Friday
Greased Lightnin’ Strikes – 7PM | $8-$16. Reserved Seating, $8, $12, $16.
Naperville North High School Performing Arts Center – 899 No. Mill St. Naperville, IL 60563
Naperville North High School will present Grease, taking place at the North Performing Arts Center (NPAC) on April 27 thru May 1, and features over 150 award winning, high energy performers and musicians. Naperville North High School is proud to bring Grease to the North Performing Arts Center for the first time. The rollicking musical Grease will take you back to the 1950s duck-tailed, hot-rodding Burger Palace Boys and their gum-snapping, hip shaking Pink Ladies. Sing and dance to Summer Nights, Greased Lightnin’ and more recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Elvis Presley. Eight years on Broadway, two revivals and innumerable school and community productions place Grease among the worlds most popular musicals. Performances are Wednesday, April 27 thru May 1, 2016. Shows are 7PM April 27, 28, 29, 30, and 2PM April 30, May 1. Ticket prices start at $8. All seats are reserved. Purchase online at naperville203.tix.com or at the door before the show.
Moscow Festival Ballet “The Sleeping Beauty” – 8PM | $25-$40.
Pfeiffer Hall – 310 E. Benton Ave. Naperville, IL 60563
A ballet, ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ is a well-known fairy tale about a baby princess, condemned at her christening by an evil fairy to prick her finger and die on her 16th birthday. She is saved by the gift of the good Lilac Fairy, who declares the princess will only sleep until awakened by the kiss of a prince. The fairy talereplete with a king and queen, fairies both good and evil, a beautiful princess and dream prince, magical stage effects, and courtly splend-or-lends itself perfectly to a full evening ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa. finearts.northcentralcollege.edu.
Saturday
Run With The Lions 5k – 9AM | $20
St. James Farm Forest Preserve – Butterfield Road east of Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555
Come out and RUN WITH THE LIONS. Details & registration can be found at www.runwiththelions.com.
Collabortive Youth Team Events – 9-10AM | Free
Naperville Riverwalk at Rotary Hill – Naperville IL 60540
Join The Collaborative Youth Team for a week of FREE youth and family programs from Saturday, April 30 through Saturday, May 7 to help kids and families build Healthy Minds – Healthy Bodies – Healthy Land! (Free Kick-off Event at the DuPage Children’s Museum: 5PM, Thurs., April 28 – closing.) Next join us for a Community-wide “Yoga on the Riverwalk at Rotary Hill Event” – 9-10AM Saturday, April 30, – featuring family friendly yoga, a jumping jack challenge, and family hula hooping! Other programs include a Knock Knolls Family Scavenger Hunt, 5 Easy Steps to Family Composting, free Youth Mental Health First Aid classes for adults , Family Screen Free Day Challenge, Guided Meditation Classes, explore the McDonald Farm and Butterfly Garden, and so much more.
Cuisine For A Cause – 6:30PM | $110-$150
Navistar– 2601 Navistar Drive Lisle, IL 60532
On April 30, 2016, at Navistar, Naperville CARES will host the 13th Annual Cuisine for a Cause where guests enjoy samples of signature dishes from over 20 popular Naperville area restaurants along with open bar, wine and beer tasting, and live and silent auctions. For more information, visit www.napervillecares.org/events/cuisine-for-a-cause/. Note! Tickets will be available at the door Saturday evening.
Sunday
Walk MS – 9AM | Free
Walk MS –W. Jackson Avenue & VFW Drive Naperville, IL 60540
Walk MS, the largest annual fundraiser of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater Illinois Chapter will take place at 11 locations statewide on Sunday, May 1. More than 12,000 participants and volunteers are expected to raise more than $2.7 million to drive groundbreaking research, provide life-changing programs and guarantee a supportive community for those who need it most. Together, we become a powerful force, and with every step we take, every dollar we raise, were that much closer to ending MS forever.
2nd Annual Spaghetti Dinner – BSA Troop #106 – 3:00 pm | $0-$10. Adults – $10; Children (Ages 3 – 11) $7; Children under 3 – FREE!
Judd Kendall VFW Post 3873 – 908 W. Jackson Ave. Naperville, IL 60540
Join us for an evening of food and fun to help support our local youth in scouting! #BSA #Troop106 Visit https://sites.google.com/site/troop106il/ to purchase tickets today! Contact Monica at (630) 660 – 0141 with any questions.
Meet This Old House – 6PM | $12-$15. Three-program series discount $30 members and $40 nonmembers.
Naper Settlement – 523 S. Webster St Naperville, IL 60540
Journey beyond the velvet ropes and enjoy guided, privileged access to areas not open to the general public. In May, tour each level of the 12-room Martin Mitchell Mansion, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and learn firsthand about the buildings history and its importance to the community from Naper Settlements museum staff and Chicago preservationist and paint analysis expert Robert A. Furhoff, who oversaw the buildings interior restoration. Ages 13+ only. Includes stair climbing. Reservations required. Call (630) 420-6010. www.napersettlement.org.
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