Harpeth Rising will be performing in Park Forest at Edgar’s Place Coffee House at 8 p.m. Nov. 14. The Coffee House is located at the UU Church at 70 Sycamore Drive. The trio’s virtuosic instrumentals of banjo and violin mixed with cello and foot percussion create an exciting and unique blend of musical genres that include folk, rock, bluegrass, classical, and roots music. Admission is $15 (which includes snacks, coffee and tea), and reservations and more information are available at (708) 481-5339 or edgarsplacecoffeehouse@gmail.com.

Forest Park

Rotary club collecting coats for veterans

The Forest Park Rotary Club – a Satellite club of the Rotary Club of Oak Park-River Forest is launching a communitywide effort to secure gently used coats to donate to homeless veterans.  This effort will primarily go to help homeless or financially troubled veterans as the winter months approach. Coat sizes needed are large to XXXL.  Breit Cleaners will clean all the coats before they are donated. Drop-off locations are: Healy’s Westside; Old School Tavern; Forest Insurance Agency; Breit & Clean Dry Cleaners; Forest Park National Bank; Forest Park Village Hall; Forest Park Community Center; and McGaffer’s Tavern.

The Forest Park Rotary Club is a group of Forest Park civic and business leaders who are volunteering their time, talent and treasure to help our community.  Everyone is welcome to attend the twice a month meetings, held on the first and third Wednesday of the month from 6pm until 7pm at Healy’s Westside.

Buffalo Grove

Park District to hold Turkey Shootout hoops competition

The Buffalo Grove Park District will hold its annual Spot Shot Turkey Shootout basketball competition at Prairie Elementary School, 1530 Brandywyn Lane, on Nov. 21. The free event provides children and parents with an opportunity to showcase their shooting skills from various spots on the basketball court. Divisions include Grades 1-2 (9-9:30 a.m.), Grades 3-4 (9:30-10 a.m.), Grades 5-6 (10-10:30 a.m.) and Grades 7-8 (10:30-11 a.m.). The winner of each division will receive a frozen turkey. For more information, call Brian O’Malley at (847) 850-2119 or visit www.bgparks.org.

Hoffman Estates

St. Alexius to host clinic on dementia caregiving

The AMITA Health St. Alexius Medical Center, 1555 Barrington Road, will host Coming to Terms: Emotional Conflict in Caregiving, from 6-7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 in Room C & D. Daniel Kuhn, LCSW, will explore typical emotional conflicts regarding relatives with dementia, and the process involved in caring for someone physically present, but increasingly absent emotionally. To register, and for more information, call (855) 456-0093 or visit www.AMITAhealth.org.

Mount Prospect

Library continues Entrepreneur’s Café film series

The Mount Prospect Public Library, 10 S. Emerson Street, continues its Entrepreneur’s Café: Spotlight on Success film series with a screening of “Something Ventured: Risk, Reward, and the Original Venture Capitalists,” which details how entrepreneurs worked with venture capitalists to grow world-class companies, including Apple, Cisco and Atari, among others. The event — co-sponsored by the village and the Mount Prospect Chamber of Commerce — is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served. To register, and for more information, call (847) 253-5675or visit www.mppl.org.

Country Club Hills

Parks & Rec to host blood pressure event

The village’s Parks & Recreation department will present Know Your Blood Pressure from 10-11 a.m. Nov. 21 at the Community Recreation Center, 4709 W. 179th St. The free event (for ages 18 and up) will include complementary blood pressure screenings, and guest speaker Nancy Dornhecker will discuss the symptoms of high blood pressure, and what can be done to prevent strokes. Registration is required. For more information, call (708) 798-8497 or visit www.countryclubhills.org/parks-rec-home/.

Burbank

Book club announces topic for monthly meeting

The Prairie Trails Public Library, 8449 Moody Ave., will host a meeting of the Wild Prairie Book Club from 7-8 p.m. Nov. 19 in the library’s Founders Room. The club, which meets on the third Thursday of each month and always welcomes new members, will discuss “I Am Malala,” by author Malala Yousafzai. No registration is required. For more information, contact Mary Ann Lema, Head of Adult Services, at (708) 430-3688 or visit www.prairietrailslibrary.org.

Skokie

Community Giving Program offers aid for families in need

The villlage’s Human Services Division has coordinated a Community Giving Program, designed to assist Skokie families with limited financial resources in the purchase of holiday food, and items specific to each family’s needs and wants. To donate to the program, make checks payable to The Village of Skokie (and include Community Giving Program on the memo line), and send to Human Services Division, 5120 Galitz, Skokie, Ill. 60077. For more information, call (847) 933-8208 or visit www.skokie.org.

Des Plaines

Children’s musician to give concert at library

The Des Plaines Public Library, 1501 Ellinwood St., will present Sing a Song with Laura Doherty, a concert (for families with children of all ages) featuring children’s musician Doherty, from 2-3 p.m. Nov. 14 in the library’s Friends Rooms B/C. Admission is free. Tickets are required, and will be available at the Youth Services Desk, beginning 30 minutes prior to the program. For more information, call (847) 376-2839 or visit www.dppl.org.

Oak Forest

Police Department opens arms to Toys for Tots program

The Oak Forest Police Department has begun its annual participation in the United States Marine Corps Reserves’ Toys for Tots program. The police department will be accepting donations of new and unwrapped toys in the lobby at City Hall, located at 15440 S. Central Ave., through Dec. 14. In 2014, the police department collected 1,475 new toys, and is looking to collect at least 2,000 this year. In addition, a Fill the Squad Toy Drive will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 27 at Walgreens, 5525 W. 159th St. Volunteers from the police department and the U.S. Marines will join Santa Claus to meet and greet donors. Residents who are unable to make a drop-off can arrange for a pick-up by contacting Oak Forest Police Sgt. Scott Durano at (708) 687-4050, Ext. 1239 or by email at sdurano@oak-forest.org.

Arlington Heights

Park District to install new turf at Sunset Meadows

A report stated that the Arlington Heights Park District board approved a project to install synthetic turf at both the east and west playing fields at Sunset Meadows, located at the intersection of Kirchoff and New Wilke roads. Officials said the project, set to begin in 2016, will cost $2.1 million. The synthetic turf will reduce wear and tear associated with the existing grass fields, providing a safer environment, during competition among various football, soccer and lacrosse teams. The project is part of a $15.7 allowance in the park district’s budget for capital projects to be undertaken in the next five years.

South Holland

Fellowship Hall to host service with orchestra and choir

The South Holland Ministerial Association will present Total Praise: A Celebration of Worship and Unity, featuring a full orchestra and choir, at 4 p.m. Nov. 15 at Spirit of God Fellowship Hall, 16350 S. State St. A free-will offering will be taken. For more information, call (708) 210-2900 or visit www.southholland.org.

Elmwood Park

Village expands hours for seniors’ bus program

The village announced that it has increased the hours of operation for its free Seniors Dial-A-Ride Bus program, a door-to-door service available to anyone age 65 and up, and to residents with disabilities and special needs. Service area boundaries are from Irving Park Road to Lake Street, and from Narragansett Avenue to 25th Avenue. The program is offered from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays, with no service on Sundays. To schedule a trip, call (708) 452-7300 at least 24 hours in advance. For more information, visit www.elmwoodpark.org.

Rolling Meadows

Library sets schedule for fall book sale

The Friends of the Rolling Meadows Library Fall Book Sale will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 12; from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 13; from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 14; and from 1-4 p.m. Nov. 15 in the library’s 2nd Floor Community Room, located at 3110 Martin Lane. More than 10,000 hardcover and paperback books, donated from the community and the library, will be available for purchase, as well as CDs, DVDs, videotapes, cassettes and records — ranging in price from 50 cents to $3. A $5 entrance fee is required. For more information, call (847) 259-6050 or visit www.rmlib.org.

Barrington

Village Hall to host program on mental illness

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will present Mental Health Crisis: CIT Trained Police Save Lives and Improve Outcomes, from 6:30-9 p.m. Nov. 17 at Barrington Village Hall, located at 200 S. Hough Street. The program will feature strategies to de-escalate a mental health crisis at home or in the community, and discussions on how families can best work with CIT trained officers to make communities and loved ones safer. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call Maryrose at (847) 496-1415 or visit www.barrington-il.gov.

Winnetka

Village offers workshop to study business district improvement

The village will present a Downtown Master Plan Public Workshop from 7-9 p.m. Nov. 16 at North Shore Country Day School (Upper School), 310 Green Bay Road. Hosted by Teska Associates — the village’s Downtown Master Plan consultant — the workshop will provide residents with an opportunity to share ideas about how to improve the Elm Street, Hubbard Woods and Indian Hill business districts. Complimentary water, coffee and tea will be served. For more information, call (847) 716-3543 or visit www.winnetkadowntownplan.com.

–Cook County News Briefs–