Eureka’s Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. on May 28.

MAY 24-JUNE 1

Eureka PL Summer Reading Sign-up
During open hours at the Library
Eureka Public Library
202 S. Main St.
Free

Children aged 3 through 6th grade, middle and high schoolers and adults can register for the summer reading program. For more information, call 309-467-2922.

MAY 25

Louie Louie Parade & RiverJam
Friday, 4:30 p.m.
Peoria Riverfront
Free

A kazoo parade will begin at 4:30 p.m. The RiverJam will feature the music of Jamm Sammich and 3 and a Half Men. St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital will benefit. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/riverfrontevents.

MAY 25-26

Central Illinois Ballet Performs ‘Peter Pan’
Fri. 7 p.m.; Sat. 2 p.m.
ICC Performing Arts Center
1 College Dr., E. Peoria
$30; $20 seniors; $10 child

Classic story told through ballet. For more information, call 309-620-3164.

MAY 25-27

Broadway Backwards 2
Fri. & Sat. 7:30 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m.
Peoria Players Theatre
4300 N. University St.
$20

Performers who wouldn’t normally be cast for these roles due to age, gender, or body type, will get to sing and dance Broadway musical theater songs.  For tickets call 309-688-4473.

MAY 26

Garden Market at Maple Lawn
Saturday, 8-11 a.m.
Clinton Park
Free

Over 25 vendors will be selling their products. For more information, call 309-431-2370.

Heartland Festival Orchestra:
James Bond 007
Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
Five-Points, 360 N. Wilmor Road Washington
$38; students $10

Featuring Rachel York, soprano soloist in a program of the greatest “Bond” musical hits through the years from movie themes to lead songs. For more information, visit www.heartlandfestivalorchestra.org.

MAY 28

Eureka Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony
Parade begins at 10 a.m. and concludes at Olio Cemetery
Free

Ceremony gathers at the Civil War Monument and honors veterans with the laying of the wreath, a talk by a local veteran, and the Eureka High School Band playing the National Anthem and taps.

Minonk Memorial Day Celebration
Monday, 10 a.m.
Fieldcrest HS Gymnasium

American Legion Post 142 will conduct a ceremony to honor our veterans.

MAY 29

Joyful Genealogist Teaches Class in El Paso
Tuesday, 6 p.m.
El Paso Public Library, 149 W. 1st St.
Free

Kim Mullins, genealogist from Eureka, will teach a class “Census Clues Can Sometimes Confuse.” Register by calling 309-527-4360.

–Woodford County Calendar of Events May 23 – May 29–