The McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, has announced the 2017 Lakeside Pavilion Free Outdoor Summer Series. The Pop Music Series opens with the internationally acclaimed Chicago-based Beatles tribute band, American English (July 14).

COUNTY

Volunteers needed to teach literacy

Literacy DuPage is looking for volunteers to help more than 300 immigrants, refugees and economically disadvantaged adults waiting to learn English. Tutors meet weekly with students to improve practical English language skills and meet their personal needs. Literacy DuPage will hold an orientation to help instructors 6-7:30 p.m. May 1, at the Lisle Library District, 777 Front St., Lisle. Call (630) 416-6699 to register for the orientation.

Race’s goal is to raise $110,000 for charities

The 6th Annual DuPage Human Race, a community event and fundraiser that benefits more than 70 non-profit organizations serving DuPage County, will kick off at 9 a.m. May 6. The 5k Run/Fitness Walk will start at The Esplanade at Locust Point, 1901 W. Butterfield Road, Downers Grove. Event organizers hope to get 1,900 runners and walkers, to beat last year’s 1,551 participants. This year’s fundraising goal is $110,000, to beat last year’s donations of $92,013. Go to dupagehumanrace.org for fee and registration information.

ELMHURST

Author to dissect ‘Seinfeld’ popularity

TV historian and entertainment writer Jennifer Keishin Armstrong celebrates the creators and fans of the American television phenomenon “Seinfeld,” when she talks about her New York Times bestselling book, “Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything,” at 7 p.m. May 2, at Frick Center on the campus of Elmhurst College, 190 Prospect Ave., Elmhurst. Admission is $10.

She will go behind the scenes to deconstruct the groundbreaking creation of comedians Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld. Armstrong is the TV columnist for BBC Culture and a former writer for Entertainment Weekly. She also has written a cultural history of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” and is working on a book about “Sex and the City.”

Class to show how to reduce food waste

Studies have shown that Americans waste an exorbitant amount of food. To help reverse that trend, the Elmhurst League of Women Voters and Elmhurst Cool Cities are teaming up to present a program to teach about wasted food, ways to reduce impact, buying “ugly” veggies, composting, food recovery projects and food scrap recycling. The program will be held at 7 p.m. April 27, at the Elmhurst Public Library, 125 S. Prospect Ave., Elmhurst. To register, call (630) 279-8896 or go online to elmhurstpubliclibrary.org.

GLEN ELLYN

Family event focuses on STEM

College of DuPage will host its second annual STEM-CON, a free, fun interactive event celebrating science, technology, engineering and math, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 29, on the College’s Glen Ellyn campus, 425 Fawell Blvd. This free event focuses on family-friendly, hands-on activities in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

STEM-CON will start at 9 a.m. with a keynote talk “Mathematics can be Tasty” by Eugenia Cheng, scientist in residence at Chicago’s School of the Art Institute and author of “How to Bake Pi.” During her talk, Cheng will use unexpected examples from music, juggling and baking to show that math can be fun and intriguing for all.

Interactive booths will open at 10 a.m. and other experts will speak.

Free outdoor summer series announced

The McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, has announced the 2017 Lakeside Pavilion Free Outdoor Summer Series. Programming runs July 6 to Aug. 11.

The Family Movie Series begins July 6 with the MGM classic “The Wizard of Oz,” starring Judy Garland (1939). On July 13, it is time to blast to the past with “Back to the Future” (1985), starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. The series ends July 20 with Walt Disney Pictures’ Academy Award-winning “Zootopia” (2016). Showtime is dusk.

The Pop Music Series opens with the internationally acclaimed Chicago-based Beatles tribute band, American English (July 14). “Presley Perkins Lewis & Cash,” starring former members of

the Broadway smash “Million Dollar Quartet,” performs July 21. New Philharmonic performs a mix of classical, Broadway pops and movie scores July 28. Nikki Torres and the Rhythm Machine Band perform “A Tribute to Miami Sound Machine & Gloria Estefan” Aug. 4; and The Magic of Motown wraps up the series on Aug. 11. All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m.

WDCB 90.9 FM, Chicago’s station for jazz, returns with its Thursday Jazz Concert Series on July 27 with “An Evening with Guy King and his Little Big Band, including a tribute to Ray Charles & B.B. King.” The New Lionel Hampton Big Band with Jason Marsalis performs Aug. 3, and the Orbert Davis Sextet rounds out the series with “A Centennial Salute to Dizzy Gillespie” Aug. 10. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m.

NAPERVILLE

Naperville gets high marks from residents

Safety, shopping, schools are three reasons why residents like living in Naperville, and why Niche.com ranked it as America’s second-best city in which to live.

The city was one of 228 ranked based on factors including crime rate, quality of public schools, cost of living and job opportunities. In addition to reviews from the public, Niche.com, a neighborhood ranking site, used data from the U.S. Census, FBI, Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to compile the rankings.

Ann Arbor, Mich. beat Naperville for top honor.

Nearly 400 people reviewed Naperville, with 111 giving the suburb an “excellent” rating; two people called Naperville “terrible.” Naperville got an A+ overall rating, with another A+ for public schools, A- for housing, A+ for being good for families, B+ for crime and safety, B+ for nightlife and an A for diversity.

Naperville is mostly in DuPage County, which was also recognized by Niche as No. 15 on the “best counties to raise a family” list.