Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora will offer children lunch and crafts outdoors plus take-home activity kits on four Mondays. Church volunteers will lead the weekly series from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. July 12 to Aug. 2 at the Fox Valley Park Distr...

Geneva's popular Swedish Days festival kicks off Thursday, June 24. This year it will be two days shorter, missing a few favorite activities and spread out throughout the city. The festival will run through Sunday, June 27. It had already been annou...

The Pottawatomie Garden Club will be “Celebrating Gardens In Bloom” on Saturday, June 26, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The garden walk is normally held every other year and features gardens around the St. Charles area. According to Diane Conn, the club's ...

This weekend Greek Fest 2021: 4-8 p.m. Thursday, June 24, and noon to 9 p.m. Friday through Sunday, June 25-27, at St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church, 133 S. Roselle Road, Palatine. Drive-through offering authentic Greek dishes. stnectariosgoc.org....

On June 17, the new 56,000 square-foot St. Charles Public Library hosted a Foundation Donor Appreciation event offering a first look at the city's beautiful new facility and to recognize the wide-ranging literacy and cultural initiatives the foundat...

This weekend Elk Grove Rotary Fest: 6-10:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, June 16-17; 6 p.m. to midnight Friday, June 18; 2 p.m. to midnight Saturday, June 19; and 2-9 p.m. Sunday, June 20, at 164 Lions Drive, Elk Grove Village. Carnival with rides a...

An earlier version had an incorrect address for the library and an incorrect loction for the pancake breakfast. There will be a Swedish Days festival in Geneva this year, but it will be two days shorter, missing a few favorite activities and sp...

Beginning June 3, the 95th Street Farmers Market will be open each Thursday from 3 to 7 p.m. in the parking lot of the 95th Street Library, 3015 Cedar Glade Drive. Co-hosted by Naperville Park District and Naperville Public Library, the market featu...

If you wanted to, you could visit a farmers market every day of the week. That's what we learned when we decided to sort our list of suburban farmers markets by day, not just by town. Saturday is the most popular day for markets, with Sunday a clear...