Lovely mosque located in Plainfield. I prayed the Friday prayer here with my family. Information…read morefor the Friday prayer was not readily available online, but thankfully I asked someone I knew and they knew the schedule. Right now, the Friday prayer is at 1:20pm. The building is beautiful with geometric patterns. Prayer spaces are spacious, clean and kept up well. Nothing looks too old or worn. Lots of shoe space and well equipped bathrooms. I loved that I could still hear the sermon in the women's bathroom over the speaker so I didn't have to miss any of the speech. I enjoyed it. Right now they have different speakers each week for the sermon from the community. There is a ton of parking and a playground for the kids. Yearly conferences are held to discuss religious topics - usually in Chicago.

This comfortable service gets me started on the right track for the week. It is casual,…read moreinformative, friendly and a very positive environment.

This church is amazing. Music from your playlist performed by a live band, video clips from…read morepopular movies and messages that manages to find the spiritual in your everyday life.

Beautiful Mosque to help everyone in the community and also to allow Muslims to pray and spend time…read morein the mosque and become closer to their Lord and the community around them.

Can't say much about the mosque operations, but I stopped here on the way to Chicago to pray…read more The interior is nice, enough space I thought inside and very little parking. Inside is really clean. Loved the wudhu areas and that there was proper wudhu facilities in the women's wudhu area!

We visited this place as part of a class on Racial and Ethnic Diversity. It was interesting to…read morelearn about a different type of culture here. The guy who runs the center was very informative and open to fielding questions. Our tour took place during the Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom) so radical Islam was a hot topic. The center director was open about the topic and fully willing to answer our questions about their beliefs and about terrorism. I would give this place more stars but they didn't have many artifacts or as many informative displays as the black cultural center does so it wasn't as informative. However, if you are interested in learning more about Islamic culture, I would encourage you to stop by.

Time is running out to visit the House of Glass. Owner and artisan Joe Rice is retiring and the…read moreshop is for sale. I visited this weekend to see the work of this iconic glass genius and nephew of the great St. Clare glass legends. Elwood is known for the glass factories that thrived mid 20th century. Members of the St. Clare family have made decorative glass items since 1890s. During my visit, Joe and artisan, Matt, were demonstrating glass blowing and other techniques at the shop as part of the Elwood Glass Festival. Joe has been making glass since he was twelve years old and his work is exquisite. The shop is tidy. I purchased five spectacular pieces of glass signed by Joe from his little gift shop. Joe's wife runs the shop and was super friendly and wrapped my treasures with great care. In a back room, St. Clare family pieces were on display along with family photos. Joe is proud of Elwood and it's history. He sent us to look at several historic sites. There's parking on the west side of the building. There is a public restroom. Call before you make the trip to make sure they are open. Prices were very reasonable. Can't get much more local with lovely craftsmanship.

The House of Glass makes wonderful artwork. Mr. Rice, the third generation at his family's craft,…read morewas very generous with his time in both showing us the skills he has honed over the years as well as fascinating us with the history of his family and glass making. Any of his pieces would make beautiful gifts and keepsakes for any occasion.