Three-dimensional cheesecloth ghosts are a fantastic way to get crafty and spruce up the house with some homemade decorations. With a quick pit stop to your local crafts store for some inexpensive materials, you’re well on your way to making a spooky apparition and keeping the little ones occupied. Here’s how ...

Adventist Hinsdale Hospital and the Hinsdale Hospital Foundation Assembly Board are sponsoring the 10th annual women’s health symposium from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, at the Marriott Oak Brook Hills Resort, 3500 Midwest Road, Oak Brook.

Steel Beam Theatre announces auditions for children ages 9 to 16 for their production of "The Tale of Beauty and the Beast" from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3, at the theatre, 111 W. Main St., St. Charles.

Forget the framed Monet prominently hung on the wall. John Lessick’s goal is to draw appreciative eyes to a less obvious place in the room: the floor.

It’s 7-Election time — that unabashedly unscientific and remarkably accurate, just-for-fun presidential coffee-cup poll where citizens can vote early, late and often. All it takes is for customers to purchase their 20-ounce coffee choose a red or blue cup sporting the name of the Republican Sen. John McCain or Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama.

Professional fine artist Duane Geisness is offering Tuesday afternoon art classes in the Campbell House Art Gallery, located at the Kane County Events Center, at Kirk Road and Cherry Lane, Geneva.

The Holmstad Retirement Community will hold its 31st annual bazaar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at Fabyan Parkway and Route 31 in Batavia.

Admission is free. A raffle for a handmade quilt will be conducted. The sale offers crafts, needlework, jewelry, books, plants, homemade candy, seasonal decorations, cards, ceramics, collectibles and antiques.

In honor of October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, local businesses are supporting Constance Morris House, a Pillars-sponsored program.

Abigail Ann and Eliot Brodsky were married July 11, 2008, in A New Leaf in Chicago. The ceremony was presided over by Judge Michael Jordan. The bride is the daughter of James and Susan Koller of Geneva and Elizabeth and Joseph Peterson of St. Charles. The groom is the son of David and Alla Brodsky of Springfield, Ill.

Joshua Michael Kruk was born Sept. 3, 2008, to Jason and Andrea Kruk of St. Charles at Delnor-Community Hospital in Geneva.

Lorinda Lee Oertel and Steven Alan Anderson have announced their engagement. Lorinda is the daughter of Paul and Mary Ann Oertel of Warrenville. Steven is the son of Terry and Kathy Anderson of Batavia.