Children and their families can celebrate East Asian culture through a new pretend play exhibit at the DuPage Children’s Museum in Naperville.
“A Taste of East Asia” will be open through Friday, July 26, at the museum, 301 N. Washington St.
As part of the exhibit, children can prepare, cook and serve pretend food to their families. All items are representations of East Asian ingredients and designed to celebrate the East Asian culture, museum officials said. The exhibit also features scent jars that contain real spices that are mainstays of East Asian cooking.
People connect with other cultures through food so incorporating activities around food and the regions from which dishes originate, children can expand their worldviews, officials said.
The new exhibit also incorporates a combination of fine motor activities and larger gross motor exploration, a news release said.
Volunteers sought to remove rusty crayfish
The Kane County Forest Preserve District is looking for volunteers to help remove an invasive species known as the rusty crayfish from area waterways.
From 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Aug. 10, volunteers are invited to take part in the “Rusty Rodeo,” aimed at collecting, identifying and removing crayfish.
Two locations have been designated for the event to accommodate participants. The first location is North Aurora Island Park at 4 E. State St. in North Aurora. The second location will be on the west side of the Fox River, near the Historic Piano Factory Pedestrian Bridge, along the Riverside Trail at Indian Street in St. Charles.
Volunteers should expect to get wet as participants will wade into the water with dip nets to catch and remove the rusty crayfish.
The event is co-sponsored by the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, St. Charles Park District, Fox Valley Park District, Friends of the Fox River, Center for Great Lakes Literacy and Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant.
No registration is required for the event. For more information, go to www.kaneforest.com, email programs@kaneforest.com or call 630-444-3190.
Historical walking tour set in Montgomery
On Saturday, June 22, members of the Montgomery Historic Preservation Commission will host a historical walking tour of the village.
Members of the commission will share information, anecdotes and historic photos of downtown landmarks such as Gray’s Mill, the former pop factory, Lyon Metal, Michaels Grocery Store, Montgomery Methodist Church, South Shore Inn and more in a walk around the blocks of River, Mill, Main and Webster streets.
The approximate distance of the walk is a half-mile, organizers said.
There is no advance registration needed for the free event. Those taking part should meet guides outside Montgomery Village Hall at 200 N. River St. just before 10 a.m. June 22 for the tour, which will last about an hour.
For questions about the walking tour, email hpc@ci.montgomery.il.us or go to the village’s website at montgomeryil.org.
Water focus of St. Charles program
The St. Charles Public Library and the Kane-DuPage Soil and Water Conservation District will present a program called “Watersheds and Groundwater” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25, in the Huntley Community Room at the library, 1 S. Sixth Ave. in St. Charles.
In the presentation, those attending will follow a raindrop as it falls on St. Charles and learn what they can do to make a positive impact on the city’s water supply, event organizers said.
Born of the U.S. dust storms of the 1930s, Soil and Water Conservation Districts are a locally organized and operated unit of government functioning under state law, according to a press release about the event.
The mission of the Kane-DuPage Soil and Water Conservation District is to support residents’ quality of life by leading efforts to ensure healthy soil, clean water, sustainable land development and regenerative agriculture, officials said.
To register for the June 25 program, call 630-584-0076 or go to scpld.libnet.info/event/10666645.
