5 events for $5 (or less): Veterans Day Commemoration in Wheaton

Artisanal treats

Start getting gift ideas for the holidays while checking out local goods and organic produce at the Artisan Craft and Food Fair this weekend at Heritage Prairie Farm, 2N308 Brundige Road, Elburn. Free admission. (630) 443-5989 or heritageprairiefarm.com. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10

Jazz pairing

Chicago jazz vocalist Petra van Nuis teams with pianist Dennis Luxion for an intimate concert at the St. Charles Public Library, 1 S. 6th Ave., St. Charles. Free admission. (630) 584-0076, ext. 240, or scpld.org. 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10

Veterans gather

A "Quilts of Valor Ceremony" and a Native American song and dance by the Trickster Art Gallery are both part of "Spirit at Sundown: A Veterans Day Commemoration" at Cantigny Park's First Division Museum, 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton. Free admission; $5 for parking. (630) 668-5161 or cantigny.org. 4:30 to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11

Train tales

Find out the role of railways in shaping regional settlement in Chicago, its suburbs and throughout the Midwest with the new exhibit "On the Right Track: By Rail to Chicago & Beyond" starting Thursday at the Elmhurst History Museum, 120 E. Park Ave., Elmhurst. Free admission. (630) 833-1457 or elmhursthistory.org. 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday and Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, from Thursday, Nov. 14, to Sunday, March 29

Painterly pals

Artist Diana Garrett leads a painting demonstration and shares an exhibit of her work as part of the Lakes Region Watercolor Guild Meeting at the State Bank of the Lakes, 50 Commerce Drive, Grayslake. $5. (847) 546-6031 or lrwg.org. 9:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, Nov. 14