ELGIN
*The annual Arts Festival will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Elgin Academy, 350 Park St. The Missoula Children’s Theater Group will present “Cinderella” at 2 p.m. in the Sears Theater, then the festival will move outside for student performances in voice, chorus, theater, dance and instrumental. Student art exhibits and video productions, arts and crafts and a bake sale will be featured. Admission is free. Call 847-695-0309.
DISTRICT U-46
*The Visual and Performing Arts Academy dancers will present their spring show, “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Steps,” at 7 p.m. Friday in Larkin High School, 1475 Larkin Ave., Elgin. Tickets cost $5. Call 847-888-5200.
*The choral department will present its grand finale concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Elgin High School, 1200 Maroon Drive. Tickets are $2 for adults and $1 for students and senior citizens. Call 847-888-5100.
*An orchestra concert will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Ellis Middle School, 225 S. Liberty St., Elgin. Students from Channing, Hilltop, Huff and Lords Park schools will participate. Call 847-888-5151.
DISTRICT 62
*Orientations for parents of 5th-graders at Forest, Plainfield, Orchard Place and South schools will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Algonquin Middle School, 767 Algonquin Rd.; and at 7 p.m. Monday for parents of 5th graders at Central, North, Terrace and Cumberland schools at 7 p.m. Monday in Chippewa Middle School 123 Eighth St., Des Plaines.
DISTRICT 63
*The Spring Arts Show will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday in Mark Twain School, 9401 Hamlin Ave., Niles. The interactive show will feature student performances and art displays. Call 847-296-5341.
DISTRICT 67
*The Fifth Annual International Celebration of Cultures will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in Golf Middle School, 9401 Waukegan Rd., Morton Grove. Tickets are $4 in advance and $5 at the door. Food is included in the ticket price; beverages are 50 cents each. Children 4 and younger and faculty are free. Call Meryl Gale 847-966-1237.
DISTRICT 211
*The Fremd Viking Booster Club will hold a fundraiser from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday in GolfNation, 399 N. Quentin Rd., Palatine. The cost is $50 and includes 9 holes of simulated golf and appetizers. A cash bar will be available. Register online at www.fhs.d211.org and click on the Booster page under Parent Information, or call Lori Quinn at 847-991-4513.
