Events

DeKALB – The DeKalb Public Library will host The Writer’s Yarn, a local authors fair, on Saturday, June 1. The fair will open at 11 a.m. with booths featuring local authors, baked goods and refreshments, an Activity Nook with games and crafts, face painting, a soccer fun field and a Reader’s Theatre for some interactive sessions and workshops with the authors. This event is free, open to everyone and will be located in the library’s parking lot on the corner of Third and Oak Streets in DeKalb. If it rains, the event will be held inside the library.

DeKALB – A memorial exhibition of post-retirement paintings by Richard Beard will be on display at The Art Box, 308 E. Lincoln Highway in downtown DeKalb, from June 2 – 28. An opening reception is scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 2.

SYCAMORE – The Sycamore History Museum can help families fill their calendar this summer. A variety of programs are offered for adults, children and families, often for $5 or less.

  SYCAMORE – Does your club, church or organization raise funds by holding community dinners, bake sales, bazaars or other food events?

SYCAMORE – Beginning on Sunday, June 2, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John (Missouri Synod), 26555 Brickville Road in Sycamore, will offer one service at 9:15 a.m.  every Sunday during the months of June, July and August. Adult Bible class will be held at 8 a.m. The Saturday Blended Service will remain at 6 p.m. For more information, call 815-895-4477 or email office@stjohnsycamore.org.

The DeKalb County Health Department supports the annual “World No Tobacco Day” on Friday, May 31.

The DeKalb County Health Department supports the annual “World No Tobacco Day” on Friday, May 31.

SYCAMORE – Garage Orchestra will make its first appearance at the Sycamore Park District’s Summer Concert Series on Thursday, July 11.

KINGSTON – The Gracie Center is offering its first series of classes for adults with developmental disabilities beginning on Wednesday, June 5.

KINGSTON – The Gracie Center is offering its first series of classes for adults with developmental disabilities beginning on Wednesday, June 5.

KIRKLAND – On Saturday, May 11, Kirkland Cub Scout Pack 82 hosted a Family Fun in the Park event geared toward the entire family, not just Cub Scouts. Kids could try a climbing wall, race cars down a Pinewood Derby track, launch water rockets and check out a fire truck. Other fun activities included a beanbag toss and face painting.

SYCAMORE – On Saturday, May 11, Sycamore Boy Scout Troop 40 and a few adults cleaned up the Joiner Cemetery in preparation for the Memorial Day Service on Monday, May 27.

SYCAMORE – University of Illinois Extension will host an informative emerald ash borer homeowner management workshop from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 30 at the DeKalb County Extension office, 1350 W. Prairie Drive in Sycamore. Extension educators will explain the history, life cycle and control options for emerald ash borer. There will be time for participants to ask questions.

DeKALB – The June Ellwood Explorers’ event is one for the whole family to enjoy together. Kids and parents will create a bug house that will make their gardens and yards more hospitable to helpful bugs that pollinate plants and eat harmful pests.

SYCAMORE – Nicole “Nikki” Parlette would have turned 27 on Thursday, May 16.