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22ndCenturyMedia.com Summer Fun Guide
22nd century media | May 16, 2019 | 17
Publisher 22CM looks at 35 ways to enjoy the season with
2019 Summer Fun Guide
As the weather gets warmer, school is let out for the summer, and families
are starting to plan upcoming vacations. Summer is finally here, and
with a multitude of fun events waiting to be explored, it is time to enjoy
what the southwest suburbs have to offer. Since now is the time to get out
and soak up the sun, what follows is a list of the Top 35 events happening
in the area this summer.
For 15 more, visit 22ndcenturymedia.com/southwest, and click on your local paper.
1. BENCHES ON THE
AVENUE
Until Oct. 1, along Oak
Park Avenue in downtown
Tinley Park, from 172nd
to 176th streets. Benches
on the Avenue is a part of
a public art program, and
the benches are to follow
this year’s theme “Prized
Page Turners.” The program
features nearly two
dozen benches created by
both amateur and professional
artists.
For more information,
call (708) 444-5678 or
visit downtowntinley.com/
events.
2. ANNIE’S RED HAT
GARAGE SALE FOR TLC
9 a.m.-3 p.m., Friday,
May 17, and Saturday,
May 18, 422 Hillview
Court, Lemont. There
will be something for everyone
at this garage sale
benefitting TLC Animal
Shelter. For more information,
call TLC Animal
Shelter at (708) 301-
1594.
3. CLEAN SWEEP
9 a.m. Saturday, May
18, Attendees can spend a
day out in the sun while
helping to beautify downtown
Lockport. Those attending
the event put on
by Main Street Lockport
should meet at the South
Public Landing parking
lot. Attendees are to clean
and plant in downtown,
and receive a free T-shirt
and lunch. There also is
to be a prize drawing. Attendees
are asked to bring
gloves, but tools will be
provided.
4. CRUISE NIGHTS
Frankfort
Cruisin’ Frankfort
5-8 p.m. every Thursday
night until Aug. 22,
Kansas and Oak streets
in downtown Frankfort.
Visitors can enjoy Frankfort’s
downtown shops
and enjoy the classic
cars lining the Village’s
streets. For more information,
visit frankfortcar
club.club.
Homer Glen
Lemont Car Club Cruise Nights
3-6 p.m. Sundays starting
May 19, Big R, 15830
S. Bell Road in Homer
Glen. Guests are asked by
Big R to not arrive before
2:30 p.m. For more information,
visit lemontclas
siccarclub.org.
Tinley Park
Downtown Cruise Nights
5 p.m. every Tuesday
starting May 28, along
Oak Park Avenue, near
171st Street and Oak Park
Avenue Metra Station.
The free show, which will
run until Tuesday, Aug.
27, will feature food, beverages
and music. Cruise
Nights end at 9 p.m. every
Tuesday. For more
information, visit down
towntinley.com/events.
Lockport
Cruisin’ Into Lockport
6-9 p.m. Mondays
from June 3-Aug. 26 at
the Central Square and
First Midwest Bank parking
lots, located at 9th
and Hamilton streets.
Cars from throughout
the area will be featured
in the weekly show, with
a different featured car
each week. There is to be
family entertainment, including
face painting, inflatables,
free snow cones
and specialty nights.
New Lenox
Cruise Nights
5-9 p.m. Tuesdays,
June 25, New Lenox Village
Commons, 1 Veteran’s
Parkway, New
Lenox, featuring music
by Woodfired Boys
Band July 30, featuring
music by The Walk Ins
Aug. 27, featuring music
by Electric Avenue. The
Village of New Lenox is
to introduce Cruise the
Commons to its summer
event calendar. These
cruise night events will
offer residents and visitors
the opportunity bring
their cars, trucks, Jeeps,
and bikes, and put them
on display in the Village
Commons. Cruise
the Commons will take
place on the last Tuesday
of the month throughout
Wayne Beran (left) sits with Frank Passananti, owner of a 1957 Chevy Bel Air, as
Passananti displays his vintage vehicle at one of last year’s Lemont Classic Car Club
weekly cruise nights in the parking lot of Big R in Homer Glen.
22nd Century Media File Photo
the summer. Admission
is free.
5. SUMMER SPLASH FUN
Noon-8 p.m. Saturday,
May 25, Centennial Park
Aquatic Center Opening
Day, 15600 West Ave., Orland
Park. Members may
enter the pool at 11 a.m.
6. DAMEN AVENUE
PUPPET SHOW
2 p.m. Saturday, May
25, Orland Park Public
Library, 14921 S. Ravinia
Ave., Room 104. Puppets
act out three familiar
fairy tales. Attendees also
will get to see some small
puppets up close.
7. REMEMBERING OUR
MILITARY
Mokena
Memorial Day Remembrance
1-2 p.m. Saturday,
May 25, at the Mokena
Community Public Library
District, 11327
195th St., Mokena. Join
Johnny Gray and the
Mokena Community
Public Library District
for a special Memorial
Day Remembrance program.
For more information,
call (708) 479-
9663.
Frankfort
Memorial Day Ceremony
10 a.m. Monday, May
27, Breidert Green, located
near the intersection of
White and Kansas streets
in downtown Frankfort.
The Hickory Creek
Middle School band will
give a performance. In
the event of rain, the ceremony
will moved to the
Founders Center Gym,
140 Oak St. in Frankfort.
For more information,
call (815) 469-2177.
Mokena
Memorial Day Procession and
Ceremonies
10 a.m. Monday, May
27. The William Martin
VFW Post 725 will lead
the procession, which
progresses down Wolf
Road, starting at St.
Mary’s Cemetery, to Pioneer
Cemetery and then
to St. John’s Cemetery by
noon. The Mokena Junior
High and Lincoln-Way
Marching Bands will
play during the procession,
and the Knights of
Columbus will be a part
of the procession, as well.
Afterward, visit Post 725,
19852 Wolf Road in Mokena,
for hot dogs and a
beverage.
New Lenox
Memorial Day
11 a.m. Monday, May
27, Maplewood Cemetery,
New Lenox Road