WEST DUNDEE – Friends of West Dundee’s proposed Fox Performing Arts Center will host a “Celebrate the Arts” event at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 10 at OTTO Engineering, 11 W. Main St., Carpentersville, to raise money toward the center.

The Friends group of business leaders, neighbors, thespians, musicians and arts patrons has secured more than $181,000 in pledges and donations to demonstrate local support for the creation of a state-of-the-art, 258-seat performing arts center in West Dundee. The group also has collected hundreds of petition signatures.

The Aug. 10 event will feature hors d’oeuvres, a wine bar and eclectic entertainment that celebrates the visual and performing arts.