Des Plaines Submitted Content
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Harper College welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright to campusMar 01, 2024 3:10 pm - It’s not every day that a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright comes to Harper College, but Beth Henley will be in the audience when the Harper Ensemble Theatre Company presents her award-winning play, “Crimes of the Heart.”
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Meet Kurt Begalka, the Des Plaines History Center’s new executive directorMar 01, 2024 1:35 pm - The Des Plaines History Center will host its March Coffee Talk program from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, March 14, featuring a meet-and-greet event with Kurt Begalka, the new ex...
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Kids can learn about historic explorers at seaMar 01, 2024 1:23 pm - Join the Des Plaines History Center for the latest Hands-On History program for kids, “History at Sea: Exploring the New World.”
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Proverbial ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure’ finds home in new trade school in NilesFeb 29, 2024 1:43 pm - A recent aha moment for Charlie Walsh Jr. of Walsh Partners in Elmhurst led to his dropping off a truckload of abandoned bicycles at Charles H. Walsh Sr. Academy & Career...
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Harper College’s high-tech health care training center helps students learn teamworkFeb 29, 2024 10:49 am - Health care is a team sport. From nursing to imaging, techs to doctors, it’s important that everyone involved in patient care knows how to work together.
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Heritage Planning Partners welcomes Northwestern Mutual Private Wealth Adviser Brian Stanley as a new partnerFeb 29, 2024 9:47 am - Heritage Planning Partners, a Northwestern Mutual Private Client Group founding member, is expanding its leadership team and welcoming Brian Stanley as a new partner with the wealth management firm.
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Ed Block Courage Award luncheon on March 12 welcomes Bears’ Jack SanbornFeb 28, 2024 11:57 am - The Bears’ Jack Sanborn and other members of the organization are scheduled to attend the annual Ed Block Courage Award Luncheon at Manzo’s Banquet, 1571 S. Elmhurst Road, Des Plaines, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12.
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John Hersey High School student spreads CPR awareness through community eventFeb 28, 2024 9:05 am - It took only a harrowing moment and the ensuing fallout for her family to light a motivational fire in John Hersey High School sophomore Shyla Sood that promises to burn brightly for decades to come.
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Sharing similarities, celebrating differences: District 23 Heritage Night explores diversityFeb 27, 2024 6:14 pm - Prospect Heights Elementary District 23’s Heritage Night gave students, families and staff a chance to share their heritage and learn about different cultures.
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The Law Office of George J. Skuros, awards $1,000 collegiate scholarship to law studentsFeb 26, 2024 10:35 am - The Law Office of George J. Skuros, Park Ridge, offers $1,000 to a current or prospective law student passionate about bringing positive change to family law and policy