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Naper Settlement planning to open a new farmers market this summer
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoNaper Settlement is launching an all-new farmers market this year that will feature a variety of...
Naper Settlement to digitize archives with help of $800,000 federal grant: ‘It’s momentous for the...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNaper Settlement will soon be able to digitize — and preserve — its trove of historical artifacts and records with the help of $800,000 in federal funds recently awarded to the effort. Rena ...
Werewolf of Naperville: Local artists crafting 15-foot sculpture for Naper Settlement’s Halloween...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLocal artists Paul Kuhn and Lucas Salvesen say they draw with steel. Building their sculptures fragment by fragment, they outline in big pieces and shade with small. Sometimes the duo experiments ...
School field trips return to Naper Settlement as attendance inches toward pre-pandemic levels
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAttendance at Naperville Settlement is showing signs of bounding back to pre-pandemic levels, officials there say. The number of visitors in 2022 to the Naperville historical museum campus, ...
News flash: Santa doesn’t deliver gifts in Italy, Belarus or many other places, according to Naper...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 months agoYes, there’s Santa Claus. But there’s also Papa Noel, Krampus, Mikuláš, Befana — and Naper Settlement is honoring them all. As an ode to the cast of holiday figures that command winter celebrations ...
Garden beds dedicated to fallen service members, first responders to be dedicated at Naper...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoSixteen years ago, Gunnar Hotchkin lived in Naperville with his wife and their three children. He was a home builder, working to support his young family. But then the 2008 recession hit, and ...
Naperville’s entertainment schedule chock-full of special events from late February through December
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNaperville will be home to 40 special events in the coming year that reflect the city’s history, the arts, sports and multicultural heritage. The Naperville City Council has approved a 2023 ...
The 10 Best Family-Friendly Activities in Naperville, Illinois
Momtastic via Yahoo News· 8 months agoNestled in the heart of Illinois, Naperville is a picturesque city that boasts a plethora of...
The Way We Were: Washing clothes no easy task for those who had only a tub and ringer to do the work
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThis photograph of women doing laundry outside was likely taken sometime in the late 1800s or early 1900s. It’s part of Naper Settlement’s collection, provided to the Naperville history museum ...
Naperville council may change historic landmark process to add extra hurdles in cases where owner...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoProperties proposed for historic landmark designation by someone other than the owner would need...