Geneva winter market:

The Geneva Green Market, a winter farmers market, is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays through April 29 except Christmas Eve at First Congregational Church of Geneva, 327 Hamilton St. Visit geneva-green-market.org.

Cookie sale in Maple Park:

St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church invites the community to its annual Christmas Cookie Sale on Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. or until sold out, at St. Mary’s Novak Center, 123 S. County Line Road in Maple Park. Choose your own homemade cookies for $7 per pound. Visit stmarymaplepark.org.

Waterline Writers in Batavia:

Waterline Writers will feature storyteller Kimberly Gotches and showcase many of the writers in the Teen Writers and Artists Project, plus director Diana Zwinak and teaching artists Adam Gottlieb, Corey Dillard and Shayne Morgan Phillips, at 7 p.m. Sunday at Water Street Studios, 160 S. Water St. in downtown Batavia. In addition to “3 Wordplay” writing workshops, open mics and featured performers monthly, the Elgin-based organization has mentor poetry teams and hosts the annual spoken word poetry competition “Slammin’ the Sun Down.” It’s a preliminary event for poets preparing for Chicago’s “Louder Than A Bomb” competitions in February and March. Admission is $5 or $3 for students. For information, go to waterlinewriters.org.

Holiday concert at Norris:

The “Music in the Gallery” season opens with a “Home for the Holidays” concert performed by Taylor Sherry and Tom Bravos, 2013 graduates of St. Charles North High School. The concert is 3 p.m. Sunday at the Norris Cultural Arts Center, 1040 Dunham Road, St. Charles. Tickets are $15 or $10 for seniors and kids younger than 12. Tickets are available at the box office, by calling (630) 584-7200, in person during the gallery’s regular hours of 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday, or at NorrisCulturalArts.com.

Rotary offers retreats:

Do you know of any outstanding high school students who could benefit from developing their leadership skills? If so, encourage them to apply for one of the Rotary Youth Leadership Award retreats from March 9 to 12 and April 6 to 9. To learn more, visit stcbreakfastrotary.org. The St. Charles Breakfast Rotary Club welcomes guests and potential new members to the breakfast meetings at 7 a.m. Tuesdays at McNally’s Irish Pub, 109 W. Main St.

Get road conditions online:

The Illinois Department of Transportation’s gettingaroundillinois.com website provides the latest on ongoing road construction, traffic volumes on state routes and the status of future projects. The site includes a modernized map highlighted by new aerial imagery and expanded points of interest, and consolidates information from a variety of IDOT bureaus. Users also can map trips to include stops at various points of interest across the state, including gas stations, restaurants, hotels, schools, government offices and museums.