Downers Grove Lifestyle
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GreenMan Theatre's 'Behind the Scenes with the Green' workshop to showcase volunteer opportunitiesSep 24, 2023 11:00 pm - Find out what goes on behind the curtain at GreenMan Theatre Troupe of Elmhurst's "Behind the Scenes with the Green" workshop on Sunday, Oct. 1. It will begin at 2 p.m. ...
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Our Saviour's service to neighbors near and far highlights '10 Days of God's Work, Our Hands'Sep 24, 2023 11:00 pm - From assembling welcome kits for recently arrived refugee families from Africa and Asia to donating blood for patients in need literally next door, members of Our Saviou...
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Good News Sunday: Scuba diving offers new opportunities for people with disabilitiesSep 24, 2023 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: When Peggy Domitz is underwater, anythin...
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Cricket mania: Why centuries-old sport is bowling over the suburbsSep 23, 2023 7:00 am - The familiar sound of a bat whacking a ball can be heard weekday evenings at the MVP Field House in Lake Zurich. But that may be where the familiarity ends for many. In...
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Moving milestones: A plethora of dance performances grace Chicago stages this fallSep 23, 2023 6:00 am - Chicago is a magnet for world-class dance. Not only is the Windy City home to many famed troupes that have specialized in ballet, modern and folk dance traditions, Chica...
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Aquatic studies 101: DuPage ecologists raise mussels, a dragonfly that are basic to local watersSep 22, 2023 5:00 am - At an aquatic laboratory nestled in Warrenville's Blackwell Forest Preserve, freshwater mussels grow in beakers, fish race up and down long holding tanks, and rare endan...
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Naperville Walk to Remember on Oct. 14 lets bereaved parents honor, connectSep 21, 2023 11:00 pm - The pain of pregnancy loss or neonatal loss - and the world-upending heartache of not being able to take one's baby home from the hospital - can make for especially isol...
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Jump scares: Suburban haunted houses serve up Halloween screams for intrepid fansSep 21, 2023 11:00 pm - For those who prefer Halloween haunts of the terrifying kind, who have a hankering for horror and prefer scares up close and personal, a number of haunted houses open th...
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Water Street Naperville to host fall mum sale to benefit We Grow Dreams special needsSep 21, 2023 11:00 pm - Water Street in downtown Naperville will host a plant sale featuring fall mums, hay bales, pumpkin décor and mixed pots from We Grow Dreams in West Chicago. The sale wi...
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Prost! Raise a stein and celebrate Oktoberfest at these suburban eateries and breweriesSep 21, 2023 6:00 am - It's September, which of course means it's Oktoberfest. Celebrated since 1810 in Munich, Germany, Oktoberfest is the world's largest celebration of Bavarian culture. Mi...