Area high school artists joining in snow sculpture exhibit
Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates and Fremd high school students will be represented at next weekend's fourth annual snow sculpture contest outside Randhurst Shopping Center in Mount Prospect.
Snow Visions will run Feb. 8 to 10, though sculptors will begin work on Wednesday. Competing teams will be carving blocks of snow into pieces of art.
While the adult competitors come from all around the nation and the world, it's also a venue for local high schoolers to display their talents.
Schaumburg High School will be sending one team this year and Conant High School will be sending two.
Schaumburg's piece will be titled "Paint the Town." Its sculptors will be Yessenia Busurto, Wesley Grace, Sam D'Andrea and Domenic D'Andrea.
The first of Conant's entries is called "Just Dessert," sculpted by Brianne Sochacki, Jon Rapp, Katherine Liner and James Samargis.
Conant's other entry is called "Shark Attack," by Jeff Gordon, Colin McDaniel, Don Dopka and Garrett Luzcak.
Fremd's entry is called "The Great Escape" and will be sculpted by K Thomas Wall, Daniel Klaisner, Jaclynn Macek and Emily Smietana.
The competition is free to the viewing public. As many as 80,000 people are expected to visit throughout the three-day event.
February at the library: A new month of exciting events at the Schaumburg Township District Library has arrived.
Movie fans should mark next Thursday on their calendars, when Daily Herald film critic Dann Gire and James Bond novelist Raymond Benson will discuss their Oscar picks. "Dann and Raymond's Movie Club" will run from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the audiovisual department.
Also that evening, high school students are invited to attend "Literary eResearch for High School Students" from 7 to 8 p.m. in the adult computer lab. The hands-on class will include online resources such Literature Resource Center, Literature Reference Center, eBooks and more.
Chef Lou Buchenot will show you how to get the most for your dollar with "Meals on a Budget" from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Feb. 18 in the Rasmussen South Room. He will provide tips and recipes for making several meals from one main meal.
The popular Ethnic Food Fest will return to the library from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 23 in the Rasmussen Room. Attendees of all ages will be able to taste foods from different countries, provided by local ethnic restaurants and served by high school students. No registration is required for this event.
To register for the other adult library programs named above, call (847) 923-3347. To register for teen programs, call Amy Alessio at (847) 923-3120.
Don't forget!: Also remember that next Friday is the deadline to register for the "ThinkFast Trivia Challenge" that will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. March 8 in the library's Rasmussen Room.
The event is open to everyone age 14 to adult. Teams of three must register before 10 p.m. next Friday by filling out the online form at the library's Web site, www.stdl.org/thinkfast.
Those who can't register online can call Kris Kenney or Amy Peterson at (847) 985-4000.