Calling all Harry Potter fans to come aboard the Hogwarts Express and attend classes at Hogwarts School from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14. Wear your costume and meet at Platform 9-3/4 at 8:45 a.m. at the Downers Grove Main Street Train Station. On the train, the Sorting Hat will sort students into their appropriate houses.
 

When Lynda A. Markut’s elderly parents downsized from their family’s farm to a more manageable home, she couldn’t understand why they were having such a hard time packing up their belongings and transplanting to a nearby residence.

Five-year-old Matthew Smith hardly ever goes anywhere without first donning his favorite Super Mario Bros. T-shirt. The color of his shorts or pants is irrelevant, and he’s lucky if he manages to slip on one sock.

Antiques lovers, shoppers, browsers and designers are invited to the 50th Anniversary Hinsdale Antiques Show, “Celebrate!” The milestone event takes place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 12, 13 and 14, at The Community House in Hinsdale, 415 W. Eighth St., Hinsdale.

The longest-running show of its kind in the region, it is renowned for attracting the country’s top exhibitors in period English, Continental, American and Oriental pieces.

Show attendees will find a fresh floor-plan configuration for the entire show, which features three days of special events and education, as well as opportunities to start and to add to personal collections.

It’s soccer mom time of year. I fondly recall spending 11 autumns (not to mention a few spring seasons and some winter indoor seasons) as a soccer mom.

The Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra announced that In addition to the five-concert season at Hammerschmidt Chapel in Elmhurst, it has once again expanded its offerings to Lombard.

If heat and humidity have wilted your garden’s vibrancy and left it hungry for an infusion of color and zip, now’s the perfect time to examine some curative options.

Liz Omura, curator of the Idea Garden at Cantigny Park, the former Wheaton estate of the late Col. Robert R. McCormick, shares her tricks for reinvigorating a late summer garden and subtly transitioning into fall.
 

The All-Nite Flea Market opens at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, and runs until 4 a.m. at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton.

 In-home parent coaching and education now is just a phone call away for residents of the suburbs.

The watercolor paintings of the late nationally known artist, Vivian Chevillon, will be for sale  during the month of September at the DuPage Art League, 219 Front St., Wheaton.

Brian Toska teams up with new partners, Ann Margaret Horist and her brother, Joseph Garcia, for the grand re-opening of Caponata’s Italian Ristorante in Wheaton.
 

The second annual Kiwanis Club of Central DuPage County Golf Outing will be held at 6:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 5, at Klein Creek Golf Club in Winfield.