Big Rock Barbecue Dinner
Time: 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Date: Thursday, April 24
Place: Big Rock Middle School
Cost: $9 in advance and $10 at the door
The meal, sponsored by the Big Rock Historical Society, consists of two pork chops or half-chicken or one chop and a quarter-chicken, baked beans, cabbage slaw, applesauce and bun. Tickets may be purchased by calling (815) 286-3364.
DeKalb Annual Volunteer Recognition
Time: 2 - 4 p.m.
Date: Thursday, April 24
Place: Hopkins Park Terrace Room
To RSVP: Call (815) 758-3932
Voluntary Action Center will honor volunteers and supporters of VAC. Refreshments will be provided by VAC's own Premier Meals.
Regime Change Author
Time: 7 p.m.
Date: Thursday, April 24
Place: NIU Music Building Room 173
For more information: Call (815) 793-0950
Stephen Kinzer's, author of the recently published book "Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq" will give a free public presentation that will focus particularly on U.S. intervention in the Middle East and Central America.
Persephone Awakes
Time: 8 p.m.
Date: Friday, April 25
Place: Emergence Dance Theatre, 804 Market St.
Cost: $5
For more information: Call (815) 758-6613
This event will feature belly dance, music and poetry performances.
Spring Expo
Time: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Date: Saturday, April 26
Place: South Pointe Greens
Visit local retail businesses, builders, service providers and more. Visit the outdoor booths to view the newest in recreational vehicles, boats, lawn care and garden and patio supplies. DeKalb Chamber of Commerce will be sponsoring a Taste of DeKalb with local food vendors in the newly renovated Club House.
DHS Jazz Ensemble Benefit
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Date: Saturday, April 26
Place: Best Western
Cost: $30 per person
For more information: Call (815) 756-5535
Join Reuben Cooper Jr. and the DHS jazz ensemble for an evening of entertainment, hors d'oeuvres and desserts, dancing, an auction and a cash bar. Money raised will go toward the ensemble traveling to New York City for the Essentially Ellington Competition and Festival.
Free Clothing Distribution
Time: 1 - 3 p.m.
Date: Sunday, April 27
Place: 320 Fisk Ave.
The St. Mary-Christ the Teacher Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul invite all in need of quality spring and summer clothing to its periodic free clothing distribution. Clothing will be available for infants through adults.
Art Reception
Time: 2 - 4 p.m.
Date: Sunday, April 27
Place: DeKalb Area Women's Center, 1021 State St.
For more information: Call (815) 758-1351
In the Great Hall, Carol Dresser Woodin, affiliated with the Malta Historical and Genealogical Society Museum, is showing her collection of paper dolls, a collection that spans 50 years and includes some of her mother's. The OnStage Gallery is the site for Marcia Wilson's collection of textile bags -flour, feed and seed sacks.
CPR Class
Time: 6 - 8:30 p.m.
Date: Tuesday, April 29
Place: KishHealth Resource Center, 626 Bethany Road
For more information: Call (815) 756-1521 x153626
Kishwaukee Community Hospital Training Center is offering a free cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) class to community members, through a partnership with the American Heart Association. Class size is limited, so register early to ensure your place.
Team Intelligence
Time: 8 a.m. breakfast, 8:30 a.m. presentation
Date: Thursday, May 1
Place: DeKalb County Farm Bureau
To register: Call Beth Helton at (815) 895-2125 x342 by April 28
This seminar, hosted by National Bank & Trust Company, features Kathleen Caldwell, co-author of "Blueprint for Success" with Stephen Covey. She will share strategies to take your organization to the next level of effectiveness and success.
Youth Breakfast
Time: 8 a.m. - noon
Date: Sunday, May 11
Place: Knights of Columbus Hall, 1336 E. Lincoln Highway
Cost: $5 for adults, $3 for children
Knights of Columbus Council 717 and Huntley School Band will host a youth breakfast on Mothers Day. The meal will include eggs, biscuits and gravy, sausage, pancakes, milk, juice and coffee.
DeKalb County FSA Senior Calendar
Place: Senior Services Center, 330 Grove St. in DeKalb
For more information: Call (815) 758-4718
Wednesday, April 23 - bowling at 9 a.m. at Mardi Gras Lanes, Veterans Assistance from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., and game day at 10 a.m.; Thursday, April 24 - no Social Security and Body Recall at Barb City Manor from 3 - 3:45 p.m.; Friday, April 25 - bowling at 9 a.m. at Mardi Gras Lanes, beginning bridge at 10 a.m. and advanced bridge at 1 p.m.; Monday, April 28 - VAC bingo at noon, needlework group at 1 p.m. and Overeaters Anonymous at 3:30 p.m.; Tuesday, April 29 - pinochle at 1 p.m. and Body Recall at Barb City Manor at 3 p.m.
First Aid, CPR/AED classes
Time: 8:30 a.m. - noon, 12:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Date: Saturday, April 26
Place: 2727 Sycamore Road in DeKalb
Cost: $45 for each class or $75 for both
To register: Call (815) 756-7339
Electronics Recycling Collection
Time: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. (or until the trailer is full)
Date: Saturday, April 26
Place: DeKalb County Health Department's parking lot, 2550 N. Annie Glidden in DeKalb
For more information: Call (815) 748-2408
The DeKalb County Solid Waste Management Program, along with the DeKalb County Farm Bureau will be sponsoring an electronics recycling collection.
Genoa Potluck Get-Together
Time: 2 p.m.
Date: Sunday, May 4
Place: Chamberlain Park Shelter House, 400 E. Second St.
For more information: Call (815) 784-6383
This event is for former employees of Automatic Electric, GTE and AGCS Genoa. Bring a dish to pass, your drinks, plates, cups, silverware, napkins, lawn chairs and your family.
Senior Lunch
Time: noon
Date: Tuesday, May 6
Place: Chamberlain Park
For reservations: Call (815) 784-3454 by May 2
Senior citizens of Genoa and Kingston are invited to this monthly get-together sponsored by Voluntary Action Center. The meal will include pork roast, stuffing, glazed carrots, applesauce and angel food cake. Elmer's Tunes will entertain following lunch.
Meatball Dinner
Time: 4:30 - 7 p.m.
Date: Saturday, May 10
Place: Faith United Methodist Church, 325 S. Stott St.
For more information: Call (815) 784-5143
Cost: $8 for adults, $4 children 6-11
There will be various flavors of meatballs, bread and salad and dessert bars. Tickets can be purchased at the door that evening or at the church.
Kingston JAM Cooking Class
Time: 7 p.m.
Date: Wednesday, April 30
Place: Kingston Friendship Center, 120 S. Main St.
Cost: $28 for four meals, $48 for eight meals
To RSVP: Call (815) 784-8572 by April 28
You are supplied with the recipes and the needed ingredients all you do is add the meat. You go home with your entrées complete and ready to go! Then you can bake, grill or cook them in a crockpot.
NIU Sufi Poetry
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Date: Wednesday, April 23
Place: Founders Memorial Library staff lounge
Friends of NIU Libraries will present "Emersonian Borrowings: Sufi Poetry in 19th Century America" presented by Jeffrey Einboden. He will talk about the evolution of Ralph Waldo Emerson's translations of Sufi poetry as he introduced it to the American reading public.
Gender Differences in Political Views
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Date: Wednesday, April 23
Place: Holmes Student Center's Illinois Room
For more information: Call (815) 753-5200
To learn more about how our sex sways our thoughts on
Government, Rebecca Hannagan will present "How Do
Genes Influence Political Decision Making? Clues from Gender
Differences" as part of the ongoing NIU Notables Lecture Series.
Philharmonic
Time: 8 p.m.
Date: Wednesday, April 23
Place: NIU Music Building's Boutell Memorial Concert Hall
The Philharmonic will be performing Mozart's Symphony No. 31 in D. Major ("Paris") and Symphony No. 4 in G. Major by Gustav Mahler. Guest soprano will be NIU faculty member Orna Arania.
Chamber Choir
Time: 8 p.m.
Date: Thursday, April 24
Place: Boutell Memorial Concert Hall
The program features a wide variety of styles, emotions and vocal traditions from the Anglican Evensong to American vocal jazz, and from Estonian wedding songs to African-American Spirituals
Environmental Ethics
Time: 6 p.m.
Date: Sunday, April 27
Place: Wirtz Auditorium
For more information: Call (815) 753-6405
Peter Wenz will present a lecture in honor of Earth Day, titled "Animal Rights in Social Context." Wenz is well known for his work on syngeristic environmental ethics - the idea that simultaneous respect for people and nature improves the outcomes of both.
Dance Spring Concert
Time: 2 p.m.
Date: Saturday, May 3
Place: Anderson Hall
For more information: Call (815) 756-4092
The Community Dance School at NIU program will feature students ranging in ages from 4 - 18 from throughout the county. Dances in different levels of ballet, Irish step, jazz/hip hop and tap will be performed.
Book Appraisal Fair
Time: 4 p.m.
Date: Sunday, May 4
Place: Holmes Student Center Heritage Room
For more information: Call (815) 753-8091
The Friends of the NIU Libraries will host its annual book appraisal fair. Members of the Friends of NIU Libraries will receive their first three books appraised free of charge and additional appraisals at a rate of $5 each. Appraisals for non-members will cost $10.
Bike MS: Tour de Farms
Time: 6 a.m.
Date: Saturday, June 21
Place: NIU's North 40
Cost: Minimum fundraising commitment of $300
For more information: Visit www.RideforMS.org.
Registration is $40 until April 30. From May 1 to June 15 registration is $50. Join the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater Illinois Chapter for the annual Bike MS: Tour de Farms Ride. This two-day, 175-mile trek will take you through the heartland of Illinois. All event proceeds support MS research, services, education and advocacy.
Sycamore Blogging 101
Time: 7 p.m.
Date: Wednesday, April 23
Place: Sycamore Public Library boardroom
To sign up: Call (815) 895-2500 or visit the library
If you have ever wondered what a blog is and if it is something you might want to do, then this class is for you. Amy Gutierrez and Lora Totton-Schwarz will lead you through setting up your own blog and get you blogging today.
From Gray to Green
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Date: Thursday, April 24
To RSVP: Call (815) 895-3456
Cost: Free to Young Professionals of Sycamore gold members, $10 for regular members, $15 for non-members
Reed Scherer from NIU's geology and environmental geosciences department will present research information on global warming, as well as specifics about what we can do as individuals and what our employers can do to help thwart the problem of global warming.
Musielski Leukemia Benefit
Time: 5 - 8:30 p.m.
Date: Friday, April 25
Place: Parish Activity Center, 322 Waterman St.
For more information: Call (815) 784-2771
Cost: $8 adults, $4 kids 10 and under
This will be a spaghetti and meatball dinner that will include a silent auction and carryouts. Proceeds benefit Matthew Musielski, a 10-year-old boy suffering from leukemia. He is in the fourth grade at St. Mary's School.
Southeast Fun Fair
Time: 3 - 7 p.m.
Date: Saturday, April 26
Place: Sycamore High School Field House
There will be a Mardi Gras theme to this year's Southeast Elementary School fun fair. Game and raffle tickets will be available to purchase at the door.
Breast Cancer Walk Fundraiser
Time: 3 - 6 p.m.
Date: Saturday, April 26
Place: Ski's Restaurant and Pub, 1001 W. State St.
For more information: Call (815) 895-2413
A percentage of the food bill will go toward the Avon Breast Cancer Walk. Donations will be accepted at the door, as well. There will be raffles, auctions and prizes, including sports tickets, golf packs and more.
Historical Society Volunteering
Time: 10 a.m.
Date: Saturday, April 26
Place: Sycamore Historical Society and Museum, 308 W. State St.
For more information: Call (815) 895-5762
Learn about volunteer opportunities at the Sycamore Historical Society. During the training, Executive Director Michelle Donahoe will discuss the variety of projects the historical society needs help with throughout the year. Currently, the biggest need is for Saturday volunteers.
Meals for Moms
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Date: Monday, May 5
Place: Blumen Gardens
Cost: $10 donation
For more information: Call (815) 758-3932
Voluntary Action Center will host its first "Meals for Moms" luncheon benefiting the Meals on Wheels program. The luncheon will feature soups, salads and sandwiches. Tickets are available at the Voluntary Action Center in Sycamore, the DeKalb Chamber and the Sycamore Chamber.
Waterman Family Night
Time: 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Date: Thursday, April 24
Place: Waterman Elementary
Author/wildlife expert Kathy Stelford will share some stories of animal rescues as well as show some of the current furry residents of Oaken Acres. Suggested donations include plain white Bounty paper towels, Puffs plain white Keenex, Purina-brand puppy chow (original), Clorox bleach, good condition towels, flannel baby or adult blankets or sheets.
