Diversity of styles and media in Elmhurst art exhibit

Elmhurst Artists’ Guild members from many western suburbs are exhibiting recent works in the Guild’s Summer Member Show being held in the EAG gallery from July 8 through August 15.  More than 50 entries, displaying greatly varying styles, form and media, are...

DISTRICT SENDS SURPLUS EQUIPMENT AND SUV TO AUCTION

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is sending a variety of items to the online auction block at govdeals.com/dupageforest with staggered bidding periods in June and July.  Items include a 2003 Ford Explorer XLS, an ASV Posi-Track RC100 compact track loader,...

DISTRICT AWARDED $215,000 GRANT FOR RESTORATION AT MAYSLAKE

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County has been awarded a $215,000 grant from the Illinois Public Museum Capital Grants Program administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and part of the “Illinois Jobs Now!” program for restoration at Mayslake...

FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT BUDGET APPROVED FOR 2014 – 2015

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County’s Board of Commissioners today approved the agency’s nearly $44 million operating budget for fiscal year 2014 – 2015. Exclusive of the District’s new Wetland Aquatic and Riparian Program planned for this upcoming fiscal...

Elmhurst Names New Communications Manager

The City of Elmhurst is pleased to announce that Dan Leahy has formally accepted an offer to become the City’s first Communications Manager. He will begin duties with the City on July 7. Leahy comes to Elmhurst after six-plus years as the Marketing and Communications...

WALKERS TAKE STRIDES AGAINST RARE DISEASE

Sunny skies greeted nearly 200 walkers and volunteers for the Second Annual Strides Against MG charity walk on Sunday, June 1, at Berens Park in Elmhurst, Illinois.  The walk raised over $11,000 for the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of Illinois, which funds critical...

President’s Message: June 2014

Dear Members: Despite support from Illinois House of Representatives Speaker Michael Madigan, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s proposal to extend the “temporary” income tax hikes that are set to expire in January of 2015 has not received enough support from their...

ELMHURST COLLEGE JAZZ BAND PERFORMS AT MAYSLAKE JUNE 12

Enjoy a performance by the Elmhurst College Jazz Band during the “WDCB Jazz Salon at Mayslake” on Thursday, June 12 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County’s Mayslake Peabody Estate at 1717 W. 31st St. in Oak Brook. The Elmhurst College...

FAMILY FUN AT “JUST FOR KIDS FISHING DERBY” JUNE 8

Anglers 15 and under are invited to join the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County’s “cast” for a “reel” good time at the 28th-annual “Just for Kids Fishing Derby” on Sunday, June 8 from 8 a.m. to noon at Silver Lake at Blackwell Forest Preserve in Warrenville....

Three Artists, Three Styles Merge in New EAG Art Show

“Triplicity,” featuring a selection of individual and collaborative works by Wes Baker of Elmhurst, Peter Steeves of Valparaiso, and Randal Stringer of Glen Ellyn, are on exhibit in the Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery at the Elmhurst Art Museum, 150 Cottage Hill Ave.,...