Cook County Submitted Content
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Lake Park film society opens fifth season with ‘The Sting’ screeningSep 01, 2026 1:46 am - Lake Park High School's Film Appreciation Society will screen "The Sting" on Sept. 2 in Roselle. The 1973 film stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford as con artists plotting against crime boss Robert Shaw.
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New Philharmonic opens 50th year with ‘Musica Italiana’ featuring opera, film scoresSep 01, 2026 1:24 am - New Philharmonic opens its 50th anniversary season with "Musica Italiana Dolce" concerts on Sept. 26-27 featuring Italian-inspired orchestral works, operatic pieces, and film themes conducted by Kirk Muspratt.
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Kane County approves energy efficiency initiative to help lower utility billsAug 31, 2026 10:17 pm - Kane County launches a $100,000 Energy Audit & Rebate Program to help unincorporated residents reduce utility bills through professional home energy audits and weatherization rebates.
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CLC alum finds community, earns a full-ride scholarshipAug 31, 2026 2:50 pm - Jacqueline Johnson came to College of Lake County looking for a path and an affordable education and left with a full-ride scholarship to Southern Illinois University.
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Poplar Creek Library Closes Chapter on Overdue FinesAug 31, 2026 11:30 am - The Poplar Creek Public Library District’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously at its July meeting to eliminate overdue fines on library materials, joining a growing national movement to remove financial barriers to public library access.
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Schaumburg to impose temporary traffic and parking restrictions around SeptemberfestAug 31, 2026 11:21 am - Temporary road closures and parking restrictions will be in place surrounding the Robert O. Atcher Municipal Campus starting before and running through Septemberfest over the Labor Day weekend.
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Fox Valley Theatre Company to bring Percy Jackson musical to ECC stageAug 27, 2026 3:44 pm - Fox Valley Theatre Company presents “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical” from Sept. 11-20 at the Blizzard Theatre in Elgin. This rock musical adaptation of Rick Riordan's novel follows the boy who must embark on a quest to find Zeus's stolen lightning bolt and prevent a war among the gods.
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‘We’re building family’: Harper College’s new Fire Academy cohort makes historyAug 27, 2026 12:35 pm - Harper College's inaugural Fire Academy graduated 16 students after nine weeks of intensive training at the new Emergency Services Training Center, where they practiced firefighting skills including search and rescue, hazardous materials operations, and live-fire scenarios in the four-story fire tower.
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Food trucks, live music and family fun coming to Lombard’s Maple Street Sept. 5Aug 26, 2026 6:14 pm - The Lombard Historical Society hosts its fifth annual Food Truck Social on Sept. 5. This America 250 celebration features eight diverse food trucks, live music including a Blues Brothers tribute band, and family-friendly activities.
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Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church hosts ‘Thirty Years of Praise’ concert Sept. 27Aug 26, 2026 2:04 pm - Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Arlington Heights will host "Thirty Years of Praise: A Festival of Hymns" on Sunday, Sept. 27, celebrating 30 years since their Gabriel Kney Pipe Organ installation.