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Felicia LaBoy, lead pastor at First United Methodist Church in Elgin, will present “Significant Black Women of the Reconstruction and Beyond” from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, at the Elgin History Museum, 360 Park St., Elgin.

LaBoy’s presentation, which will also be streamed live, will focus on Black women who worked to improve the quality of life for all by using politics, education and activism to spread their message.

To register for the event, go to elginhistory.org/event/significant-black-women-of-the-reconstruction-era-and-beyond-with-dr-felicia-laboy/.

The Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra will hold an open house from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, at the Elgin Community College Arts Center, 1700 Spartan Drive.

Information on the orchestra and the audition process for its 2022-23 season will be available.

The symphony orchestra has nearly 300 students from 70 communities throughout Illinois, and its members rehearse every Sundays at ECC for several concerts presented annually. In 2021, it was named the Illinois Youth Orchestra of the Year by the Illinois Council of Orchestras.

To register for the open house, go to www.eyso.org/openhouse.

The Elgin Parks and Recreation Department is holding a Snowflakes & Sleds event from 1 to 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21, near the Wing Park Band Shell in Wing Park, Elgin.

Sleds can be checked out and Joe & Dough’s food truck will be selling food. The first 50 people who ask will receive coupons for free doughnuts and hot cocoa. There also will be giveaway prizes.

For more information, call 847-531-6129.

Tickets are being sold for the Boy Scouts of America Three Fire Council’s family egg hunts at 9 and 9:30 a.m. and adult flashlight egg hunts at 8 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday April 2.

All four events are being held at Camp Big Timber, 37W955 Big Timber Road, Elgin.

The morning event is designed for children ages 10 and under. Tickets are $10 and include a bag for gathering eggs. Prizes are guaranteed for all participants.

The nighttime flashlight hunts are for adults 21 and older and prizes include such things as electronics, gift certificates and trips. Tickets are $20, with entertainment afterward and drinks for sale in the camp’s lodge.

The hunts will take place in multiple fields to allow for social distancing.

For information and tickets, go to ThreeFiresCouncil.org/FamilyEggHunt for the family egg hunt and flashlightegghunt.org for the flashlight egg hunt.

The precision manufacturing programs at South Elgin and Streamwood high schools have received more than $200,000 in tools from industrial distribution business DXP Enterprises.

John Zauner, a member of School District U-46′s Precision Manufacturing Advisory Committee, is DXP’s Illinois sales manager and arranged for the donation.

Zauner, a graduate of the Streamwood High School’s precision manufacturing program, said the tools are a way to ensure current students have the same opportunities he had while in school.

In precision manufacturing classes, students receive hands-on training in precision measurement and learn how to operate lathe, milling and grinding machines. The curriculum prepares students for the computer numerical control systems used in modern manufacturing.

Streamwood precision manufacturing instructor Matt Erbach said the donation is a welcome opportunity to upgrade the schools’ older equipment.

Applications for nine scholarships offered through the School District U-46 Educational Foundation are available online at www.u-46.org/cms/lib/IL01804616/Centricity/Domain/1576/Scholarship%20Profiles.pdf.

Four of the scholarships are offered only to students who will be graduating from Elgin High School. One is specifically for someone from South Elgin High School, and four are for students meeting certain qualifications from any of the district’s five high schools.

Amounts available range from $1,000 to $4,750.

Students need to complete one application in order to be considered for any of the scholarships. The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. Sunday, March 6.

For more information, call Dawn Curran at 847-888-5000, Ext. 5040, or email her atdawncurran@u-46.org.

Artists, performers and venue managers are being sought to participate in the Elgin Fringe Festival, scheduled for Sept. 2-11 at various locations in downtown Elgin.

The uncurated, multi-disciplinary arts festival is supported by Side Street Studio Arts and the Elgin Cultural Art Commission.

Artists are selected through a lottery in categories that include equity-seeking artists, local artists who live within 50 miles of downtown Elgin and touring artists who live more than 50 miles from downtown Elgin.

The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, March 1. Selected and wait-listed artists will be announced by Monday, May 2.

Venue managers oversee the events at the various locations and are paid positions. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15.

For applications and more information, go to www.elginfringefestival.com.