Entertainment calendar

The entertainment calendar appears Thursdays in Neighbor. Submit items at least two weeks in advance via e-mail to bestbets@dailyherald.com or by fax, (630) 955-0895.

This weekend

• St. John the Baptist School students will perform "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" at 1 and 7 p.m. today and Saturday at Wheaton Academy, 900 Prince Crossing Road, West Chicago. Tickets cost $5, $3 for students in high school and younger. For details, call (630) 668-2625, ext. 648.

• Students will perform "High School Musical" at 7:30 p.m. today and Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday at Stratford Middle School, 251 Butterfield Drive, Bloomingdale. Admission is free. Tickets are available at www.ccsd93.com/stratford. For details, call (630) 980-9898.

• Theatre-on-the-Hill will perform the comedy "Escanaba in Love" at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Performing Arts Center, 375 W. Briarcliff, Bolingbrook. For details, visit www.tothbolingbrook.com or call (630) 759-2970.

• The Village Theatre Guild will present "Romance, Romance" at 8 p.m. Friday and 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday at the guild's theater, Butterfield Road and Park Boulevard, Glen Ellyn. Tickets cost $20. For details, visit www.villagetheatreguild.org. or call (630) 469-8230.

• The Friends of the Roselle Public Library's annual book sale will be Friday and Saturday at the library, 40 S. Park St. The preview will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Admission costs $3 per person and $5 per family. The sale continues from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday with free admission. Hardcover books cost $1 and paperbacks cost 50 cents. Proceeds will benefit the library. For details, call (630) 529-1641.

• Stageworks will present Stephen Sondheim's musical farce "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday and 8 p.m. April 17-19 at the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. There will be a pre-show discussion at 6:45 p.m. Friday and a post-show discussion after the April 18 performance. Tickets cost $16, $15 for seniors, COD students and children 17 and younger. For details, call (630) 942-4000 or visit www.cod.edu/artscntr.

• The Friends of the Glenside Public Library's used book sale will be Friday through Sunday at the library, 25 E. Fullerton Ave., Glendale Heights. The preview is from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and admission costs $5. The event continues from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday with free admission. Prices range from 25 cents to $1. On Sunday, bags of books cost $5 for the first bag and $3 for each additional bag. For details, call Peggy Carlson at (630) 260-1550.

• A children's toy and clothing resale will be from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday and 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. James the Apostle School, 480 S. Park Blvd., Glen Ellyn. Admission costs $1 Friday and no children will be permitted. Admission is free on Saturday and children will be admitted. Saturday also will include a half-price sale. For details, call (630) 545-2417.

• The Naperville Area Humane Society's annual 24-Hour Spring Adopt-A-Thon will be from 2 p.m. Saturday to 2 p.m. Sunday at the shelter, 1620 W. Diehl Road, Naperville. For details, call (630) 420-8989 or visit www.napervillehumanesociety.org.

• The Shower of Crafts art and craft fair will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in the gymnasium at College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. Admission costs $3.50, free for children 11 and younger. For details, call Karen Yackley at (815) 878-2728.

Today

• Adventist Paulson Pediatric Rehabilitation Center's Little Feet, Big Hearts "Bowling for Little Feet" third annual silent auction fundraiser will be from 7 to 10 p.m. today at Lucky Strike, 100 Yorktown Center, Lombard. The event, sponsored by the Hinsdale Hospital Foundation, is a major fundraiser for the outpatient pediatric rehabilitation center. Tickets cost $35 in advance and $40 at the door for adults, $15 for children ages 11 and younger. For details, call (630) 856-2663.

• See the Chinese film "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles" at 6:30 p.m. today at the Addison Public Library, 2 Friendship Plaza. The event is part of the library's World Film Festival. Registration is requested, admission is free. For details, call (630) 458-3320.

• The Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Guild's Chef Fest 2008 will be from 5:30 to 9 p.m. today at Drury Lane, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. More than 35 chefs from local restaurants and bakeries will prepare signature items for guests to sample. The event also will include raffles of gift baskets and cash. The cost is $60 and tickets may be purchased at the door. Proceeds will benefit Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare programs and services. For a list of participating restaurants, visit www.emhc.org

Friday

• The Salt Creek Ballet Guild's fundraiser will be at 7 p.m. Friday at the Hinsdale Golf Club, 140 Chicago Ave., Clarendon Hills. The event will include cocktails, dinner, silent auction, raffle and dance instruction by staff from Fred Astaire Dance Studio. Tickets cost $100 and proceeds will benefit the Salt Creek Ballet. For details, call (630) 769-1199.

• The Glen Ellyn Youth Center and the student councils from Glenbard South and Glenbard West high schools will sponsor a dance marathon starting at 5 p.m. Friday at Glenbard West, 670 Crescent Blvd., Glen Ellyn. Proceeds will benefit Invisible Children, a not-for-profit organization that helps Ugandan orphans. For details, call Peter Monaghan at (630) 469-8600, ext. 2419. For information about Invisible Children, visit www.invisiblechildren.com.

• The Referrals, a band composed of Glenbard North High School faculty members, will perform during a Battle of the Bands at 7 p.m. Friday at the school, 990 Kuhn Road, Carol Stream. Tickets cost $3 in advance; $5 at the door, $3 with a nonperishable food donation for the Northwest DuPage Walk-In Ministry in Carol Stream. For details, call (630) 469-9100.

• Glen Crest Middle School faculty will challenge the Glen Ellyn Police Department to a basketball game at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the school, 725 Sheehan Ave., Glen Ellyn. Admission costs $1. Ice cream and other concessions will be sold. For details, call (630) 469-5220.

• The Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus will perform a joint concert with the National Children's Choir of Great Britain at 7:30 p.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church, 715 N. Carlton Ave., Wheaton. Tickets are $10, $5 for students. For details, call (630) 858-2471 or visit www.gechildrenschorus.org.

Saturday

• Homes for Endangered and Lost Pets will hold a cat and kitten adoption event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at National City Bank, 2600 E. Main St., St. Charles. Visitors will be able to meet some of the shelter's felines. Adoption fees include vaccinations, parasite control, spay or neuter surgery, microchipping and FIV/FeLV testing. HELP is a not-for-profit, all-volunteer rescue group that provides shelter and medical care for stray dogs and cats. For details, call Joyce Sexton at (630) 406-8460 or Lindsey Winter at (630) 461-6515 or visit www.helpinganimals.org.

• State Sen. Carole Pankau and State Rep. Franco Coladipietro will sponsor a children's health fair from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at DuJardin School, 166 S. Euclid Ave., Bloomingdale. The event will include information from local organizations about tutoring, child safety, health-care programs, college funding and social services. Admission is free. For details, call (630) 582-0390 or (630) 582-0045.

• John Keister from Spring Valley Heritage Farm in Schaumburg will bring newborn piglets to the next Animal Hour from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Spring Brook Nature Center, 130 Forest Ave., Itasca. Animal Hour features a new animal at 2 p.m. every Saturday. Admission is free. Reservations are requested. For details, call (630) 773-5572 or visit www.itasca.com.

• Local author Martin Forward will sign and discuss his new book, "The Nature and Name of Love: Religion for a Contemporary World," at 10 a.m. Saturday at Aurora University, Lowry Chapel in Eckhart Hall, 347 S. Gladstone Ave. Forward is a professor of religion and executive director of the university's Wackerlin Center for Faith and Action. The book is available at www.amazon.com and costs $25. For details, call (630) 844-4885.

• Learn how pioneers planted gardens from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Sheldon Peck Homestead, 355 E. Parkside Ave., Lombard. Volunteers will be working in the garden during that time. Visitors also will learn what typically was planted in a 19th-century garden and what a dying garden was used for. Admission is free. For details, call (630) 629-1885 or visit www.lombardhistory.org.

• Our Savior Lutheran Church's annual Gigantic Garage Sale will be from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the church's ministry activity center, 1244 W. Army Trail Road, Carol Stream. Early entry at 7:30 a.m. costs $25. Proceeds will benefit a youth group mission trip, DuPage PADS, Walk-In Ministry and other charitable causes. No strollers are allowed. For details, visit www.oslcgaragesale.com.

• Fifth- and sixth-grade students from St. Michael Parish School will hold a Bike Bonanza from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the school's parking lot, 314 W. Willow St., Wheaton. Residents may donate used bicycles that will be repaired and then donated to children at the People's Resource Center and adults who are clients of DuPage PADS. The Bike Bonanza is part of the students' Faith-in-Action service project.

• Folk artists Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen will perform at the next Acoustic Renaissance Concert at 8 p.m. Saturday at Unitarian Church of Hinsdale, 11 W. Maple. Tickets cost $15, $13 for seniors and students. For details, visit ww.acousticren.com or call (708) 802-0236.

• The F-Troop Pasta Dinner will be from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at VFW Post 2164, Papworth and Gary avenues, Wheaton. Tickets cost $8, $3 for children ages 11 and younger. For details, call (630) 668-8756.

• The Winfield Junior Woman's Club Junior Jog 5K will be Saturday at Lions Park on Beecher Avenue, across from Winfield Central School, Winfield. Registration opens at 7 a.m., followed by a one-mile youth race for ages 8 to 16 at 8 a.m., the 5K at 8:30 a.m. and a Kids' Dash for children 7 and younger at 9:45 a.m. The cost is $20 for the 5K Run/Walk, $10 for the one-mile youth run and free for the Kids' Dash. Proceeds will benefit the People's Resource Center in Wheaton. For details or to register, visit www.winfield.gfwcillinois.org

• Wheaton College's Gospel Choir will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at Edman Chapel, Washington and Franklin streets, Wheaton. Tickets cost $7, $5 for seniors older than 60 and students. For details, call (630) 752-5251.

Sunday

• A reception to honor participants in the Bensenville Student Art Show will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Bensenville Community Public Library, 200 S. Church Road. For details, call (630) 766-4642.

• Camerata Chicago will perform at the Friends of the Oak Brook Public Library's annual Evergreen Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at the library, 600 Oak Brook Road. The ensemble will perform Vivaldi's "Four Seasons," with narration and harpsichord accompaniment by Peter Van De Graaff of WFMT-FM 98.7. Admission is free. For details, call (630) 368-7700.

• The National Alliance on Mental Illness-DuPage Chapter's annual fundraiser will be at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at Abbington Distinctive Banquets, 3S002 Route 53, Glen Ellyn. The event will include lunch and a silent auction. Tickets cost $85 and proceeds will benefit NAMI-DuPage, a not-for-profit organization that provides support, advocacy and education in order to improve the lives of people with mental illness and their families. For details, call (630) 752-0066.

• The Elmhurst Choral Union will perform Bach's B Minor Mass with a professional orchestra at 3 p.m. Sunday in Hammerschmidt Chapel at Elmhurst College, 190 Prospect Ave. Tickets cost $20, $15 for seniors and students with ID. For details, call (630) 758-1100 or visit www.elmhurstchoralunion.org.

• Holy Ghost Church Council of Catholic Women's Spring Fest benefit will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the church, 254 N. Wood Dale Road, Wood Dale. The event will include a German meal catered by Schnitzel Platz Restaurant in Glendale Heights, entertainment by Bob and Hank and a split-the-pot raffle. Tickets cost $20. For details, call Mary at (630) 350-1932 or Tina at (630) 595-8031.

• An all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet will be offered from 7:30 a.m. to noon Sunday at VFW Post 2801, 39 E. St. Charles Road, Villa Park. The menu includes sausage, pancakes, French toast, eggs, biscuits and gravy, coffee and juice. The cost is $5.

• Camerata Chicago will perform Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Michael Church, 310 S. Wheaton Ave., Wheaton. Tickets cost $20, $10 for seniors, students and children. For details, call (630) 665-2250.

Ongoing

• The Elmhurst Artists' Guild's exhibit "The Art of KC Barnes" runs through April 18 at the Elmhurst Art Museum, 150 Cottage Hill Ave. Regular museum admission costs $4, $3 for seniors, $2 for students and free for children 11 and younger. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays; and 1 to 4 p.m. Fridays and Sundays. For details, call Frank Tumino at (847) 885-1643.

• The Grounded Theatre will present "Crimes of the Heart" Saturdays and select Sundays through April 19 at The Comedy Shrine, 22 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville. Tickets cost $20 Saturdays and $12 Sundays. Dinner-theater packages are available for groups of 10 or more. For details, call (630) 803-2845 or visit www.groundedtheatre.org.

• In honor of Loyola University's current exhibit of Andy Warhol's "Silver Clouds," Martin Lawrence Galleries at Oakbrook Center is holding an exhibit of work by the pop art icon. Martin Lawrence Galleries is the largest holder of Warhol prints in the United States, many of which may only be purchased there. The "Silver Clouds" exhibit, as well as five of his print portfolios and an exhibit of photos of Warhol by his friend, photojournalist Nat Finkelstein, will be on display through April 27 at the Loyola University Chicago Museum of Art, 820 N. Michigan Ave. For details, call (630) 954-3033 or visit www.martinlawrence.com.

• Art work by senior art majors from Wheaton College will be on display through May 1 in the college's Adams Hall Gallery, 500 College Ave. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Admission is free. For details, call (630) 752-5050.

• The Riverfront Playhouse will present "Closer" at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through May 10 at the theater, 11-13 S. Water St., Aurora. Tickets cost $15, $12 for students and seniors. For details, call (630) 897-9496 or visit www.riverfrontplayhouse.com

• "Face-to-Face: Warner Sallman's Images of Christ" will be on display through May 15 at the Billy Graham Center Museum at Wheaton College, 500 College Ave. The exhibit includes Sallman's best-known work, "Head of Christ," as well as other oil paintings, sketches and chalks. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission costs $4, $3 for seniors and students, $1 for children, $10 for a family pass. For details, call (630) 752-5909 or visit www.billygrahamcenter.org/museum.

• "The Wizard of Oz" will be performed through May 17 at Drury Lane, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. Tickets cost $9 and group discounts are available. For a show schedule, call (630) 530-0111 or visit www.ticketmaster.com.

• The 16th annual Best of the Best Fine Art Exhibit will be on display through May 18 at Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 W. 31st St., Oak Brook. The show includes work by several prominent local artists. The closing reception and awards ceremony will be from 2 to 4 p.m. May 18. The show is sponsored by the Alliance of Fine Art, a not-for-profit professional association of local art guilds and leagues that aims to advance art education and provide opportunities to local artists. For details, visit www.allianceoffineart.com.

• A collection of stone sculptures by Illinois artist Walter Arnold will be on display through May 25 at the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, 220 Cottage Hill Ave., Elmhurst. The exhibit includes gargoyles, pixies and architectural designs made from limestone and marble. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission costs $4, $3 for senior citizens, $2 for students and teens, $1 for children ages 7 to 12 and free for children 6 and younger. Everyone is admitted free Fridays. For details, call (630) 833-1616 or visit www.lizzadromuseum.org.