Des Plaines Lifestyle
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New shelter for homeless young women, transgender youths being built near Des PlainesJun 10, 2021 1:00 am - Construction has begun near Des Plaines on a new emergency shelter for young women and transgender youths experiencing homelessness in the North or Northwest suburbs. It...
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Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame Seeks Members for Selection CommitteeJun 09, 2021 11:00 pm - The Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame, celebrating its 30th anniversary, invited the LGBTQ+ community to nominate individuals, organizations, businesses, and allies for the 2021...
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Northwest Suburban Bar Association awards Timothy C. Evans Scholarship at annual meetingJun 09, 2021 11:00 pm - Each year, the Honorable Timothy C. Evans scholarship is awarded to a law student and, for the first time, paralegal students who reside in the Northwest suburbs of Chic...
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St. Viator names its head coach for girls varsity lacrosseJun 09, 2021 6:00 am - • Adelaide Dieckmeyer was promoted to head coach of the girls varsity lacrosse team at Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights. Dieckmeyer has been part of the Vi...
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Constable: Anthology celebrates 75 years of writers' workshopJun 09, 2021 1:00 am - In 1946, a dozen wives of Northwestern University professors were searching for an outlet for their literary talents. "They decided to put on a little coffee klatch and ...
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Festivals June 11-17: Pride celebrations, concerts in the park and moreJun 08, 2021 6:00 am - This weekend Grads and Grease: 5-11 p.m. Thursday and Friday, June 10-11; 1-11 p.m. Saturday, June 12; and 1-9 p.m. Sunday, June 13, at the Metra lot in downtown Highwoo...
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Constable: Post-pandemic event puts Gerry's Café back on courseJun 08, 2021 5:15 am - The bold dream of Natalie Griffin and Amy Philpott to open Gerry's Café, staffed by adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, was making great progress. T...
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Sun City couple celebrate 70 years of marriageJun 06, 2021 11:00 pm - Fewer than 0.1% of married couples manage to reach this major milestone in life, but on May 27, 2021, Sue and Dick Schimmel of Sun City in Huntley did just that - 70 yea...
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Friendship Village Senior Living's Go-To ResidentJun 03, 2021 11:00 pm - At any given moment, she may be hosting a streamed trivia game (sometimes in costume), helping with craft projects, posing as Mrs. Claus for a Christmas display, helping...
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Neighbors in the news: Hoffman Estates High names new head basketball coachJun 03, 2021 6:00 am - • Peter McBride was named head boys basketball coach at Hoffman Estates High School. McBride, who has been the school's head sophomore boys basketball coach, takes over ...