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Over 300 dancers from fourteen studios participated in the fifth annual Des Plaines Dance Idol Competition on Friday and Saturday, February 22 and 23, at Prairie Lakes Community Center. North Shore School of Dance in Highland Park, Mundelein Dance C...
Updated: Mar 08, 2013 at 10:14 AM
Twenty five years ago, the DuPage Children's Museum was stuffed into a box that had held a Thanksgiving turkey.
That's where Louise Beem and Dorothy Carpenter stored their homemade exhibits and files, carting them around in a station wagon and trave...
Updated: Jun 25, 2012 at 03:04 PM
A "rolling" ribbon-cutting on Saturday, Sept. 25, celebrates the completion of a scenic 32-mile trail system for pedestrians and bicyclists.
Members of the Elmhurst Bicycle Club will ride the entire length of the Salt Creek Greenway Trail, which ru...
Updated: Feb 08, 2011 at 11:41 AM
The air was warm, the sky was blue, and more than 700 visitors toured the gardens, visited the fair and mansion in Wilder Park, and made the 15th annual Elmhurst Garden Club's Garden Walk and Faire in July a huge success.
The assistance, advice, and...
Updated: Feb 24, 2011 at 04:57 PM
"And the Gold Medal Award goes to - "
The finalists in a national competition of what some consider park districts' equivalent of the Oscars have a decidedly suburban flare this year. Five local park districts - including all four finalists in one c...
Updated: Aug 04, 2010 at 02:03 PM
Villa Park, one of the most affordable and diverse communities in DuPage County, is home to many third- and fourth-generation residents who want to live near their families.
"I know a lot of people who have lived in Villa Park for many years, and no...
Updated: Aug 11, 2010 at 06:10 PM
What a spectacular summer day for all who strolled the featured gardens, shopped the boutiques in Wilder Park and attended the open house at the Wilder Mansion at the 14th annual Elmhurst Garden Walk and Faire. A heartfelt thank you to all who parti...
Updated: Nov 08, 2021 at 05:28 PM
Members of the Elmhurst Garden Club awoke early on July 13 to a perfect midsummer day for the 13th annual Garden Walk and Faire. As Walk chair Marilyn Arado proclaimed "thirteen is our lucky number".
An Afternoon in the Garden is not possible witho...
Updated: Nov 04, 2021 at 09:17 PM
Some dogs take to water, like, well, fish.
Those pups that dive in with the vigor of a salmon swimming upstream are the perfect candidates for a new competition at the DuPage County Fair this year. Yes, DockDogs has arrived.
This relatively new type...
Updated: Nov 04, 2021 at 04:52 PM
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The chance to tour eight private gardens and enjoy tea Sunday in Wilder Park wi...
Updated: Nov 04, 2021 at 03:19 PM