Sears Catalog Homes Tour
Sears Catalog Home Tour is a Self-Guided Walking/Driving Tour. The walking portion of this tour includes 1-20 homes and takes approximately 90 minutes. For more information and to obtain tour maps please call 630-729-0380.
Between 1908 and 1940 approximately 100,000 Sears catalog homes featuring 450 models were sold and shipped by railroad box car from southern Illinois to their destinations across the country. The average kit home had 30,000 parts (excluding nails, screws, etc) and contained everything needed to construct the home, except the foundation, plumbing, heating, wiring and the land!
Tivoli Theater
5021 Highland Ave.
Downers Grove, IL 60515
(630) 968-0219
The Tivoli Theatre, located in downtown Downers Grove, was the first Classic Cinemas theatre. The theatre pre-dates Classic Cinemas by 50 years, having opened on Christmas Day 1928 as one of the first theatres in the country built to show “talkies.” Sound continues to be a major focus today, and the Tivoli has Dolby Digital sound and an HPS4000 sound system with the acoustic power of 10 symphony orchestras.
Today the theatre shows recent films at a bargain price seven days a week with matinees on weekends and school holidays. Several performing arts groups also use the Tivoli for their main venue. They include the Midwest Ballet Theatre and the West Towns Chorus. The After Hours Film Society also makes its home at the Tivoli, showing an art or foreign film on the second and fourth Monday of each month. The Tivoli is also used by the Village of Downers Grove as performance space for its annual summer celebration, Heritage Festival held the last weekend in June. More information on events at the Tivoli can be found on the theatre’s special events page.
Tivoli Bowl
938 Warren Avenue
Downers Grove, IL
(630) 969-0660
Just around the corner from the Tivoli Theatre you'll find 12 wood lanes tucked beneath the auditorium - Tivoli Bowling Center. It's a place where the entire family will feel right at home because of its size and friendly atmosphere.
Downers Grove Public Library
1050 Curtiss Street
Downers Grove, IL 60515
(630) 960-1200
With the highest circulation (931,900) among all 86 libraries in the Suburban Library System, more than 30,900 residents are cardholders. The Downers Grove Public Library was also named one of the top ten libraries in the country.
Downers Grove Museum
831 Maple Avenue
Downers Grove, IL 60515
(630) 963-1309
The Museum provides leisure and educational experiences for the community through collecting, preserving, exhibiting and interpreting materials that explain and document the history of Downers Grove and its relationship to local, state, regional and national history.
Additonal public, summer, school, outreach and scout & youth programs are available through the Museum.
LASER QUEST DOWNERS GROVE
1524-C Butterfield Road
Downers Grove, IL 60515
(630) 705-0500
Laser Quest is a fast paced game for ages 5 to 85 – a high tech combination of tag and hide and seek. With the world’s most advanced laser tag equipment available, Laser Quest is played in a large, multi-level arena with specialty lighting, fog and heart pounding music.
Artists Showcase West
P.O. Box 373
Downers Grove, IL 60515
(630) 963-9093
Grove Players
P.O. Box 92
Downers Grove, IL 60515
(630) 415-3682
Midwest Ballet Theatre
5017 Fairview Ave
Downers Grove, IL
(630) 971-9751
Two Way Street Coffee House
1047 Curtiss Street
Downers Grove, IL 60515
(630) 969-9720
Here you’ll find professional performers showcasing a variety of folk music styles.
Friday Live Entertainment Performance Schedule
Special Concert Events