DuPage hobby calendar
• Submit events at least two weeks in advance to Melynda Findlay via e-mail, mfindlay@dailyherald.com, or fax, (630) 955-0895.
Today
• Free yoga classes are offered at 1 p.m. the second Sunday of each month at The Lombard Center, 929 S. Main St., Lombard. For details, call Pamela Myers at (630) 495-8988 or visit www.chicagohealers.com.
Monday
• Addison Community Theatre will hold auditions for its next production, "A Night of One Acts," at 7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at the Addison village hall, 1 Friendship Plaza. The show, slated to run the third weekend in February, will include three short plays. Roles for five or six male and female actors are available in each play. No acting experience is necessary, although there will be a short singing and dancing audition for one of the plays. For details, visit www.addisontheatre.org.
• The West Towns Chorus, a men's a cappella singing group, rehearses at 7:30 p.m. Mondays at the Moose Lodge, 1030 Warren Ave., Downers Grove. For details, visit www.westtowns.org.
• The Choral-Aires, an award-winning Sweet Adelines Chorus, rehearses at 7:30 p.m. Mondays at Christ Church of Oak Brook, 31st Street and York Road. For details, visit www.Choral-Aires.org.
Tuesday
• Make a holiday gingerbread house from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Glen Ellyn Park District's Spring Avenue Recreation Center, 185 Spring Ave. The program is open to children ages 3 to 12 and their parents. The cost is $35 for residents, $53 for others. Registration is required. For details, call (630) 858-2462.
Wednesday
• The Lombard-Area AAUW will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at First Church of Lombard, 220 S. Maple St. To celebrate Illinois' first Jane Addams Day, the meeting will include a screening of the documentary "Dinner at Jane's." The 50-minute film was shot in 1993 at the Hull House Museum. It includes commentary by 14 well-known women's rights activists, such as Susan Faludi and Gloria Steinem. Guests are welcome. Lombard-Area AAUW membership is open to women who have completed associate's degrees, bachelor's degrees or graduate or professional degrees who live or work in Addison, Glendale Heights, Lombard or Villa Park and surrounding communities. For details, call (630) 627-5180 or visit www.aauw-il.org/lombard.
• Villa Park Recreation will offer a class about how to properly pair wine and cheese from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Prairie and Vine, 29 E. Park Blvd., Villa Park. Registration is required. The cost is $19 for residents, $22 for others. For details, call (630) 834-8970 or visit www.vprd.org.
Thursday
• The Hinsdale-Area Delta Zeta Alumnae Group will host a holiday dinner at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Any local alums are welcome, but reservations are required. For details and location, call Connie Paddock at (630) 985-3689.
• Villa Park Recreation's monthly Birthday Bingo Bunch for seniors will meet at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Community Recreation Building, 320 E. Wildwood Ave. The event will include lunch, a performance by the Villa Park Recreation Reader's Theatre Group, bingo, prizes and birthday cake. The cost is $5, free if your birthday is in December. Registration is required. For details, call (630) 834-8970 or (630) 834-8525, or visit www.vprd.org.
• The Lombard Service League will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Lexington Square of Lombard, 555 Foxworth Blvd. The meeting will include a craft and a bake sale. Guests are welcome. For details, call Kathy at (630) 268-9457 or Ruth at (630) 629-7072.
• The Addison Art Guild meets the second Thursday of each month, September through May, at the Addison village hall, 1 Friendship Plaza. This month's meeting is a holiday dinner at 7:30 p.m. Call for the location and reservations. For details, call (630) 543-4100, ext. 7416.
• Wheaton Warrenville South High School's annual Holiday Art Show will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the school, 1920 S. Wiesbrook Road, Wheaton. For details, call (630) 784-7278.
• The Alpha Gamma Delta DuPage-Area Alumnae Club will meet from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Thursday at the home of Becky Mark in Wheaton. All area alumnae are welcome. For details, visit www.dupagealphagammadelta.com or call Julie Olsen at (630) 373-3727.
Friday
• Glendale Heights Parks and Recreation Department is accepting registration for the second annual 5 v. 5 Holiday Freeze Indoor Soccer Tournament until Friday. The tournament will be Dec. 29 at the Sports Hub, 250 Civic Center Plaza, Glendale Heights. Players on U-8, U-10, U-12, U-14, U-16 or 17 and over teams may participate. The fee is $125 per team. For details, call (630) 260-6060.
Saturday
• Drop-in craft time will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Addison Public Library, 2 Friendship Plaza. Children will be able to make a special holiday craft. Most projects can be completed in 10 to 20 minutes. The program is free. Children ages 9 and younger must be accompanied by a caregiver 16 or older. For details, call (630) 458-3338.
• "Ammolite: Birth of a Gem" will be presented at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, 220 Cottage Hill Ave., Elmhurst. Participants will learn how the vibrant gem was discovered, as well as how it is mined, cut, polished, marketed and sold. The program is free with museum admission. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. It is closed Mondays and on major holidays. Admission costs $4, $3 for seniors, $2 for students and teens, $1 for children ages 7 to 12 and free for children 6 and younger. For details, call (630) 833-1616 or visit www.lizzadromuseum.org.
• The DuPage Birding Club will conduct the Christmas Bird Count Saturday at Fermilab in Batavia. To volunteer, call Jeff Chapman at (630) 910-8684 or e-mail jeffchapman1@sbcglobal.net.