Friday, Nov. 21
Gallery of Gifts Holiday Sale – noon to 4PM
Naperville Fine Art Center and Gallery – 508 North Center Street Naperville, IL 60563
Naperville Art League’s annual holiday show & sale featuring unique, original fine art and crafts by over 40 members. Includes paintings and other wall art, jewelry, home decor, ornaments, ceramics, wearable art, cards and more. Indroducing the 2014 Public Art Competition notecard set, sales of which benefit Loaves & Fishes community pantry. Sale also continues Saturday and Sunday. www.napervilleartleague.com.
Washington Street Market – 5:30PM | $5
Washington Street Market – 47 E. Chicago Avenue Naperville, IL 60540
Two downtown Naperville shops, Room 363 and Little Luxuries, are uniting to host a unique shopping experience to kick off the holidays. The Washington Street Holiday Market brings together nearly 40 unique vendors selling holiday decor, jewelry, soaps, furniture and home accessories in the space formerly occupied by Restoration Hardware at FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21: 5:30PM-9PM Sat., Nov. 22: 9AM-4PM Sun., Nov. 23. Join us for the Grand Opening Kick-Off, , for special eats, treats and a head start at snapping up the one-of-a-kind finds these vendors have to offer. We look forward to showing you this amazing space in a way you’ve never seen it before!
Physics Slam III – 8PM | $7
Fermilab’s Ramsey Auditorium, Batavia, IL – Pine Street & Kirk Road Batavia, IL 60510
The Fermilab Arts & Lecture Series Presents Physics Slam III Multiple physicists duke it over in short presentations about their respective topics. YOU get to choose which one does it best! Chris Miller from the College of DuPage will be back to reprise his role as MC. This event sold out to an enthusiastic audience last year, and we are sure it will sell out again, so order early! Our Contenders: Anna Grassellino, Recipient of the DOE Early Career Research Award – SRF Cavities Michael Hildreth, University of Notre Dame – Data Preservation in High Energy Physics Marcelle Soares-Santos, Fermilab Center for Particle Astrophysics Vic Gehman, Los Alamos National Lab – MAJORANA Detectors Supernova Bursts: Hunting for the Monsters That Made You Everything You Are Wes Ketchum, Fermilab – MicroBooNE Collaboration. www.fnal.gov/culture/NewArts/index.shtml.
Saturday, Nov. 22
Rick Springfield “Stripped Down” – 8PM| $35-$50
Pfeiffer Hall – 310 E. Benton Ave. Naperville, IL 60563
In one of the most talked about tours of 2014, Stripped Down brings iconic rock star Rick Springfield to his fans in an intimate solo show of music and storytelling. Springfield has made a legendary mark on the rock world, releasing 17 albums, selling 25 million records and producing 17 top-40 hits, including Dont Talk to Strangers. In 1981, he earned a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal for his No. 1 hit single Jessies Girl. This show is the first in more than 30 years of touring in which fans will hear some of Springfields own favorite songs live. Visit northcentralcollege.edu/show or call the box office at (630) 637-SHOW (7469) for info.
Turkey Raffle at the VFW – 6PM|
Judd Kendall VFW Post 3873, 908 W. Jackson Ave., Naperville, IL 60540
Saturday, November 22 is the Judd Kendall VFW Turkey Raffle. Games, food, raffles and just an all-around good time is the menu for the evening. Great food prepared by the Ladies Auxiliary will be available. Bring plenty of money and good spirits. The festivities will start at 6PM, but folks are advised to arrive a little earlier to get choice seats. BTW, an ATM is available if you run low on cash. A plethora of great gift cards and other assorted items will be featured for the auction this year. Mike Barbour suggests getting several nose jobs (long string of raffle tickets) to insure you win one of those valuable auction items. Barbour also threatens to wear his pink tutu, feather boa and top hat that made its debut during the Judd-a-Thon in September. This is the post’s biggest fund raiser. Volunteer raffle sellers and workers be at the post by 5:30PM for final instructions.
Sunday, Nov. 23
DuPage Symphony Orchestra Presents From Tsarist Times – 3PM | $12-$35
Wentz Concert Hall – 171 E. Chicago Ave. Naperville, IL 60563
The DuPage Symphony Orchestra (DSO) continues its 2014-2015 Concert Season with From Tsarist Times as part of its series featuring the theme Music, the Global Language. Music Director Maestra Barbara Schubert conducts the DSO, honored by the Illinois Council of Orchestras as the 2013 Community Orchestra of the Year, in a dual performance at Wentz Concert Hall, 171 E. Chicago Avenue in Naperville, on Saturday, November 22 at 8pm and Sunday, November 23 at 3pm. World-renowned violinist Rachel Barton Pine, hailed by as ‘an exciting, boundary-defying performer’, returns to share the Wentz Hall stage with the DuPage Symphony Orchestra in Alexander Glazunov’s magnificent, virtuosic Violin Concerto. Also on the program of all Russian repertoire: Glazunov’s melodious Overture Solennelle and Tchaikovsky’s powerful Symphony No. 4 in F minor. Tickets for these performances are $35 balcony/$30 main floor for adults, $31 balcony/$26 main floor for seniors (65+), and $17 balcony/$12 main floor for students. Tickets can be purchased online at www.dupagesymphony.org by calling the North Central College Box Office at 630-637-SHOW (7469).
Special Events Calendars
Check out PN’s Events Calendar for other events as well as to help plan next week and upcoming weekends. On the blue navigation bar atop the Events Calendar, find calendars specific to Runs & Walks, Charity Golf, Festivals & Traditions over the course of the year as well as this month’s Book Events hosted by Anderson’s, North Central College Performing Arts and happenings at Naper Settlement.
Downtown Naperville Delights for November
