Events - Week

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

Remember the fun you had as a child coloring in your coloring books? Now, color with the grown-ups! Talented instructor, Rae Penzin, can bring out the best in you artistically! All ability levels are welcome. Instruction is in Pencils and Crayons.

The Park Ridge Kiwanis-Noon Club meets at Noon on Tuesdays at the Summit Square of Uptown.

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

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 21st Star Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold its February 10, 2016 meeting at the Des Plaines Elks Lodge #1526, in Des Plaines. -- Luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. ------- Outstanding American History Scholars and Good Citizen winners from the Maine Township High Schools and Niles North and Niles West High Schools will be honored at this meeting. --- Mr. Michael Shymanski will present a program entitled “Town of Pullman".

General meetings of the Park Ridge Garden Club are held at the Centennial Activity Center (formerly named the Park Ridge Senior Center) on the second Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm, SEPTEMBER THROUGH JUNE. There are NO meetings in January, July or August. Meetings include a short business session, followed by guest speakers, refreshments and socializing, and conclude between 9:00-10:00 pm

Republican Women of Park Ridge present: Republican Candidates for Public Office & Representatives of Presidential Delegate Slates. Reservation required. This meeting is in our old location ... South Park Recreation Center 833 Talcott Road at Cumberland Avenue in Park Ridge

Brilliant young pianist Ethan Valentin presents a concert of Haydn, Liszt, Barber, and Debussy. --- 7:00 pm on Thursday, February 11, Library 1st floor meeting room. RESERVATION REQUIRED by contacting the Library at 847-720-3280 --- $5 admission per person for Non-Park Ridge Library card holders// FREE to Park Ridge Library card holders. Seating is limited to 90.

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