Schools out for Summer!!! 1st Graders and families! Come celebrate the end of the year and the beginning of summer break! Fun activities, yard games, snacks and drinks will be provided. We will have a stop by Mo and his ice cream truck so bring your dollar billz (Apple Pay, etc. accepted!)

Location: Hummer Park

Date: June 5th

Time: Noon

Hosted by: Lucretia Gorter & Emily Humble

*No Refunds

Join us for an evening of fun with friends and clay! We'll be making luminaries at Downers Grove's own pottery studio. This will be a hand building workshop (not pottery wheel.)

Hosted by: Jill Rosenblum & Katie Oden

Date: Thursday, April 9

Time: 5:30-7:30pm

Location: Mud & Easel, 4958 Main Street

*No Refunds

Woobles Amigurumi Crochet Workshop! Kindergarten parents - please join us for an evening of fun and learning to crochet! We'll be working on Woobles amigurumi kits to make cute crochet stuffies for your favorite kiddo (or yourself!). No experience is necessary and Woobles kits will be provided.

Hosted by: Jill Rosenblum & Jackie Gilbert

Date: Thursday, April 23

Time: 6:00-9:00

Location: Rosenblum Home, 421 Wilson Street

*No Refunds

Kindergarten (soon-to-be 1st grade) Parents: Join us for a progressive walk through the Lester neighborhood where we will stop at a few houses along the way to sample some drinks and apps. The walk will end and the party will continue at an establishment in downtown Downers Grove (cash bar.)

Hosted by: Dzedzie, Gilbert, Krupinski, and McCann families

Date: July 11

Time: 6:00-9:00pm

Location: Hosts will notify event goers via Evite

*No Refunds

Most of you reading this can move on as this will not be of interest to you. Because surely your child always chews with their mouth closed. 99.9% of you can confidently say your child never interrupts. And not a single elbow has ever touched your dinner table.

Sensing the sarcasm? Good. We're laying it on pretty thick.

To help kick off the school year in style, this lucky group of incoming 7th grade boys will gather with the incoming 7th grade girls for an engaging, interactive etiquette experience, complete with a served dinner. Throughout the evening, students will practice the essentials of dining decorum, conversation skills, introductions, and social confidence in a fun, relaxed setting.

Minding their manners? Don't mind if we do.

(BTW, you're welcome, Herrick.)

Hosts: Jenn Gawel, Erin Montana, Adriana Karawan & Sahar Slocum

Location: Karawan Home

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Date: August 19

*No Refunds

Most of you reading this can move on - this will not be of interest to you. Because surely your child always chews with their mouth closed. 99.9% of you can confidently say your child never interrupts. And not a single elbow has ever touched your dinner table.

Sensing the sarcasm? Good. We're laying it on pretty thick.

To help kick off the school year in style, this lucky group of incoming 7th grade girls will gather with the incoming 7th grade boys for an engaging, interactive etiquette experience - complete with a served dinner. Throughout the evening, students will practice the essentials of dining decorum, conversation skills, introductions, and social confidence in a fun, relaxed setting.

Minding their manners? Don't mind if we do.

(BTW, you're welcome, Herrick.)

Hosts: Jenn Gawel, Erin Montana, Adriana Karawan & Sahar Slocum

Location: Karawan Home

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Date: August 19

*No Refunds

Most of you reading this can move on, this probably doesn't apply to you. Because your daughter always chews with her mouth closed. She never interrupts. And she has absolutely mastered the art of keeping her elbows off the dinner table.

Sensing the sarcasm? Just a little.

As our incoming 5th graders begin a new school year, they'll take part in their very first etiquette experience - a special evening designed to introduce the foundations of dining and social confidence. The girls will gather with the boys for a fun, interactive program complete with a served dinner, where they'll learn and practice the basics: proper place settings, polite conversation, introductions, eye contact, and thoughtful table manners.

It's the beginning of a tradition.

(BTW, you're welcome, 5th grade teachers.)

Hosts: Maggie Palace, Shannon Matesi, Adriana Karawan & Sahar Slocum

Location: Karawan Home

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Date: August 18

*No Refunds

Join us for an effervescent evening at our Champagne & Bubbles Tasting! Indulge in a delightful selection of sparkling wines as we toast to good company and great flavors.

Hosts: Catherine Sierakowski, Amy Heitkamp
Maggie Palace

Location: Bubbly Side of Life tasting room: 5131 Main St. Downers Grove

Date: Thursday, May 28th

Time: 7:00 PM

*No Refunds