Classic fairy tales go for a spin at museum
The Schuette-Bierman Farmhouse Museum will offer a free program from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday called Grimm's Grimmest Fairy Tales, 225 E. Elk Grove Blvd. in Elk Grove Village.
This program challenges the popular versions of fairy tales by reinstating the original stories.
For instance, one typical questions would be "What really happened after Sleeping Beauty is awakened by the Prince's kiss?"
This program is recommended for ages 13 and older.
Registration is required.
For information, call (847) 439-3994.
Choir kids learn in Chicago: Music students from Friendship, Grove and Holmes junior high schools attended the VanderCook College of Music Honor Fest last week in Chicago.
Ten District 59 students were selected to attend the fest, which brought choir students from all across the Chicagoland area and from as far away as California. The students worked with Robert Sinclair, the choir director and professor of music education at VanderCook.
They also attended a concert by VanderCook's band and choir and then performed twice themselves. Each student received a certificate and their schools received a plaque. District 59 student participation in the Music Honor Fest was made possible through a Illinois State Fine Arts grant.
Bring your hat: Alexian Village's Red Hat Society is hosting a gourmet tea party and poetry reading at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 24, at Alexian Village, 975 Martha, Elk Grove Village.
Ladies are encouraged to wear their favorite hat and dress in society colors of red and purple and bring an original writing, a poem, or listen as others recite their favorite poetry.
Any woman interested in joining the Red Hats is welcome to attend this free event.
For information or to make a reservation, call (847) 437-8070.
Look out for the Lions: Members of the Elk Grove Lions Club will be volunteering on the busy intersections of Elk Grove Village on Friday, along with other Lions clubs throughout Illinois, collecting donations to help the blind and visually impaired.
Candy Day is the main fund-raising campaign of the Lions of Illinois Foundation.
This single event raises over 50 percent of the total operating cost for the Lions of Illinois Foundation and the 13 service programs that assist visually and hearing impaired in Illinois.
Intersections are:
• Nerge and Meacham
• Oakton and Busse
• Biesterfield and Rohlwing
• Biesterfield and Arlington Heights
• Tonne and Devon
• Arlington Heights and Devon
• Arlington Heights and Landmeier
• Higgins and Arlington Heights