West Chicago Lifestyle
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The Gardenworks Project's Harvest Against Hunger returns to College of DuPageSep 25, 2023 11:00 pm - The GardenWorks Project will host its sixth annual "Harvest Against Hunger" fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 14, at the College of DuPage Street Scene. Its goal is to raise ...
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FT Cares Foundation celebrates Light the Torch Night Run's 10th anniversarySep 25, 2023 11:00 pm - Just after the sun dips below the horizon, runners will follow a 5K route through downtown Wheaton when the Light the Torch Night Run begins at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30...
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority hosts Midwest Impact Day of Service Carnival Book Fair Sept. 30Sep 24, 2023 11:00 pm - The Glen Ellyn Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. is hosting its annual Midwest Impact Day of Service on Saturday, Sept. 30. To make an even more si...
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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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New Hope United Methodist Church formed by merger of Winfield and West Chicago churchesSep 22, 2023 11:00 pm - New Hope has been formed by combining the resources of both Winfield Community UMC and First UMC of West Chicago to better service our missions. All services will be hel...
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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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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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Words on birds: Climate change may be the reason for rare visits by 'southern birds' like limpkins and spoonbillsSep 21, 2023 6:00 am - You never forget your first limpkin. Mine was at a lakeside trailer park near St. Petersburg, Florida. A book said limpkins would be there and, sure enough, they were. T...
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Best bets: Free Mavis Staples show, dinos in downtown Wheaton, 'Flying Dutchman' at LyricSep 20, 2023 11:00 pm - Chicago Live More than 80 musical, dance and theatrical acts - including Mavis Staples performing at 8 p.m. Saturday - will grace three stages on Navy Pier, 600 E. ...
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DeMoon Family Foundation awards milk grant to Wayne Township Food PantrySep 14, 2023 11:00 pm - The DeMoon Family Foundation recently awarded the Wayne Township Food Pantry with a $20,000 grant to fund the pantry's Fresh Milk Program through 2023. The Wayne Townsh...