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Thursday
Dellwood Park Community
Theater: “Beauty and the
Beast”
7 p.m. June 27, Friday,
June 28, Saturday, June 29
and Sunday, June 30, Performing
Arts Center 199
Woods Drive, Lockport.
Dellwood Park Community
Theater will be debuting
its first play production,
“Beauty and the Beast.”
Resident ticket prices are
$10 for adults and $8 for
children under 12. For
more information or tickets,
call (815) 838-1183.
Friday
Little Artists
10:30-11:15 a.m. June
28, White Oak Library
Lockport Branch, 121 E.
8th St. Kids and their caregivers
can read stories and
create beautiful works of
art. Registration is now
open. For more information,
call Jaci Kohn at
(815) 552-4265 or email
jkohn@whiteoaklibrary.
org.
Teen After Hours
5-6:30 p.m. June 28,
White Oak Library Lockport
Branch, 121 E. 8th St.
Enjoy board games, video
games, pizza and more
after the library closes.
Registration not required.
For more information, call
Maisie Iven at (815) 552-
4260 or email miven@
whiteoaklibrary.org.
Saturday
2 and 1/2 Comics
8 p.m. June 29, ROXY
Event Venue, 1017 S State
St, Lockport. Comedy
Team 2 and 1/2 Comics,
featuring popular area
comedians Bob Jay and
Annivar, with special
guests, will headline an
extraordinary evening of
comedy with all proceeds
benefiting Trinity Services
that supports children and
adults with developmental
disabilities and adults with
mental illness in the Chicagoland
area. For more
information or to purchase
tickets, visit www.trinity.
brownpapertickets.com/.
Tuesday
Acorn in the Park
1:30- 2:15 p.m. July 2,
Willow Walk Park, Lockport.
This event will bring
a little piece of the White
Oak Library District to
Brent Hassert and Willow
Walk parks. Stories will be
told and fun outdoor activities
and mini crafts and
games will be available for
families along with information
about upcoming
programs. For more information,
call Jaci Kohn at
(815) 552-4265 or email
jkohn@whiteoaklibrary.
org.
Wednesday
Summer Fireworks
Show/Independence Day
Celebrations
8:30- 10 p.m. July 3,
Dellwood Park, IL-171
and Woods Drive, Lockport.
Join the Lockport
community in celebrating
Independence Day at the
annual summer fireworks
show beginning at dusk.
Parking is limited.
UPCOMING
Historic John Lane Farm
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday,
July 13 and Sunday, July
14, 16217 S. Gougar Road,
Lockport. John Lane Farm
is holding its annual fundraising
event to raise money
to renovate its historic
barn into a museum.
“Art of Illinois: 2019”
Submission dates are
July 15-August 15, Gallery
Seven 200 W. 8th St.,
Lockport. Gallery Seven
will hold a juried exhibit
of the artists of Illinois.
For more information,
visit galleryseven.net or
contact gallerysevenexhib
its@gmail.com.
Comicopolis
10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Saturday,
July 27, White Oak
Library Lockport Branch,
Meeting Room A/B, 121
E. 8th St. Lockport’s fifth
annual pop culture and
comic festival is free to the
public. Meet artists, buy
unique artwork and crafts,
enter a costume contest for
cash prizes, cosplay, strike
a pose in the photo booth,
bring the kids for activities
and crafts, test your skills
in online gaming, get some
swag, eat and enoy live
music. For more information,
call Patricia Jarog at
(815) 552-4185 or email
pjarog@whiteoaklibrary.
org.
National Night Out Against
Crime
5:30-9 p.m. Tuesday,
August 6, Lockport City
Hall - Greens, 222 E. 9th
St. Unite with the Lockport
Police Department
and the community at this
annual event to enjoy activities
for kids, food vendors,
music and games.
For more information, call
(815) 838-2132 ext.2219.
Midwest Waters Short
Film Festival
6- 10 p.m. Second and
fourth Thursdays, July 11-
Sept. 12. Roxy Theater,
1017 S State St., Lockport.
The Summer Art Series
Committee is introducing
its first-ever Midwest Waterways
Short Film Festival.
Films will cover five
genres including drama,
comedy, horror, documentary,
sci-fi and animated.
For more information,
www.mwsfilmfest.com/.
ONGOING
Summer Reading
Challenge: Read Under the
Stars
May 28- Friday, July
12, White Oak Library
Lockport Branch, 121 E.
8th St. Sign up for Read
Under the Stars -- the annual
Summer Reading
Challenge. Prizes including
a sign-up bonus prize
for three lucky people who
register by June 8th -- a
year-long membership to
Brookfield
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Citizens Against Ruining
the Environment
6-7:30 p.m. every third
Monday of the month,
White Oak Library Lockport
Branch, 121 E. 8th
St. CARE, a nonprofit allvolunteer
organization, is
to discuss environmental
and health-related issues
in Will County and the
surrounding areas. Community
service hours also
available.
Challenge Fitness Court
Rentals
Challenge Fitness, 2021
S. Lawrence Ave., Lockport,
offers court rentals
for tennis and racquetball/
wallyball courts when
Lockport Township Park
District programs are not
running. Tennis courts are
rented on a per-hour basis,
with rates beginning at $14
an hour during the summer.
Racquetball/wallyball
courts begin at $3 an hour
and have a two-hour limit.
For more information on
rates and court availability,
call (815) 838-3621, ext. 0
or visit www.lockportpark.
org.
All By Myself
Wednesday and Thursday
mornings, Dellwood
Park Volz Fieldhouse, 199
E. Woods Dr., Lockport.
The Lockport Township
Park District is offering
“All By Myself” classes
for 2- and 3-year-olds with
a parent or adult. Social
and emotional development
is the main focus of
this class. Cost is $52 for
residents and $62 for nonresidents.
For more informations,
visit www.lock
portpark.org or call (815)
838-3621 ext. 0.