DuPage Public Action to Deliver Shelter will hold a run/walk at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at the DuPage PADS Support Center, 703 W. Liberty Drive, Wheaton.

Bariatric specialists say it’s not uncommon for patients to hit the postoperative panic button when they witness the significant physical and mental changes. Many gastric bypass patients are faced with an identity crisis.

It’s an age-old office dilemma: What do you do when the waterworks are threatening to unleash and you’re trapped in your cubicle, boss’s office or the conference room?

All local women who love to sing can come to a free vocal workshop titled “Choral-Aires Queens Harmony High School” from 7 to 10 p.m. Monday, July 28, at Elmhurst Presbyterian Church, 367 Spring Road.

The DuPage Art League will present a “Kid’s Drop-In” art program from noon to 4 p.m.  Monday, July 14, at 218 W. Front St., Wheaton.

The 2008 Olympics are coming to Bloomingdale. Sandy Johnson, Ellen Manjarrez, Jo Witucki, Rebecca Defrancesco, Lacey Smith and other Bloomingdale Park District staffers have devised Olympic events for athletes of all ages and abilities.

Physicians and other emergency department staff at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital are encouraging families to have a happy and safe Fourth of July by taking care to avoid injuries associated with fireworks.

Awareness of the number of people adversely affected by reactions to wheat, other grains and their protein component, gluten, is prompting restaurants to cater to their needs.

Specially priced tickets are available now on a first-come basis to attend both a matinee performance of the newly adapted musical “The Boys from Syracuse” and the 13th annual Senior Lifestyle Expo, all at The Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace this September.