News of the week Artists needed: For Skokie Art Guild's annual art fair. July 12-13. Skokie Village Green, downtown Skokie. Prizes and Awards. For application/information: Contact: skokieart@aol.com or call (847) 677-8163. Today plus 7 Baby Bargain...

Arlington Heights: Find fresh produce, cheese, jelly and jams, plants and have your knives sharpened from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturdays, June 21 to Oct. 18, on Eastman between Arlington Heights Road and Evergreen Avenue next to North School Park....

Barrington High School can thank an alert mother for making sure it was included on a list of the best high schools in the country. A Newsweek subscriber, Kelley Smith always likes to see where Barrington ranks on the magazine's annual list of top p...

Wheeling Area Chapter of AARP: 1 p.m. today; Pavilion Senior Center, 199 N. First St., Wheeling. Detective John Connolly of the Wheeling Police Department will be the guest speaker. Refreshments will be served. (847) 459-2670. Stroke risks: 1:30 p.m...

Anime Club: 4-6 p.m. today; Indian Trails Public Library District, 355 S. Schoenbeck Road, Wheeling. Teens in sixth through 12th grade can watch a new Anime movie or series and enjoy Japanese snacks the first and third Mondays of the month. For info...

Today plus 7 Blooming Fest: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, downtown West Chicago. Arts and crafts, garden-related items. For information, call Krista, (630) 293-2200, ext. 135. Visit the Web site westchicago.org. Geneva Cultural Arts Commission Depot Deals...

May Football/cheer registration: 9 to 11 a.m. May 17, Bills football building, 151 E. Raupp Blvd, Buffalo Grove (southeast corner of Raupp Boulevard and Lake Cook Road, Emmerich East Park). Buffalo Grove Bills Youth Football and Cheerleading regist...

Submit events at least two weeks in advance via e-mail, dupageneighbor@dailyherald.com, or by fax, (630) 955-0895. Today • Glen Ellyn Elementary District 89 will present its spring band concert at 7 p.m. May 12 at Glenbard South High School, 23...

Prospect Heights Elementary District 23 will try a full-day kindergarten pilot program next school year for at-risk students. Two full-day kindergarten classes -- one at Ross Elementary, one at Eisenhower -- will be offered to parents whose children...

The crosswalk going from the Metropolis parking lot to the other side of Dunton Avenue in downtown Arlington Heights lights up with flashing yellow lights when the pedestrian walk button is pressed. It's very cool. Plus, it makes sense for safety re...