DuPage hobby calendar

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

Today

• The Naperville Gardeners' Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at John Greene Realtor, lower level, 1311 S. Route 59, Naperville. Allen Kosnow of Midwest Fruit Explorers will discuss how to grow fruit trees in limited spaces. Guests are welcome. For details, visit www.napervillecommunitygardeners.org.

• The Oakbrook Terrace Park District now is accepting registration for the following adult dance classes taught by Sterba's DanceSport Mondays, April 7-June 2, at the park district's fitness center, 1 Parkview Plaza. Ballroom Salsa and Merengue, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Ballroom Swing, 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., and Ballroom Dancing I, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. The cost for each class is $125 per couple for residents and $130 per couple for others. Registration is required. For details, call (630) 574-0420 or visit www.obtpd.org.

• The Oakbrook Terrace Lions Club meets at 7:30 p.m. the first Monday of every month at Anyways Restaurant, 5 E. Roosevelt Road, Oakbrook Terrace. For details, call Bob Shanahan at (630) 629-8473.

• 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.

Tuesday

• The Oakbrook Terrace Park District is accepting submissions for its annual spring drawing contest until April 18 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.

• Officer Dave Gaddis, a K-9 handler from the Willowbrook Police Department, will speak to the Hinsdale Humane Society's Junior Humane Society from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Hinsdale Youth Center, 229 Symonds Drive. Gaddis will talk about why K-9 units are important and about what they do and demonstrate obedience and different types of searches. The Junior Humane Society, for children ages 10 to 13, meets the second Tuesday of each month at the youth center. For information, call (630) 323-5630 or visit www.hinsdalehumanesociety.org.

• Three local residents will discuss genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan at the following meetings: Bloomingdale Township Democratic Organization, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Glenside Public Library, 25 E. Fullerton Ave., Glendale Heights; Downers Grove Township Democratic Organization, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Community High School District 99 Administration Building, 6301 Springside, Downers Grove; and the DuPage Democratic Club, 8 p.m. Thursday at the Lombard Community Building, 433 E. St. Charles Road. Lisle resident Gene Tenner and two local Sudanese residents, Wilson Luol and John Enakal, will give a PowerPoint presentation and participate in a question and answer session. Luol and Enakal were forced to flee their homeland when civil war erupted. Tenner, a local political activist, is a member of the Save Darfur movement.

• The Illinois Prairie Weavers will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Downers Grove Public Library, 1050 Curtiss St. Karen Musgrave will present a slide lecture about her travels to the former Soviet Republics of Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and the women there who make their living with needlecraft. Visitors are welcome. For details, call Karen at (773) 847-3271 or visit www.illinoisprairieweavers.org.

• The following workshops will be offered at the DuPage Art League, 218 W. Front St., Wheaton: Oil pastels, taught by George Shipperley, 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, $165; Watercolors, taught by Tom Lynch, 1 to 4 p.m. June 30-July 2, $295. Registration is required. For details, call (630) 653-7090 or visit www.dupageartleague.org.

• The Oakbrook Terrace Park District will offer Zumba, a group fitness class, from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. Tuesdays, April 8-May 13, at the park district's fitness center, 1 Parkview Plaza. The cost is $54 for residents and $60 for others. Registration is required. For details, call (630) 574-0420 or visit www.obtpd.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. Any woman age 18 or older may join. For details, call Ms. Michael Bogert at (708) 275-8329 or visit www.villagevocalchords.com.

Wednesday

• The Bloomingdale Artist Association will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Bloomingdale Park District Museum, 108 S. Bloomingdale Road. The meeting will include a program about how to use Adobe Photoshop to manipulate images. For details, call the museum at (630) 539-3096.

• The Literacy Volunteers of DuPage English Conversation Groups for ESL students and their tutors meet from 10 a.m. to noon the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Naper Boulevard Library in the lower-level meeting room, 2035 S. Naper Blvd., Naperville. The program is free. For details, call Mary Bannon at (630) 961-4100, ext. 2231.

Thursday

• The Garden Club of Bensenville will meet at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Bensenville Community Public Library, 200 S. Church Road. Frank Keller from the DuPage County Forest Preserve will present "Enjoying Native Wildflowers." New and prospective members are welcome.

• Adventist Paulson Pediatric Rehabilitation Center's Little Feet, Big Hearts third annual "Bowling for Little Feet" bowling and silent auction fundraiser will be from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday 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 for adults cost $35 in advance and $40 at the door. Tickets cost $15 for children 11 and younger. For details, call (630) 856-2663.

• The Lombard Service League will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Lexington Square, 555 Foxworth Blvd., Lombard. The club's 2008 Woman of the Year will be announced. The program also will include recognition of past Woman of the Year winners and past club presidents, as well as entertainment. Guests are welcome. For details, call Ruth Ann at (630) 629-7072.

• Seniors 55 and older may attend the Villa Park Recreation Birthday Bingo program from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the Community Recreation Center, 320 E. Wildwood Ave., Villa Park. The cost is $5 for both residents and others, which includes lunch, bingo, prizes and birthday cake. Admission is free the month of your birthday. Registration is required. For details, call (630) 834-8970 or visit www.vprd.org.

• The Addison Art Guild meets at 7:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month, September through May, at Addison Village Hall, 1 Friendship Plaza. This month's program will be a watercolor demonstration by Connie Glowacki. Upcoming programs include a Prismacolor and Grumbacher product demo by Diana Garrett May 8. For information, call (630) 543-4100, ext. 7416.

• The West Suburban Chapter of the Illinois State Music Teachers Association will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Episcopal Church, West and Wesley streets, Wheaton. Reginald Gerig will present "What History Has to Say About Developing a Natural Piano Technique."

• The DuPage Birding Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at IIT-Rice Center, 201 E. Loop Road, Wheaton. The meeting will include a program about the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. For details, call Joan Bruchman at (847) 253-4128.

• The Fox Valley Genealogical Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St. Eric Basir will discuss how to restore documents with your computer. The meeting is free for members, $1 for others. For details, visit www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilfvgs/.

Friday

• Villa Park Recreation offers country line-dancing classes the second and fourth Fridays of every month at the Community Recreation Building, 320 E. Wildwood Ave., Villa Park. Beginning class starts at 6 p.m. and class for more experienced dancers will be from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Singles, couples and groups all are welcome. Partners are not necessary. The weekly fee is $5 per resident and $6 for others, payable at the door. For details, call (630) 834-8970, e-mail jenny@vprd.org or visit www.vprd.org.

• The Wiesbrook School PTA will meet at 1 p.m. Friday at the school, 2160 Durfee Road, Wheaton. For details, call (630) 606-6890.

• The Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois will meet at 8 p.m. Friday at College of DuPage, Building K, Room 131, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. Scott Elrick and John Nelson will present a program about the 300-million-year-old Pennsylvanian Forest found near Danville, Ill. For details, visit www.esconi.org.

Saturday

• Benedictine University's Best Buddies 5K Walk/Run fundraiser will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex, 5700 College Road. The cost is $15, which includes a T-shirt and prizes for the top 10 runners. Proceeds will benefit the Cebrzynski scholarship fund for Benedictine students. The scholarship was established in memory of Cindy Cebrzynski, a Benedictine student and a member of Best Buddies until she was killed in a car accident in 2004. For details, e-mail Joan Henehan at jhenehan@ben.edu.

• 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. April 13 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.

• The American Association of University Women will present "Choices, Changes, Chances: A Conference for Women Seeking New Educational and Career Resources" from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at College of DuPage, Building K, 425 Fawell Drive, Glen Ellyn. The conference is aimed at women who want to change careers or pursue further education. The event will include exhibits, breakout sessions about career trends, returning to school, non-traditional careers and more. The keynote speaker will be Maureen O'Brien, who recently was named one of the most influential women in business by the National Association of Women Business Owners- Chicago Chapter. The cost is $10, which includes breakfast. Registration is requested. Checks may be made payable to Lombard AAUW and mailed to: AAUW Registration Chair, 1350 Ridgefield Circle, Carol Stream, IL, 60188. For details, visit www.aauw-il.org/lombard.