HANOVER TOWNSHIP HOSTING JOB FAIR (APRIL 8)
Hanover Township will hold its 15th Annual Job Fair on Wednesday, April 8 at the Township Senior Center, 240 S. Route 59, Bartlett.
The event is open exclusively to military veterans from 11 to 11:30 a.m. and open to the public from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to a news release.
Job seekers are asked to bring copies of their resumes to the event. More than 60 employers will be on-site in the fields that include healthcare, manufacturing, sales, administration and transportation.
New this year, free professional headshots will be offered to all attendees. People can review and select their images on the spot. Once final edits are completed, those who posed will be notified within 48 hours when their image is ready to be downloaded.
“Our Job Fair is a great opportunity for those 18 and over to apply for a variety of positions and in most cases, be interviewed on the spot,” Hanover Township Supervisor Brian P. McGuire said in the release.
For more information about the job fair, call 630-540-9085.
ELGIN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY PRESENTS ‘FEAR’ AT ECC (APRIL 8)
The Elgin Area Leadership Academy will present a free, live reading of the drama “Fear” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, in the Blizzard Theater, Building H, at Elgin Community College, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin.
The play was written by retired Kane County Judge Wiley Edmondson and will be read by Leadership Academy alumni, according to a news release.
The historical drama follows Margaret, a young woman afflicted with an overwhelming anxiety disorder that confines her to a life of fear. Set against the backdrop of the Civil War, her journey unfolds in contrast to profiteers who exploit the war effort, ultimately risking the lives of the very soldiers Margaret strives to save at Gettysburg. It contains adult content, so attendance for young children is discouraged.
A program sponsored by the Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce and founded in 1990, the Leadership Academy has graduated more than 600 people.
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For tickets and more information, call the Elgin Area Chamber at 847-741-5660.
ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PERFORMING BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH (APRIL 11 AND 12)
The Elgin Symphony Orchestra will perform Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and other works in concerts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 11, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 12 at the Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin.
The program will feature guest cellist Oliver Herbert performing Robert Schumann’s Cello Concerto and Quinn Mason’s “A Joyous Trilogy,” according to a news release. A rising star in the world of classical music, Herbert has appeared as a soloist with the San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and New World Symphony.
A talk by ESO Music Director Chad Goodman will take place one-hour before each concert.
Tickets start at $20 and are available at ElginSymphony.org. The ESO also offers discounted student tickets for $10 to those with a valid student ID and free youth tickets for children aged 17 and under with a paid adult ticket.
For tickets, go to the website or call the ESO box office at 847-888-4000.
STORYWALK (CQ) AT RANDALL OAKS PARK (APRIL 13 – MAY 22)
A StoryWalk (cq) will be up and running from Monday, April 13 through Friday, May 22 at Randall Oaks Park, 1180 N. Randall Road, West Dundee.
The walk will feature pages from Alice Hemming’s “The Flower Thief” placed along a path in the park that leads to a hidden playground, according to the Dundee Township Park District’s spring brochure.
The StoryWalk Project was created in 2007 by Anne Ferguson, developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier, Vt. and has a registered service mark.
For more information, call 847-428-7131.
ELGIN LIBRARY HOSTING ‘LOST TREASURES OF THE TITANIC’ LECTURE ONLINE (APRIL 13)
The Gail Borden Public Library will be offering “Lost Treasures of the Titanic,” an online lecture about the fabled, ill-fated ship from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 13.
Guest speaker Mallory Mortillaro will tell the stories of some of the more interesting and valuable treasures lost when the ship hit an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic on April 14, 1912, according to the library’s website.
Mortillaro is an art historian and educator. She has a decade of teaching experience and has worked on various art research projects for museums and organizations in the New York metropolitan area.
To register to attend the free program, go to attend.gailborden.info/event/15515891.