Red Oak Nature Center in Batavia offers a Survival Club for kids to learn outdoor skills. (Photo courtesy of FVPD)

Sept. 5

Center and Roll Workshop
9-9:30 a.m.
Boulder Point, 0 Boulder Hill Pass, Montgomery
Free

Exercise Recovery is one of the fitness industry’s newest buzzwords but what is it really? Learn how to integrate these forms of recovery into your fitness regimen. Ages 16 and up.

Dance Party
10:15-10:45 a.m.
Yorkville Public Library, 902 Game Farm Road, Yorkville
Free

Children will be led by Theron Garcia to move and

dance to age appropriate music. Register at YPL website online.

Healthy Me Story Time
10-10:30 a.m.
Oswego Public Library,
Montgomery Campus, 1111 Reading Drive, Montgomery
Free

Ages 3-6. Join us for this series of story times that will introduce preschoolers to healthy habits. Each month we will focus on a different healthy habit.

Anime Club
6:30-8 p.m.
Oswego Public Library, 32 Jefferson St., Oswego
Free

Grades 6-12. Love anime or just want to learn more about it? Join us in watching and discussing different anime videos at each session.

Sept. 6

Library Card Search & Find During Library Hours
Oswego and Montgomery
Library campuses
All ages

Have fun searching for a character’s library card. Find the card and be entered a special raffle drawing.

Sept. 7

Timeless Arts: Making Ice Cream
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Oswego Public Library, 32 Jefferson St., Oswego
Free

Grades 6-12. Join us in exploring the timeless art of ice cream making. Learn a little about the history and science of making ice cream before making and eating your own.

Fireside Fun
7:30-8 p.m.
Oswego Public Library, Montgomery Campus, 1111 Reading Drive, Montgomery
Free

Grades 4-5. Come sit around the “campfire” and learn about storytelling. Explore different kinds of tales and practice telling them with some new friends.

Drop-in Story Time
10:30-11 a.m.
Yorkville Public Library, 902 Game Farm Road, Yorkville
Free

Stop by to hear wonderful books read by a volunteer from the Yorkville Jr. Women’s Club.

Sept. 8

New Life for Old Bags
10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Plano Public Library, 15 W. North St., Plano
Free

Help turn plastic shopping bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. For more information, contact Ceil Carey at jackandceil@att.net or 708-846-1704. No registration required.

The Road That Leads to Lincoln
1-2 p.m.
Oswego Public Library,
Montgomery Campus, 1111 Reading Drive, Montgomery
Free

The Roads that Lead to Lincoln first takes a whimsical look at the commercial abuses of Lincoln’s name, likeness and legacy. Then trace Lincoln’s paths from his family’s subsistence farm to the growth of his legal and political careers, and how those careers influenced the rise of Illinois.

Read and Play Everyone
10-11 a.m.
Oswego Public Library, 32 Jefferson St., Oswego
Free

Ages 2-7 years with an adult. Drop in for fun with stories, songs and free-play.

Sept. 9

‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’
7-9 p.m.
Little White School Museum, 72 Polk St., Oswego
$8 for Adults and $6 for Students/Seniors. Available online or $2 more at the door

A Limelight Theatre Production. A small-town young man finds himself on the train to the nation’s capitol as a senator in this classic story about idealism and belief.

Oswego Country Market
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Main Street, Downtown Oswego
Free

Shop local with plenty of choices to buy fresh produce, meats, eggs, artisan cheeses, specialty foods like pasta, olives, popcorn, honey, & spices, and handmade items in our outdoor, open air market.

Sept. 10

Monday Mystery Box
10:30-11 a.m.
Little White School Museum, 72 Polk St., Oswego
Free

Ages 3-5. Stop in to the Little White School Museum for this fun story time. Guess what is inside the box and then read stories and do activities to go along with the theme.

Dungeons & Dragons
6-8 p.m.
Oswego Public Library,
Montgomery Campus, 1111 Reading Drive, Montgomery
Free

Grades 6-12. Do you enjoy playing Dungeons and Dragons or want to learn? Join us at this fun new club.

Creating Plano’s Photo History Book
6:30-8 p.m.
Plano Public Library, 15 W. North St., Plano
Free

Anne Sears and Jeanne Valentine, authors of “Images of America: Plano” (Arcadia Publishing), will discuss and present a slideshow about the interesting challenges and local history discoveries of planning and publishing their 2012 photo history book. No registration needed.

Sept. 11

Pizza and Pages
4:30-5:15 p.m.
Plano Public Library, 15 W. North St., Plano
Free

For students in grades 3-5. Read the same book before the meeting, talk about it, and have some pizza. Call 630-552-2025 to register.

Survival Club
6-7 p.m.
Red Oak Nature Center, 2343 Rt. 25, Batavia
R $10 / N $15

Do you have what it takes to survive in the wild? Each month learn new skills such as fire building, first aid, shelter construction and more. Ages 8 to 10.

Preschool Art
2-2:40 p.m.
Oswego Public Library, Montgomery Campus, 1111 Reading Drive, Montgomery
Free

Ages 4-5 year olds. Hear a story, sing, and make a process-oriented art project. Aprons are provided. The child’s adult must remain in the library.

Teen Advisory Group
2:45-3:45 p.m.
Yorkville Public Library, 902 Game Farm Road, Yorkville
Free

Teens in grades 8-12 get together to share ideas about the teen area in the library. They help create and plan programs. This group also has opportunities to earn volunteer hours. Great chance to meet new people and have some fun and laughs.

Genealogy Consultations
9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Oswego Public Library, 32 Jefferson St., Oswego
Free

Members of the Fox Valley Genealogical Society will assist patrons in researching their family history with the library’s local history and genealogy collections at the Oswego Campus. No registration is required.

–Kendall County Calendar of Events Sept. 5 – Sept. 11–