Events - Week

All pets and pictures of pets are welcome for this outdoor blessing at St. Luke's Lutheran Church on the west lawn along Prospect Avenue. In case of rain, the service will take place indoors. Bring your pet to St. Luke’s for a Blessing of the Animals outside the church on the west lawn facing Prospect Avenue. All friendly pets are invited on a leash or in a carrier, or you can bring a picture of your pet to be blessed. Animal companions who have passed away this year will also be remembered.

January 20, 2017 is the LAST DAY Park Ridge Public Works (400 Busse Highway) will be collecting WHITE block styrofoam to be recycled. Drop it off between 7am and 3pm and help reduce our community's carbon footprint and keep styrofoam out of landfills. Styrofoam takes 20,000 years to biodegrade. Sorry NO food/beverage containers; NO straws, lids, plastic wrap; NO packing peanuts; NO building insulation/foam of any kind. Questions? Call Mike at 847-318-5243

Chris Valentine from Edward Jones can help you reach your financial goals. Learn the relationship between interest rates and bond prices, tax advantages of municipal bonds, and how bonds help you weather fluctuating markets.

Kindermusik Playdates are a one-time themed music class where you as the parent, or another loving caregiver come with your child to do the same laughing and learning that we do in a Kindermusik class as we sing, dance and play instruments!

St. Luke's Lutheran Church at 205 N. Prospect Ave.is hosting Yoga classes every Tuesday eve. at 7:00 p.m. -8:15 p.m. and Thursday mid morning from 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. The instructor is Dawn Christiansen and she is a 200 hour Certified Yoga Instructor. A $5.00 donation per class goes directly to St. Luke's for their debt reduction program. Come and enjoy a nice relaxing class. All are Welcome!

The purpose of this group is to encourage members to write and provide a safe place to read one’s work and get some feedback. We meet the second Tuesday of every month.

January 20, 2017 is the LAST DAY Park Ridge Public Works (400 Busse Highway) will be collecting WHITE block styrofoam to be recycled. Drop it off between 7am and 3pm and help reduce our community's carbon footprint and keep styrofoam out of landfills. Styrofoam takes 20,000 years to biodegrade. Sorry NO food/beverage containers; NO straws, lids, plastic wrap; NO packing peanuts; NO building insulation/foam of any kind. Questions? Call Mike at 847-318-5243

Join the Park Ridge Chamber for their Monthly Networking Luncheon AT the Park Ridge Non-Profit Center. --- FEE: $20 for Chamber members Non-members pay $25. There are no cancellations allowed the day of the event. Parking is free.

Would you know what to do if there was an active shooter in your workplace, school or place of enjoyment? Join the Park Ridge Chamber for our Monthly Networking Luncheon and learn how to respond.

The Rotary Club of Park Ridge meets Wednesdays at Noon at Summit Square of Park Ridge, 10 North Summit Avenue 847-825-1161 Park Ridge, IL

The 2016 Taste of Park Ridge will be held Thursday July 14 (11:00 am to 10:30 pm), Friday July 15 (11:00 am to 11:00 pm) and Saturday, July 16 (11:00 am to 11:00 pm) ---- Parking available in the underground garage of the Uptown redevelopment. ----- More info will be provided on the TASTE OF PARK RIDGE website as the date draws near.

St. Luke's Lutheran Church at 205 N. Prospect Ave.is hosting Yoga classes every Tuesday eve. at 7:00 p.m. -8:15 p.m. and Thursday mid morning from 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. The instructor is Dawn Christiansen and she is a 200 hour Certified Yoga Instructor. A $5.00 donation per class goes directly to St. Luke's for their debt reduction program. Come and enjoy a nice relaxing class. All are Welcome!

At the start we will have a talk with Betty Bryant, long time resident of Park Ridge in her later years, who was born and grew up on a showboat. Then, enjoy the most faithful production of Edna Ferber’s classic tale of life and love among a theatrical troupe on a Mississippi Showboat.

The Park Ridge Toastmasters club has been in Park Ridge since June 9, 1949, meeting in the same location at the United Methodist Church, 418 West Touhy. We meet on the first floor and love to have guests visit our club. --- We meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month from January through October. Due to the Holidays we meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month in November and December.

January 20, 2017 is the LAST DAY Park Ridge Public Works (400 Busse Highway) will be collecting WHITE block styrofoam to be recycled. Drop it off between 7am and 3pm and help reduce our community's carbon footprint and keep styrofoam out of landfills. Styrofoam takes 20,000 years to biodegrade. Sorry NO food/beverage containers; NO straws, lids, plastic wrap; NO packing peanuts; NO building insulation/foam of any kind. Questions? Call Mike at 847-318-5243

The 2016 Taste of Park Ridge will be held Thursday July 14 (11:00 am to 10:30 pm), Friday July 15 (11:00 am to 11:00 pm) and Saturday, July 16 (11:00 am to 11:00 pm) ---- Parking available in the underground garage of the Uptown redevelopment. ----- More info will be provided on the TASTE OF PARK RIDGE website as the date draws near.

The Farmer's Market will be held every Saturday, from 7:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. from May 28 to October 29, 2016 AT: Prairie and Garden, which is just south of the Metra train tracks and Touhy, and east of Cumberland Avenues. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Park Ridge Farmers’ Market features fresh seasonal produce, interesting packaged goods, Sprouts Kids Tent activities and live music. Now accepting SNAP and Illinois Link cards --- New Hope donations welcome --- Volunteers appreciated

If you're in business to reach consumers -- both Park Ridge residents and visitors -- then you'll want a high-visibility booth at our Canopies on Courtland Consumer Expo, held concurrently with Taste of Park Ridge! -- Thousands of people throng to the Taste on Saturday -- and many of them spill over into Hodges Park to enjoy fun family activities and meet businesses and sponsors at our convenient Canopies Expo.

The 2016 Taste of Park Ridge will be held Thursday July 14 (11:00 am to 10:30 pm), Friday July 15 (11:00 am to 11:00 pm) and Saturday, July 16 (11:00 am to 11:00 pm) ---- Parking available in the underground garage of the Uptown redevelopment. ----- More info will be provided on the TASTE OF PARK RIDGE website as the date draws near.