Nov. 20-23

Today

Twin Cities

•Registration due, Christmas wreath craft program; 2 to 3 p.m. Dec. 4, Normal Public Library. Call (309) 452-1757 or sign up at Circulation Desk.

•" Food Safety: An Important Ingredient for Your Thanksgiving Meal"; 5 p.m., Illinois State University's Alumni Center, 1101 N. Main St., Bloomington. Presenter: Julie Schumacher. Sponsor: College of Applied Science and Technology.

• "World Trade and Globalization: Benefits, Costs and Current Issues"; 5 p.m., Illinois State University's Schroeder Hall, room 244. Presenter: Ray Cohn. Sponsor: Global Review Student Association.

• Desperadoes: Notorious Lawbreakers of Early Illinois; 7 p.m., Bloomington Public Library Community Room. Speaker: John Hallwas. Book signing follows. Sponsored by Illinois Humanities Council.

Elsewhere

• "eBay and Shipping for the Holidays"; 1 to 3 p.m., Memorial Hall of Maple Lawn Homes, Eureka. Sponsor: Eureka Public Library. Call (309) 467-2922.

• Eureka Public Library's travelogue; 6:30 p.m., Apostolic Christian Home, Eureka. Presenter: Colleen Toliver on Europe.

• Woodford County Sewing Guild; 7 p.m., Woodford County Farm Bureau, Eureka. Topic: "Collage Sweaters" by Pat West. Call (309) 467-4525.

For kids

• Toddler Time; 10 a.m., Bloomington Public Library Story Room. For parents or grandparents and toddlers age 19 to 35 months.

• Zoo C.A.F.E.; 11 a.m., Miller Park Zoo, Bloomington. Help make treats for the ferret. Free with zoo admission.

• Family Reading Night program; 5 to 6 p.m., Towanda District Library.

Friday

Twin Cities

• Rules of the Road review course; 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Normal Community Activity Center, One Normal Plaza. Sponsored by Secretary of State Jesse White and Normal Community Activity Center.

• Kenney Festival of Trees; 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Kenney Community Center. Call (217) 934-4277.

• Fall festival and pasta dinner; 5 to 8 p.m., Life Crossings Academy, 18180 U.S. Highway 150, Bloomington. Cost: $7. Also silent auction, bake sale. Call (309) 663-6848. Benefits school.

• Reservations due, December Story Hour; 6 p.m. Dec. 1, Deer Creek Library. For children up to first grade. Call (309) 447-6724.

Elsewhere

• Holiday bazaar; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Gibson Area Hospital Annex. Benefits Gibson Area Hospital Annex.

For kids

• Story Times at Eastland Mall; 10 a.m. on carpeted area near Mrs. Fields Cookies, Eastland Mall.

Saturday

Elsewhere

• "People Helping People" Christmas shopping spree; 8 a.m., Colfax United Methodist Church basement. Continental breakfast, cookie and candy trays; $15 each.

• Christmas on Vinegar Hill; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Mount Pulaski. Maps at Mount Pulaski Courthouse State Historic Site.

Sunday

Twin Cities

• Book Showers for Literacy; 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1701 E. Empire St., Bloomington. Call (309) 662-1506.

Elsewhere

• San Jose Lions Club card party; 2 p.m., Community Center.

• Light up the Park Celebration; 6 p.m., Mischler Park, Main Street and Park Avenue, Deer Creek.