Downers Grove Lifestyle
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Crafts & Curiosities Outdoor Market comes to Wolfden Brewing Oct. 22Oct 20, 2023 11:00 pm - Wolfden Brewing, in collaboration with the Streetz Artz Alliance, is hosting the first-ever Crafts & Curiosities Outdoor Market on Sunday, Oct. 22. The noon to 5 p.m. ev...
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Life lessons I learned from playing with Barbie dollsOct 20, 2023 6:00 am - When the "Barbie" movie was released, I suggested to my wife that we go. And to those who know me, it should come as no surprise that I suggested we go wearing pink. Yes...
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Thrills, frights and a 15-foot werewolf at Naper SettlementOct 20, 2023 5:00 am - Naper Settlement has added a 15-foot werewolf sculpture to scare up some fun at its annual Halloween events. The sculpture, created by Naperville artist Paul Kuhn and Au...
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Supernatural suburbia? Check out these reportedly haunted local sitesOct 20, 2023 1:00 am - For years, it was “a rite of passage” for Northwest suburbanites to check out supposedly haunted Cuba Road at night, actor/filmmaker Jon Lee Brody explained. So it made ...
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Bolingbrook Garden Club donates over 1,500 pounds of fresh food to pantryOct 19, 2023 11:00 pm - The Bolingbrook Garden Club has contributed more than 1,500 pounds of fresh, locally grown produce to the West Suburban Community Pantry during the 2023 growing season. ...
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Bridge Communities receives $32,000 boost from INEOS to support families facing homelessnessOct 19, 2023 11:00 pm - Bridge Communities has received £25,000 ($32,000) from the INEOS Community Fund to assist their vital work. This is one of several £25,000 allotments made by the INEOS C...
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Festivals Oct. 20-26: All Hallows Eve, Boo! at the Zoo, Halloween fests and moreOct 18, 2023 6:00 am - Ongoing Pumpkin Fest: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Tuesday, Oct. 31, at Cosley Zoo, 1356 N. Gary Ave., Wheaton. Animals, a straw pyramid and thousands of pumpkins...
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Dining Out: Crawl-O-Ween, Fall-O-Ween, and other fall-iday happenings in the suburbsOct 17, 2023 11:00 pm - Lots of Halloween happenings and fall flavors around the suburbs. Trick or drink Rosemont's Parkway Bank Park entertainment district hosts its annual "Crawl-O-W...
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Wheaton-Naperville Infant Welfare and CD One Price Cleaners sponsor 13th annual coat driveOct 17, 2023 11:00 pm - The Wheaton-Naperville Chapter of the Auxiliary of the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago, other area chapters, and local CD One Price Cleaners are sponsoring the 13th an...
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Best Bets: Aries Spears, 'When You Wish Upon A Star,' Megon McDonough and John MalkovichOct 17, 2023 11:00 pm - Stand-up comedy Comedian and impressionist Aries Spears (“Mad TV,” “Jerry Maguire”) headlines the Chicago Improv at Woodfield Mall, 5 Woodfield Road, Schaumburg. $3...