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Pan Am Betty to visit this month’s Elgin Fringe FestivalSep 13, 2024 8:15 pm - Buckle up for a trip back to the golden age of aviation. Historian and actress Leslie Goddard will bring history alive at the Elgin Fringe Festival with her one-woman play, “Betty the Pan Am Stewardess.”
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Geneva HS grad publishes debut novel described as a ‘queer rom-com’Sep 13, 2024 3:30 am - Becca Grischow, a 2013 graduate of Geneva High School, launches her writing career with “I’ll Get Back to You,” a novel she describes as a “queer rom-com.”
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Celebrate Hispanic heritage Friday and Saturday at La Fiesta de ElginSep 12, 2024 4:15 pm - Elgin will celebrate Mexican Independence Day and the start of Hispanic Heritage Month with La Fiesta de Elgin on Friday and Saturday.
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Elgin History Museum exhibit celebrates Elgin Symphony’s 75th anniversarySep 11, 2024 2:00 pm - An exhibit exploring the history of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra opens Friday, Sept. 13, at the Elgin History Museum.
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Heritage Fest welcoming back fireworks and guest appearance from Jaime HjelmSep 11, 2024 10:46 am - Heritage Fest, hosted by village of West Dundee, is celebrating its 26th year on Sept. 13-15 with a bang. Its fireworks display, a feature that was absent last year, is returning.
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Elgin’s ‘Brown Bag’ series to offer ‘A Brief History of Immigration to the United States’Sep 11, 2024 12:26 am - The Elgin Area Historical Society’s “Brown Bag Lunch Series” continues at noon Thursday, Sept. 12, with “A Brief History of Immigration to the United States” with Edward Bates.
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Cajun Fiddler returns to Elgin Coffeehouse Sept. 13Sep 11, 2024 12:08 am - An Elgin congregation will welcome Southern folk music in the person of Gina Forsythe to Highland Avenue Coffeehouse stage on Friday, Sept. 13.
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Norris Gallery Concert Series presents ‘Strings, Songs and Steelpan Music’Sep 06, 2024 11:55 pm - Concerts honoring composers Giacomo Puccini and Gabriel Faure will highlight the fall season of “Music in the Gallery” events in the art gallery of the Norris Cultural Arts Center in St. Charles.
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Painting the Fox River — and keeping it cleanSep 06, 2024 4:00 am - Anna Cherkashina’s “Fox River at Sunset” painting earned Best of Show in the recent Plein Art event hosted by the St. Charles Arts Council. The painting could serve as a motivation for volunteers who participate in upcoming Fox River cleanup events.
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‘It’s very popular’: Elgin tours revisit Elgin National Watch Factory Historic District after 26 yearsSep 05, 2024 6:23 pm - Visitors can tour five homes in the Elgin National Watch Factory Historic District at the 42nd annual Historic Elgin House Tour, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 7-8.