EARLVILLE – The Village of Earlville is preparing to celebrate the village and the community this month with a three-day Community Days celebration beginning on July 11.

The Community Days will be begin on Friday, July 11 and continue through Sunday, July 13. Games and entertainment will be held all weekend long. The fun will start with a storytelling event at the Earlville Opera House. Quiet Riot, a storytelling duo made up of brothers Bill Mettler and David Mettler, will offer a free family performance at 11 a.m. at the Opera House.

Following Quiet Riot, the Peacemaker Adventure Program will provide a free family workshop with activities and games to help encourage working together, effective communications, problem solving, trust and support. For more information about the Earlville Opera House or their programs, visit www.earlvilleoperahouse.com.

Also on Friday, the Village of Earlville will begin its second annual Softball Tournament. The tournament will continue through Sunday. Games will be held at the Fayette Street Ball Fields, at the former Earlville School. Teams from several counties will compete in the tournament. The Earlville Fire Department will run a concession stand at the field during the tournament.

On Saturday, the activities will begin with a book sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Earlville Free Library. The Earlville United Methodist Church will host a chicken barbecue beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the church. The barbecue will continue until the chicken is sold out. The Madison County Sheriff’s Department will be at the gazebo in the village park from 10 a.m. to noon to host Operation Safe Child, a program that allows the Sheriff’s department to finger print and photograph children, providing the police with essential information that can be electronically disseminated in the event that a child goes missing.