All Day

Wheaton French Market

Downtown Pavilion Main & Liberty St., Wheaton

Hours/Days: April 13–November 30, 2024 Saturdays, 8:00 am–2:00 pm Spring must REALLY be here now: the Wheaton French Market is open! Shop al fresco with friends and neighbors at the expansive Wheaton French Market. It is open for the 2024 season at its new home (as of 2023): the Downtown Pavilion (corner of Main & Liberty Streets). Explore an astonishing variety of local produce, baked goods, honey, fresh flowers, crafts, jewelry, candles, artisan foods, music, unique gifts, and more!

Date with History: Gratitude is Not Enough

Le Jardin 1s151 Winfield Rd., Wheaton

Thursday, November 7 | 6:00 pm | Free with paid parking It was a crisp, clear day in November 1943 as 10-year-old Marcel Schmetz walked home from school along Route de la Clouse, Hitler’s new Belgium-German border. He was about to cross a small bridge over the Berwinne Creek. To his right, he saw an unassuming loaf of bread bobbing downstream in the creek. Then, peering further over the flimsy bridge railing, he saw her. A young woman was face-down at water’s edge with armed border guards standing over her. Water rippled slowly past her lifeless body, turning pink as...