June 21, 2012 4:08PM
New art classes for kids and adults
“The Art of the Comic Strip,” “Drawing Faces” and “Drawing Animals” are just some of the four-week classes for kids from ages 7 to 15 that begin July 9 at the DuPage Art League in Wheaton. Special weeklong “Art in the Park” drawing and painting classes for kids are in Adams Park. Students attend for about an hour each day for five days in a row, depending on the class. All skill levels are welcome and supplies are provided.
July art classes for adults include “Colored Pencil,” “Drawing People,” “Oil Painting and Oil Pastels.” The four-week session in August adds classes in watercolor, pastel landscape painting and drawing perspective.
Learn more about the schedules and classes at the Art League, 218 W. Front St., Wheaton, or at www.dupageartleague.org. The DuPage Art League is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Call 630-653-7090.
Gardening series continues at Riverview Farmstead
“Feeding a Family: Home Gardening Series,” a free, all-age family program, will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 28, at Riverview Farmstead, on Book Road between 111th and 119th streets in Naperville.
This four-part home gardening series encourages families to get outside and get growing. The June 28 session, second in the series, will cover composting and how your food waste can become a great food source for your garden.
Session three, on July 26, will focus on harvesting the fruits of your labor, with tips on how and when to start picking.
And the final session, Aug. 23, will get you thinking about preserving what you have grown and give you tips for next year’s growing season.
Registration is required by calling 815-886-1467.
7,600 signed up for library’s Summer Reading Program
What a delicious beginning to summer — more than 7,600 people have signed up for the Naperville Public Library’s “Reading is Delicious”-themed Summer Reading Program.
“We just completed week two of the eight-week program, and I’m delighted with the numbers,” says Martha Vickery, Summer Reading Program co-chair and adult services librarian at the Nichols Library. “Reading is So Delicious is such a fun theme, and it looks like it’s really whetting people’s appetites.”
Naperville’s Summer Reading Program is an all ages, eight-weeklong activity. There are four categories: the Rubber Ducky Club for babies up to 35 months, the children’s program for kids from 3 years old to entering the fifth grade, the teen program for students entering the sixth grade to completing high school, and the adult program — everyone else!
Returning this year, non-Naperville residents may join the Naperville Summer Reading Program for $5. Register in person at any of the three library buildings: the Nichols Library, 200 W. Jefferson Ave.; the Naper Boulevard Library, 2035 S. Naper Blvd.; and the 95th Street Library, 3015 Cedar Glade Drive.
The program ends July 29.
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