Barenaked Ladies to headline Jaycees Last Fling on Sunday, Sept. 3
The Barenaked Ladies will take to the Naperville Last Fling Main Stage on Sunday, Sept. 3 at 8PM. Tickets are now available for purchase at www.LastFling.org.
Barenaked Ladies formed in Toronto in 1988. The band consists of co-founder, lead singer and guitarist Ed Robertson, bassist Jim Creegan, Kevin Hearn on the keyboard and guitar and drummer Tyler Stewart. Now 15 albums later, the band has sold over 15 million records. They are known for their hit singles, “The Old Apartment”, “If I Had $1000000 and “Brian Wilson,” in addition to the theme song for the hit comedic TV series “The Big Bang Theory.”
Last Fling will be held Labor Day weekend in downtown Naperville Sept. 1-4.
‘Buy a Brick’ Campaign continues along the Riverwalk
During the Riverwalk 2000 fundraiser launched in 1997, the Daily Herald sponsored a “Buy a Brick” ad campaign featuring different residents holding the “Your Name Here” brick.
Today, the initiative that gives individuals the opportunity to write a message to be engraved on a brick or a granite stone continues to be a popular gift item and a way to support the Riverwalk Foundation.
Find complete details with photos about this personalized gift in a story featured at www.positivelynaperville.com. Search “Buy a Brick.”
To order a 4 x 8 brick ($150) for the Riverwalk extension or an 8 x 8 brick ($250) for Fredenhagen Park, simply send a check made payable to the Riverwalk Foundation with your 12 character per line, 3-line ($150) or 6-line message ($250) to Jan Erickson, Riverwalk Administrator, City of Naperville, TED Business Group, 400 S. Eagle Street, Naperville, IL 60540. Include your name, address, phone number, e-mail or other contact information.
Or for information on how to purchase a brick by credit card, contact Erickson at (630) 305-5984 or ericksonj@naperville.il.us.
Visit veterans! Play bingo!
Every month from September to June on the second Tuesday, a motorcoach departs promptly at 6:15PM from the Judd Kendall VFW Post 3873 and American Legion Post 43, 908 W. Jackson Ave., with folks eager to spread good cheer to veterans receiving treatment at Hine VA Hospital in Maywood.
The public is welcome to help fill the bus on Tues., June 13, a special time when visitors play BINGO and visit with the veterans.
For more info, call organizer John Shaw at (630) 961-3479, Mike Barbour at (630) 240-1645 or Jan Barbour at (630) 247-9007.
Climb the Carillon
The Millennium Carillon in Moser Tower and Visitor Center, 443 Aurora Ave., is open for the 2017 season. Tours to climb to the top are available on Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 29. Friday tours also began in late May and are available until August 11.
After climbing 253 steps, visitors will be treated to panoramic views of Naperville at 160 feet above the Riverwalk.
In addition, talented carillonneurs from around the world will delight concert goers with an evening of free music at the Carillon at 7PM on Tuesdays from June 6 to Aug. 22. For more information, visit www.naperville-carillon.org.
German language church service
Church services in the German language will be held at St. John United Church of Christ at 11:30AM on Sun., June 4.
The service will be led by Dr. Egon Gerdes, and all are welcome to attend. St. John UCC is located at 1190 Olesen Dr. German services are held on the first Sunday of every month and will continue on July 2. For more info call (630) 355-5208.
Outdoor sculpture display is one for the books
Downtown Naperville is set to turn another page this summer with its latest edition of outdoor sculptures. For 2017, downtown will feature 15 “book benches” that will dot the landscape with artistic style and themes throughout the central business district.
When the fiberglass sculptures arrived in late March, they were presented to artists who will design their covers to put on display Father’s Day weekend. The book benches will be on exhibit until mid-September.
In addition, the Saturday before Father’s Day, June 17, the Downtown Naperville Alliance will host another vintage car show along Jackson Avenue. Space is limited. Before the car show opens up for new entries, registration is by invitation to the 100 entries that have participated in recent years, organizer Katie Wood said.
