Cook County Submitted Content
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Elgin Community College receives NASA award to host robotics competitionSep 14, 2025 2:53 pm - Elgin Community College has secured a prestigious $50,000 NASA award, positioning itself as one of only 30 institutions nationwide to receive this highly competitive recognition.
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Elgin Community College celebrates Latinx Heritage Month with ‘Sazón & Soul’Sep 14, 2025 2:47 pm - Elgin Community College celebrates Latinx Heritage Month with events, art, dance, music, and cultural experiences from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.
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‘Carmina Burana,’ ‘Polovtsian Dances’ open New Philharmonic seasonSep 14, 2025 2:21 pm - New Philharmonic's 2025-26 season opener on Oct. 4-5 features two monumental masterpieces: "Carmina Burana" by Carl Orff and "Polovtsian Dances" by Alexander Borodin.
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Rotary Club of Palatine’s Oktoberfest returns with beer, music, bike ride, scarecrow contestSep 13, 2025 10:13 am - Bring your appetite for beer, music, food and games to the Rotary Club of Palatine’s 17th annual Oktoberfest, which will take place Friday, Sept. 19, through Sunday, Sept. 21, in downtown Palatine.
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Lake Park High theater takes on rhyming couplets for ‘Hamlet Hears a Who’Sep 13, 2025 12:05 am - Lake Park High School is combining Shakespeare's "Hamlet" with Dr. Seuss in "Hamlet Hears a Who," a children's play told in rhyming couplets.
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Journey of Hope launches ‘Rise Above’ mental health ministrySep 12, 2025 10:31 pm - Journey of Hope United Methodist Church in Elgin is launching a new ministry called "Rise Above" to offer support for mental health and healing.
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Local law enforcement goes gold to support Pediatric Cancer Awareness MonthSep 12, 2025 1:04 pm - The Kane and Cook County sheriff's departments are handing out gold pins for deputies to wear this month, including a SWAT team member whose daughter is a pediatric cancer survivor and was helped by Cal's Angels.
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Hoffman Estates to hold fire station open houses Oct. 4, 11Sep 12, 2025 10:38 am - The Hoffman Estates Fire Department is kicking off Fire Prevention Month by hosting a pair of fire station open houses in October.
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Students honor local heroes on Patriot DaySep 12, 2025 10:24 am - Students of Immanuel Lutheran School in Palatine are too young to have lived through the events of Sept. 11, 2001, but teachers are committed to ensuring that the lessons of that day — and the heroism it revealed — are never forgotten.
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Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts hosts fotoMuses exhibit on ‘The House — Personal Environments’Sep 11, 2025 11:13 pm - The fotoMuses, a group of women photographers, present their newest exhibit "The House - Personal Environments" at the Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts.