Events Calendar

Our mission is to educate, inspire and develop a community of fiber artists in the Macomb area, to nurture and empower both novice and skilled fiber artists, & enrich the community by fostering opportunities to experience, learn, and earn.

Located on the beautiful prairie of the Forgottonia area of Illinois, we meet at the First Presbyterian Church of Macomb (400 East Carroll St).

We welcome all fiber enthusiasts. Our members have varied interests including knitting, weaving, crocheting,
felting, spinning, quilting, rug hooking, embroidery, tatting, raising fiber animals…Join us!

Engine and Caboose Preschool Program
Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10:30 to 11:30
Engine and Caboose is a weekly preschool program for children ages 2 to 5 years old. It promotes early literacy, fine motor and math skills. FREE with paid admission.

Nov. 12th & 13th Come Along, Daisy by Jane Simmons

Nov, 19th & 20th I am Thankful by Sheri Wall

Nov. 26th Edible Alphabet with OSF Pediatric Wellness Specialist, Roxanne Pacey

Book will be read at 10:30am.

Make Your Own Turkey Mask.

$1.00 with admission

Make some Thanksgiving Treats.

The inaugural Flint Hills Turkey Trot will be held on Thursday, November 28th, starting at 9:00 AM at the Flint Hills Golf Course. This event will offer an opportunity to get moving and enjoy the crisp outdoors on Thanksgiving morning as you run, jog, or walk a 5k route through beautiful Flint Hills Golf Course.

Race proceeds support the Junior Golf Program at Flint Hills Golf Course. Participants are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item that will be donated to City Hope and St. Vincent de Paul food pantries to help them stock up during the holiday season.

The first 75 registrants will receive Flint Hills Golf Course beanie and event participants will receive a finisher medal. The event is unofficially timed with a race clock at the start/finish. The trot will go on regardless of weather, with hot chocolate provided after the event.

Check out the Flint Hills Golf Course Facebook page or the run sign up page for more details and to register for the event. The registration fee for the turkey trot is $15. Participants may register up to the event and on Thursday morning at Flint Hills Golf Course, 12842 102nd Avenue, Burlington, Iowa, with the course opening at 8:15 AM for registration.

www.runsignup.com/Race/IA/Burlington/TurkeyTrot9

Discovery Depot will be closed 11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving!

Walk of the Dead Haunted Trail is now open Fridays and Saturdays in October from 7:00 – 11:00 pm. Located behind Lakeside Water Park (1033 S Lake Storey Road, Galesburg) the haunted trail offers patrons a terrifying haunted walk through the woods. In its eighth year of operation, Walk of the Dead Haunted Trail is managed by the non-profit AGES Community in cooperation with the City of Galesburg. The cost is $20 per person.

“This year’s trail is the longest trail we’ve done, almost twice as long as last year’s trail,” says organizer Darla Krejci. “We have some new scares and some old favorites. Every year we do things differently, so if you’ve come a previous year, we promise this year will be different.”

Organizers recommend the haunt to children older than 13 years of age. The event is entirely outdoors and weather permitting so please dress accordingly. No open toed shoes, slippers, flip-flops or slides allowed.

Proceeds from the haunted trail help support the city’s nature programs and other recreational activities
including the Fishing Derby. AGES Community has also shared proceeds with local non-profits including the
VNA, the Hygiene Pantry, Huntington's Disease Society of America, various food pantries, the library youth, Junk for Jingles and Knoxville Key Club.

For more information and weather related updates, follow Walk of the Dead on Facebook and Instagram. Tickets available at the ticket booth or online at www.agescommunity.org.

The District invites the community to its annual Light the Park ceremony! Come join us as Santa Claus himself flips the switch and turns on the lights in Washington Park.

The free event, presented by TNT Golf Car & Motorsports and Craig Industries, is scheduled for Saturday, November 30 at 5:30 p.m. in the park.

We've got more lights and more activities than ever before! Enjoy cookies and hot chocolate, and food and drink for purchase from Shots Fired Coffee and Platt Daddy BBQ.

Lyons Pride will spin some festive tunes before and after The Low Brass Ensemble from the Quincy Concert Band plays in the gazebo. Dancers from the Vancil Performing Arts Center will lead the way as Santa arrives on his sleigh. The band will play at 5:30 p.m. and Santa will arrive a bit after 6.

Take pictures in our selfie/photo area complete with large character cut outs and snow globe. The Grinch and characters from Square Peg Group Troupe will be wandering about, too.

Bring a new, unwrapped toy(s) to donate to Toys for Tots, they will have a table set up, and be entered to win one of two $30 gift certificates to The District! The winners will be announced that night at 7 p.m.!

More opportunities to donate to great causes and win fun prizes are coming from 5 to 7 p.m. Dec 5, 12 and 19 when Santa returns to his home in Washington Park.

More info in the weeks to come on this fun, family-friendly event, so be on the lookout here on our event page. We hope to see you in The Heart of Quincy.

Walk of the Dead Haunted Trail is now open Fridays and Saturdays in October from 7:00 – 11:00 pm. Located behind Lakeside Water Park (1033 S Lake Storey Road, Galesburg) the haunted trail offers patrons a terrifying haunted walk through the woods. In its eighth year of operation, Walk of the Dead Haunted Trail is managed by the non-profit AGES Community in cooperation with the City of Galesburg. The cost is $20 per person.

“This year’s trail is the longest trail we’ve done, almost twice as long as last year’s trail,” says organizer Darla Krejci. “We have some new scares and some old favorites. Every year we do things differently, so if you’ve come a previous year, we promise this year will be different.”

Organizers recommend the haunt to children older than 13 years of age. The event is entirely outdoors and weather permitting so please dress accordingly. No open toed shoes, slippers, flip-flops or slides allowed.

Proceeds from the haunted trail help support the city’s nature programs and other recreational activities
including the Fishing Derby. AGES Community has also shared proceeds with local non-profits including the
VNA, the Hygiene Pantry, Huntington's Disease Society of America, various food pantries, the library youth, Junk for Jingles and Knoxville Key Club.

For more information and weather related updates, follow Walk of the Dead on Facebook and Instagram. Tickets available at the ticket booth or online at www.agescommunity.org.

Discovery Depot will be closed December 2nd - December 6th.

We will reopen Saturday, December 7th.