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Arts club to meet

The Fox Valley Community Associates of the Art Institute of Chicago will host a lecture and dinner Sunday at the Pumphouse in the Herrington Inn, 15 S. River Lane, Geneva. The lecture is at 5 p.m. and dinner is at 6:30 p.m. Katharyn Hanson, a graduate student at the University of Chicago, will present "Stealing Culture: The Looting of Iraq's Past." Call (630) 208-0441 by Monday for reservations. Guests are invited. Cost for the dinner and lecture is $60.

Batavia, Geneva tree disposal

Batavia residents can get rid of their natural Christmas trees for free this week and the week of Jan. 12. Remove all decorations, and put the trees out at the curb. They will be picked up on your regular garbage day. After Jan. 16, you will need to put a yard waste or refuse sticker on the tree to dispose of it. In Geneva, trees will be picked up for free the weeks of Jan. 12 and 19.

Or recycle your holiday trees

Looking for a way to recycle your holiday tree? The DuPage County Forest Preserve District is accepting trees from 8 a.m. until noon Saturday at Northern Harrier Lake at Pratt's Wayne Woods Forest Preserve on Stearns Road, two miles west of Route 59 in Wayne. The trees will be made into underwater structures called fish cribs. Call (630) 933-7200 or visit dupageforest.com.

Suicide survivors group meets

Attempters of Suicide support group will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Stone Manor, 528 S. Batavia Ave. (Route 31), Batavia. It is sponsored by Suicide Prevention Services. Call (630) 482-9696, or visit spsfv.org.

Give blood, win a gas card

Heartland Blood Centers will be raffling $100 gas cards every day this month to those who donate blood at a center or mobile drive. The raffle is in celebration of National Blood donor Month in January. Donors must be at least 17 (16 with written parental permission), weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. To find out how to donate, call Heartland at (800) 786-4483.

Bridal show hosted by NIU

Northern Illinois University will host a bridal expo from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Holmes Student Center's Duke Ellington Ballroom. Admission is free and includes a complimentary buffet. There will be a fashion show at 2 p.m. Parking is available at the visitors lot on Carroll Avenue just south of the Student Center. For more information, go to niu.edu/hsc.