Things to do

Antiques and crafts

• The Kane County Flea Market is at the Kane County Fairgrounds, Route 64 at Randall Road, St. Charles, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. Cost is $5, kids under age 12 are admitted free. (630) 584-6926.

Housewalks

• The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust has tickets available online for its 2008 "Wright Plus" tours. Plans include an excursion to Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House in far southwest suburban Plano, exclusive dinners in Wright-designed homes, a behind-the-scenes tour of the Robie House and rare interior tours of private Oak Park residences designed by Wright and his contemporaries. Tickets start at $90 for nonmembers and are available at www.wrightplus.org. Call (708) 848-1976 for more information.

Demonstrations and shows

• The Home Show with exhibitors showing new trends is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at Harper College, 1200 W. Algonquin Road, Palatine. There is no admission charge. Call (630) 551-9191 or visit www.chicagohomeshow.net for more information.

• The Woman's Board of Winnetka Community House present the 18th Annual Modernism Show: Exposition and Sale of 20th Century Design, 1890-1990, featuring items in the style of art nouveau, arts and crafts, art deco and more. The show is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at Winnetka Community House, 620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka. Cost is $12 per person for a two-day admission. There is also an opening-night reception from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $100. Call (847) 446-0537 or visit www.winnetkacommunityhouse.org.

• The Growing Place, located west of Naper Boulevard and five blocks south of I-88 in Naperville, holds a holiday table decoration demonstration at 10 a.m. Saturday. (630) 355-4000.

• Lou Manfredini of WGN-AM's "Mr. Fix It" and Ace Hardware's "Helpful Hardware Man" presents "Green Technology in Chicago" from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Notebaert Nature Musuem, 2430 N. Cannon Dr., Chicago. Admission is $15. Call (773) 755-5191 for reservations.

• Honquest Fine Furnishings at 1455 Barrington Road, Barrington, offers a session on holiday entertaining from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Chef Walter Luppo of Makray Memorial Golf club and Peter Gianopulos of North Shore Magazine headline the program on ethnically inspired dishes. There's no charge, but reservations are required. Call (847) 382-1700.

• Mangels of Long Grove presents a series of Holiday Design Workshops offering advice and instruction on decorating for the holidays. Classes run from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. through Friday at Long Grove Café, 235 Robert Parker Coffin Road, Long Grove. Each workshop costs $25 and includes lunch. Call (847) 634-9287.

-- Scott C. Morgan