On November 9, we hosted a Diwali Celebration in collaboration with the South Asian Families of Wilmette. 

Considering the fact that 11 million people in the United States—about 3.6 percent of us—are deaf or near-deaf, this singular minority doesn’t get much attention. People who experience deafness don’t get flags, or parades. Yet deafness is not simply a disability.

On Saturday, April 20, we hosted an Eid al-Fitr Celebration in collaboration with the South Asian Families of Wilmette.

Join our Library Crawl this April in celebration of National Library Week. Starting April 1, pick up a Library Crawl bookmark at either Glencoe Public Library, Wilmette Public Library, or Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District.

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Happy New Year!

The Lunar New Year is upon us—that’s the time when the lunar calendar makes a new beginning. China, Korea, Vietnam, and most other East Asian countries celebrate the New Year on the second new moon after winter solstice.

In recent years, Columbus Day has become a hotly contested holiday. It’s beloved by many traditionalists, but others bemoan its links to colonialism.

Yet Columbus Day was never a simple day.

Contributed by: Charles Hutchinson, Esq., President, Wilmette/Kenilworth Chamber of Commerce

By Julie Yusim, Executive Director, Wilmette/Kenilworth Chamber of Commerce