at 8 p.m. today. The series, featuring the faculty artists in the Janice Borla Vocal Jazz Camp, continues at 8 p.m. Saturday and Monday through Thursday in North Central College's Heininger Auditorium, Larrance Academic Center, 309 E. School St., Naperville. Tickets: $15 for adults, $12 students and seniors. Info: (630) 637-5620.
3. See "A Midsummer Night's Dream" performed at 7 p.m. today in Central Park, 104 E. Benton Ave., Naperville. The park opens at 6 p.m. Free. Info: (630) 848-5000 or napervilleparks.org.
4. "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" will be shown at 8:30 p.m. Saturday outdoors at Lisle Station Museum, 921 School St., as part of Lisle Park District's monthly summer series celebrating its 40th anniversary. Lawn seating. Cost: $5 in advance, $7 at the gate. Info: (630) 964-3410 or lisleparkdistrict.org.
5. South East Association for Special Parks and Recreation's annual splash party runs 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sunday at Cypress Cove Family Water Park, 8301 Janes Ave., Woodridge. Admission: $10. Proceeds will help buy an accessible minibus. Info: (630) 960-7600 voice, (630) 960-7605 TDD.