DuPage hobbies calendar

• Submit events at least two weeks in advance to Melynda Findlay via e-mail to mfindlay@dailyherald.com or by fax, (630) 955-0895.

Today

• Make a horse with foam marshmallows and wooden rods from 1 to 3 p.m. today at the Elmhurst Historical Museum, 120 E. Park Ave. The cost is $1 per project. Children ages 4 to 12 must be accompanied by an adult. For details, call (630) 833-1457 or visit www.elmhurst.org/elmhurst/museum.

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

• Free introductory yoga classes are offered at 1 p.m. the second Sunday of each month at The Anahata Center, 929 S. Main St., Lombard. For details, call Pamela Myers at (630) 495-8988 or visit www.chicagohealers.com.

• The Shower of Crafts art and craft fair continues from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today 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.

Monday

• The Lombard Woman's Club will meet at 1 p.m. Monday at Beacon Hill Retirement Community, in the DuPahze Room, 2400 S. Finley Road, Lombard. Bob Harris, director of the Helen M. Plum Memorial Library, will be the guest speaker and past presidents will be honored. For details, call (630) 268-8647.

• The After Hours Film Society meets at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Monday of each month, except December, at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove. This week's movie is "La Vie en Rose," starring Marion Cotillard, Academy Award winner for best actress. Upcoming films include "Persepolis" April 28 and "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" May 12. Admission costs $5 for members and $9 for others. For details, call (630) 534-4528 or visit www.afterhoursfilmsociety.com.

• The Choral-Aires, an award-winning Sweet Adelines Chorus, rehearses at 7 p.m. Mondays at Elmhurst Presbyterian Church, 367 Spring Road. For details, call Mary Brzezinski at (630) 964-0792 or visit www.choral-aires.org.

• The Village Quilters will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at St. Daniel the Prophet Church, 101 W. Loop Road, Wheaton. Jodi Barrows of Square In a Square will present her lecture and trunk show "The Novel Series," which features both quilts and stories from her own family. For details, call (630) 653-4587 or visit www.villagequilters.net.

• Classes for both adults and children start Monday at the DuPage Art League, 218 W. Front St. For details, visit www.dupageartleague.org or call (630) 653-7090.

• The College of DuPage Horticulture program's open house from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday at the greenhouse, Building K, West Commons, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. The event will include a sale of early spring perennials and pansies and speakers on the hour from 3 to 6 p.m. Visitors also may bring three houseplants to be repotted free. For details, call (630) 942-3806.

Tuesday

• Purchase tickets by Tuesday for the Rotary Club of Glen Ellyn's Big Wheel Night fundraiser at 7 p.m. April 23 at Glen Oak Country Club, 21W451 Hill Ave., Glen Ellyn. The event will include dinner, raffles, cash prizes and a silent auction. Tickets cost $150. Proceeds will benefit local charities and help provide scholarships for high school students. For details, call Merrill Rajeck at (630) 469-5771 or John Briggs at (630) 858-1216 or visit www.glenellynrotary.org.

• Villa Park Recreation fitness instructor Aziza will teach belly dance classes on Tuesdays, April 15-May 27, at the Iowa Community Center, 338 N. Iowa Ave. The beginning class runs from 7 to 8:15 p.m. and the continuing class will be from 8:30 to 9:45 p.m. The cost per session is $63 for residents and $66 for others. Registration is required. For details, call (630) 834-8970 or visit www.vprd.org.

• The Village Vocal Chords, an award-winning a cappella chorus, rehearses at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at St. John Lutheran Church, 47th Street and Brainard Avenue, LaGrange. Women 18 and older may join. For details, call Ms. Michael Bogert at (708) 275-8329 or visit www.villagevocalchords.com.

• The Warrenville Park District's Active Older Adults will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the park district, 3S260 Warren Ave. Thought reader Michael Kett will demonstrate his abilities and offer tip to help develop intuition. For details or to register, call (630) 393-7279, ext. 307.

Wednesday

• The Itasca Quilt Guild meets at 7 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at the Itasca Fire Department, 520 W. Irving Park Road. Enter through the back. For details, call Marsha Florina at (630) 766-6706.

• Villa Park Recreation offers a Scrabble group at 10 a.m. the first and third Wednesday of each month at the Community Recreation Building, 320 E. Wildwood. Boards will be supplied. Participants may bring lunch and a drink. The group is free and registration is not required. For details, call (630) 834-8970, e-mail jenny@vprd.org or visit www.vprd.org.

Thursday

• Medinah Intermediate and Primary Schools' annual art show will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Medinah Intermediate, 7N330 Medinah Road. The show will feature works by students in kindergarten through fifth grade, all based on the theme "Heart and Hand: Together We Can Keep Illinois Rivers and Streams Clean." For information, call Medinah Primary School at (630) 529-9788 or Medinah Intermediate School at (630) 529-6105.

• The Villa Park Police Department's Citizen Police Academy will meet from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, April 17-June 26. Participants must be 21 or older and either live or work in Villa Park. Topics will include community policing, crime scene investigations, DUI enforcement, accident investigation, emergency communications, firearms and more. A completed application is required and may be picked up at the police department on Ardmore Avenue. For details, call Office Marc Bregman at (630) 592-6169 or e-mail mbregman@vppd.org.

• The Wheaton League of Women Voters will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Wheaton Park District Community Center, 1777 S. Blanchard Road. The topic will be "Our Natural Resources: Do We Take Them for Granted?" Speakers will include Jack Sheaffer, director of the DuPage Environmental Commission; Lonnie Morris, Sierra Club regional director and Jeannine Kannegiesser, Cool City advocate. For details, call Jan Kay at (630) 665-0250.

Friday

• The Oakbrook Terrace Park District is accepting submissions for its annual spring drawing contest until Friday at the Heritage Center, 1S325 Ardmore Ave. Children in grades one through five may submit original artwork. All work will be displayed and winners in each category will receive a park district gift certificate. For details or an entry form, call (630) 627-6100 or visit www.obtpd.org.

• The Glen Ellyn Lions' Club annual spaghetti dinner will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 393 N. Main St., Glen Ellyn. Tickets cost $5 and may be purchased from any Glen Ellyn Lions' Club member, at the door or at Paul's Shoe Service, 486 N. Main St. The event also will include raffles. Proceeds will benefit Lions charities.

Saturday

• The Crafters Circle will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Winfield Public Library, 0S291 Winfield Road. Participants will share knitting and crochet projects they're working on. For details, call (630) 653-7599.

• The National Civil War Show and Sale will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 W. Manchester Road, Wheaton. Rafael Eledge of PBS's "Antiques Roadshow" will be the featured guest. Admission costs $9, free for children 16 and younger accompanied by a paying adult. Admission for early buyers at 8 a.m. costs $25. Parking is free. For details, call (715) 526-9769.

• The DuPage Birding Club will meet at 7:30 a.m. Saturday in the parking lot at Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve on Cass Avenue, Darien. For details, call Vicky Sroczynski at (630) 964-8277. The club also is planning an all-day trip to the Big Bend of the Illinois River near Peru, Ill., April 20. The group will meet at 6:30 a.m. in Bolingbrook to car pool. For details, call Urs Geiser at (630) 515-1712.

• The Cook-DuPage Beekeepers' Association will meet at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Oak Brook Park District Shelter, 1450 Forest Gate Road. The program will include a demonstration of bee-related products such as furniture polish and lotion bars; a video about how to install package bees and a review of the book "The Queen Must Die and Other Affairs of Bees and Men" by William Longgood and Pamela Johnson. Those who attend may bring a dish to pass. For details, call (630) 858-6308.