Original jewelry, textiles and paintings by the Women’s Wisdom Artisans of People’s Resource Center will be featured from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at Taste of Wheaton’s Marketplace Business Expo in Memorial Park.

Two Brothers Brewing Company presents its fourth annual Hop Juice Festival on Friday and Saturday, June 1 and 2, celebrating the release of its most popular artisan beers, Hop Juice Double IPA and Hop Juice Black. Supporting charity, the festival will take place at Two Brothers Roundhouse, 205 N. Broadway (Route 25), downtown Aurora.

Mario and Phillip Aliano are the brothers behind Aliano’s Ristorante, launched late last year near the Fox River in Batavia after a long search for the right location.

Cantigny Park’s horticulture department will present a free lecture on vegetable gardening by Liz Omura at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 2. Omura, the Idea Garden curator at Cantigny, is a strong believer in sharing what you grow.

The gluten-free desserts featured at the Geneva French Market each weekend by Chef Christopher Clem will play a dual role this Sunday, May 20, as a fundraiser for Misericordia/Heart of Mercy.

Riverside Arts Weekend (RAW) will put artists, musicians, designers and architects at the heart of the historic village from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 19, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 20.

If you’d like to guide people on a time travel adventure into the past, the chance is as close as Graue Mill and Museum in Oak Brook, a way to experience the 19th century. The waterwheel grist mill and homestead, along with related exhibits, educate visitors about pioneer life and the Underground Railroad.

With support from the American Association of Retired Asians, the DuPage Senior Citizens Council will host a “Thursday Lunch for Seniors.” It takes place from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday, May 24, in Shahi Nihari, Lombard. The restaurant luncheon will feature authentic Pakistani-Indian cuisine.

Chef Christopher Clem of Westchester, who teaches culinary programs at Triton College, uses all the skills gleaned from baking traditional artisan breads and pastry to create gluten-free desserts. His coffee cakes, scones and desserts open up a once-forbidden paradise of sweets. (Note: Proceeds from market sales this week to help Misericordia.)

After Hours Film Society will present the “Sing-A-Long Sound of Music,” in which the Julie Andrews classic goes interactive with subtitles, props and costume contest in the Tivoli Theatre, Downers Grove. Guest host will be singer Vito Zatto.

The Glen Ellyn Kiwanis will serve up its Community Pancake Day Celebration from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 12. The free breakfast is a thank-you party for Glen Ellyn, for supporting Kiwanis activities. Hanging plants will be sold there.

It’s time to mark calendars for the Dine Away Hunger campaign Wednesday, May 16, serving southeast DuPage County. The participating restaurants will donate 10 percent of each bill to the People’s Resource Center food pantry.

The great outdoors beckons with the popular Art in the Park in Elmhurst, and Brookfield Zoo’s Bear Awareness Weekend. Let’s hope the weather doesn’t turn grizzly.

Owners of historic military aircraft support Honor Flight Chicago at DuPage Airport, while Pheasant Run presents a beer fest; a chorus sings for charity; kids create Cinco de Mayo art, and car fans head to Bolingbrook Promenade, where the Disney crew also will cruise into view.

Volunteers from across the region make possible the annual Highland Games, a celebration of all things Scottish. It is presented by Chicago Scots, the cultural events arm of the Illinois Saint Andrew Society, the state’s oldest charity.

The musical gifts of Ken Jones of Wayne will be center stage in the Fox Valley Repertory production of “Breaking Up is Hard to Do,” featuring 18 songs by Neil Sedaka. A voice coach, Jones is music director for the show.

The Kayakers in Batavia offers an adventurous way to enjoy the new Cocktails on Clark fundraiser Saturday, May 19 — by paddling down the Fox River to the benefit for revitalization of downtown Batavia.

A concert to help fight hunger will be presented by the Bread & Roses women’s chorus, known for its inventive repertoire and arrangements. The concert “Focus on Freedom” begins at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 5, in DeKalb.

Fifth Third Bank and Kane County Cougars have teamed up to organize a “Strike Out Hunger” food drive at the newly renamed Fifth Third Bank Ballpark before the game Thursday, May 3, against the Peoria Chiefs.

SEASPAR will present the new show “Go Johnny Go” by rocker Johnny Rogers, known for his Buddy Holly tribute, as a benefit Wednesday in the Tivoli Theatre, Downers Grove, for programs helping people with disabilities.