Name: School Avoidance: What It Really Means
Start: 2026-11-19T19:00:00-06:00
Location: NAMI DuPage

NAMI DuPage

Join NAMI DuPage for an insightful session in their Parent Series focused on understanding why children refuse to go to school. Attendees will explore root causes, learn how to have effective conversations with their children, and gain practical tips and tools, with dedicated time for questions.

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Lisa Marie Farver

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Wheaton

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School Avoidance: What It Really Means

Join NAMI DuPage for an insightful session in their Parent Series focused on understanding why children refuse to go to school....

Armerding Concert Hall

The Wheaton College Conservatory of Music presents an organ recital featuring Judy Congdon at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, October 26.
For the past 35 years Judy Congdon has held the position Professor of Organ and College Organist at Houghton University (formerly Houghton College) in Houghton, NY. Her present and former students include competition-winning performers, church musicians, and music educators, many now leading their own thriving music programs.
Dr. Congdon has performed locally and regionally in recent years, both solo recitals and concerts in collaboration with others. During the COVID pandemic she performed monthly livestreamed organ programs at Houghton Wesleyan Church. In earlier years she played recitals in many parts of the United States and abroad. She was a featured recitalist at the 2019 Regional AGO Convention in Buffalo, NY. Her work has also included adjudicating regional and national organ-playing competitions.This concert is part of the Lester W. Groom Endowment Organ Series and will take place in the Concert Hall of the Armerding Center for Music and the Arts, located at 520 E. Kenilworth Ave. on Wheaton's campus. This event is free and open to the public. No ticket is required. For more information, call the Conservatory of Music at 630.752.5010.

Local Event: Groom Recital Series: Judy Congdon, organist

Groom Recital Series: Judy Congdon, organist

The Wheaton College Conservatory of Music presents an organ recital featuring Judy Congdon at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, October...

Armerding Center for Music and Arts

The Wheaton College Conservatory of Music presents Lumina Piano Duo, featuring Hyejin Cho and Jun-Hee Han at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 27. For ticket information, visit <a href="https://tickets.wheaton.edu/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">tickets.wheaton.edu</a>.
This piano duo program explores the spirit of dance through the intimacy of four hands at one piano. The program moves from the beloved charm of The Nutcracker Suite to the sweeping motion of La Valse and the lively rhythms of Latin Suite.
Both active performers and faculty members at Wheaton College and North Central College, the married duo has appeared in concerts across the United States, Europe, and East Asia. Their musical and personal partnership brings a strong sense of ensemble, communication, and energy to the stage.
This concert, part of the Faculty Artists Series at Wheaton College, will take place in the Concert Hall of the Armerding Center for Music and the Arts at 520 E. Kenilworth Ave. on Wheaton's campus. For more information, call the Conservatory of Music at 630.752.5010.

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Faculty Artists: Four Hands, One Heart - Piano...

The Wheaton College Conservatory of Music presents Lumina Piano Duo, featuring Hyejin Cho and Jun-Hee Han at 7:30 p.m. on...

Faculty Artists: Four Hands, One Heart - Piano Duo: Hyejin Cho and Jun-Hee Han

College of DuPage, Culinary and Hospitality Center, 425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL, 60137

In this Glenbard Parent Series event, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Glen Ellyn, Dr. Corinne Low, Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at Wharton School, will talk about her book, Having it All: What Data Tells Us About Women's Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours. The event will take place live and virtually (via Zoom) at 12:00 and via Zoom again at 7:00 PM. For more information, including the Zoom link, see below.

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Glen Ellyn

Glenbard Parent Series: Having it All: What...

In this Glenbard Parent Series event, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Glen Ellyn, Dr. Corinne Low, Associate...

Glenbard Parent Series: Having it All: What Data Tells us About Women's Lives

Marion E. Wade Center

The E. Beatrice Batson Shakespeare Society at Wheaton College presents "On the Christian Uses of King Lear," a lecture by Richard Gibson on Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM. King Lear has long been viewed as theologically problematic and has even been accused of being an irreligious play. In this talk, Dr. Richard Hughes Gibson will examine the responses of writers who own up to the play’s bleakness and yet nonetheless find in it profound religious insights. Drawing on the works of George MacDonald, Leo Tolstoy, W.H. Auden, Frederick Buechner, and Wendell Berry, this talk will reveal how particular episodes from Lear have fueled meditations on grace, compassion, and the power of moments of divine absence. This event is free and open to the public and will take place in Marion E. Wade Center, &nbsp; Room 130 Bakke Auditorium, &nbsp; located at 351 East Lincoln Avenue in Wheaton on the Northwest corner of campus at the intersection of Washington Street and Lincoln Avenue. For more information, contact Archives Wheaton at 630.752.5910 or <a href="mailto:archives@wheaton.edu">archives@wheaton.edu</a>.

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On the Christian Uses of King Lear

The E. Beatrice Batson Shakespeare Society at Wheaton College presents "On the Christian Uses of King Lear," a lecture by...

The Wheaton College Conservatory at Wheaton College presents "Viola Studio Recital ," a concert by viola students of Rose Armbrust-Griffin on Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 7:30 PM.Wheaton College Conservatory Violists present their pieces in recital. Music from Corelli, Bach, Bruch and Hindemith. Enjoy an evening of the robust full sound of the viola! &nbsp;This event is free and open to the public and will take place in Armerding Center for Music and the Arts, &nbsp; Room 132 Recital Hall, &nbsp; located at 520 East Kenilworth Avenue in Wheaton. For more information, contact Rose Armbrust Griffin at 646.522.3126 or rose.griffin@wheaton.edu.

Local Event: Viola Studio Recital

Viola Studio Recital

The Wheaton College Conservatory at Wheaton College presents "Viola Studio Recital ," a concert by viola students of Rose...

The Community School of the Arts at Wheaton College presents "CSA Faculty Recital," a concert by CSA Faculty on Friday, October 30, 2026 at 6:30 PM.The Community School of the Arts (CSA) at Wheaton College presents a CSA Faculty Recital at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct 30. The concert features solo and chamber music performances by CSA faculty members.Free and open to the public, this event takes place in Armerding Center for Music and the Arts Concert Hall, which is located at 520 E. Kenilworth Ave., Wheaton. For more information, call the Community School of the Arts at 630.752.5567. &nbsp;

This event is free and open to the public and will take place in Armerding Center for Music and the Arts, &nbsp; Room 190 Concert Hall, &nbsp; located at 520 East Kenilworth Avenue in Wheaton. For more information, contact Community School of the Arts at 630.752.5567 or <a href="mailto:csa@wheaton.edu">csa@wheaton.edu</a>.

Local Event: Community School of the Arts Faculty Recital

Community School of the Arts Faculty Recital

The Community School of the Arts at Wheaton College presents "CSA Faculty Recital," a concert by CSA Faculty on Friday, October...

 Corner of Geneva & County Farm Roads in Winfield, IL

WINFIELD, IL – Get ready for a ghoulishly good time as Winfield businesses &amp; community groups present the annual Prairie Haunted Trail Community Trick and Treating event on Saturday October 31st from 12pm-4pm. This family-friendly Halloween extravaganza promises a fun safe event for community children to enjoy the holiday.

Event Details:
Date: October 31st 2026
Time: 12pm – 4pm
Location: Prairie Trail Shopping Center – Corner of Geneva &amp; Winfield Rd -Winfield, ILAdmission: FREE


Bring your families to enjoy FREE Face Painting, FREE Balloon Artist, FREE Live DJ, a FREE tractor pulled hayride, FREE Touch a Truck!
And Oh Yes, lots of FREEcandy and treats

Local Event: Prairie Haunted Trail Community Trick and Treating 

Carol Stream

Prairie Haunted Trail Community Trick and...

WINFIELD, IL – Get ready for a ghoulishly good time as Winfield businesses & community groups present the annual Prairie...

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