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ALEX ROGALS/Sta Photographer Farmers markets continue

It’s high summer, which means tomatoes, sweet corn, peaches and much more at local farmers markets, which are adhering to COVID-19 protocols and require all visitors to wear face coverings and follow special rules in place this year.

The Riverside Farmers Market is open for business every Wednesday from 2:30 to 7 p.m. in Centennial Park – in the shadow of the village’s downtown water tower at 10 Pine Ave. – through Oct. 7.

For more info, visit riverside.il.us/369/Farmers-Market.

The BrookŒeld Farmers Market continues through Oct. 10 every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the BrookŒeld Village H all, 8820 BrookŒeld Ave. For details, visit their website at brookŒeldfarmers.org. An inside look at Chicago sports

Riverside Parks and Rec rolls out its next food truck a visit from Tamale Spaceship on the blacktop at

The menu is posted on the North Riverside Recreation Department’s Facebook page at facebook.com/ NRRecreation. And more

Neighborhood Online Classes for seniors via

Fitness on Aug. 21 at 11:15 a.m. and Coee and

Conversation Support Group on Aug. 24 at 9:30 participation links and questions. following virtual programs through Facebook Live,

Programs include Talented Tuesdays every Tuesday Public Library’s Facebook page; Game Night Fridays every Friday at 7 p.m. via Zoom; a SNAP Telephone Talk with Age Options discussing eligibility for SNAP bene‘ts via conference call (800-747-5150, code 1453322) on Aug. 20 at 3 p.m.; Writers Group Online Meeting via Zoom on Aug. 20 at 6 p.m.; and Stretching and Meditation via conference meeting access info.

Riverside Public Library invites you to join tour the stories of places where Chicago legends played. guide, musician, historian and radio personality He gives you the why, when and how as well as the Clarence Goodman for “Black Sox, Billy Goats and strange history of Chicago sports. Monsters of the Midway,” a special Zoom presentation on Thursday, Aug. 20 at 7 p.m. Visit the library’s online calendar page at riversidelibrary.evanced.info/signup/calendar for a link

Goodwin doesn’t just cruise by stadiums, he tells to Zoom access info.

Toon up

Join cartoonist Mark Anderson of Andertoons for a drawing class with a very special theme –Dinosaurs vs. Robots – during a Zoom presentation brought to you by BrookŒeld Public Library on Saturday, Aug. 22 from 2 to 3 p.m.

Register at brookŒeldlibrary.info or get more brary.info or calling 708-485-6917, ext. 140.

Tamale time!

oering on Thursday, Aug. 20 from 4 to 6 p.m. with Komarek School, 8940 24th St.

Aging Care Connections hosts Aging Well Zoom every week. Coming up is Senior Strong a.m. Email AWN@agingcareconnections.org for

North Riverside Public Library is o…ering the conference calls and the teleconferencing app Zoom.

at 5:30 p.m. via Facebook Live on North Riverside call (800-747-5150, code 1453322) on Aug. 24 at 6:30 p.m. RSVP to bodenl@northriversidelibrary.org or visit northriversidelibrary.org/events for all Zoom information by emailing cbeyer@brookŒeldli19th Amendment turns 100

The League of Women Voters of the LaGrange At 10 a.m., LWV members will view the exhibit Area kick o a series of events celebrating the 100th “Remarkable Women of the LaGrange Area: A Cenanniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment tury of Fashion, Passion and Progress,” which will be – which gave women in the United States the right open to the public between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. to vote – with a picnic for its members on Saturday, Those members attending the picnic on the lawn Aug. 22 at the LaGrange Area Historical Society, 444 are asked to wear white and yellow. The program S. LaGrange Road in LaGrange. will include poems, speeches and music.

and programs for patrons of all ages throughout the week. Most youth activities will be presented live on the library’s Facebook page at facebook.com/ Brook‘eldPublicLibrary. Events include literacy classes and Geek Labs, Zumba for Families and Mammals & More. Youth Services will also host a weekly sidewalk art challenge on Sundays. Each week’s winner will receive a gift card to a local business. For adults, there’s Chair Yoga via Zoom on Aug. 20 at 11 a.m. Register for Zoom access info by visiting brook‘eld.evanced.info/signup. ■ Riverside Arts Center is o…ering Boredom Buster Boxes and Virtual Party Boxes to give the kids some hands-on fun. Each box all the materials needed to complete an art project and instruction sheets. Order online and RAC will deliver the boxes to your front porch (no contact). Order at riversideartscenter.com/category/classes/kids-classes.

You can also enjoy the annual Members’ and Kids’ Exhibition virtually. Visit the RAC website at riversideartscenter.com, scroll down the home page to the exhibit information and click the “download” button. The exhibition includes all manner of styles and media, from ‘gurative and abstract painting to photography, sculpture, glass and ceramics.