DuPage County Lifestyle
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Pottawatomie Garden Club getting ready for fallSep 21, 2023 11:00 pm - The Pottawatomie Garden Club planted fall flowers in downtown St. Charles on Wednesday, Sept. 20. The next monthly meeting will be Monday, Sept. 25, at the Baker Memoria...
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Neighbors in the news: Murphy honored for support of people with various disabilitiesSep 21, 2023 6:00 am - • State Senate Assistant Majority Leader Laura Murphy (Des Plaines) was presented the 2023 Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities' Champion Award by Josh Evan...
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Sound check: Fluorescents headline Cobra Lounge; plus Prizefighter, Explosions in the SkySep 21, 2023 6:00 am - Eclectic roundup Chicago post-pop-punk band Fluorescents brings its high-energy show to a headlining slot at Cobra Lounge this weekend, joined by the indie pop-rock...
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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...
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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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Widescreen: Let's do 'The Time Warp' again this weekendSep 20, 2023 6:00 am - The midnight movie to end all midnight movies returns this weekend to the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave., Chicago. Well, OK, technically it's 11:59 p.m., but ...
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Party for the Preserves is full day of events Sept. 23Sep 19, 2023 11:00 pm - The annual Forest Preserves of Cook County's Party for the Preserves on Saturday, Sept. 23, checks a lot of boxes: it kicks off fall forest fun events that run through N...
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Celebrating 50 years of Catholic education; awards honor duo for 50 years of serviceSep 19, 2023 11:00 pm - With an early-evening mass and awards banquet, Aurora Catholic Education Foundation celebrated its 50th anniversary Monday, Sept. 18. Activities opened when the Rev. Dav...
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Illinois Prairie Path marks 60 years since the start of rails-to-trails movementSep 19, 2023 6:00 am - Inspired? Speak up! Thanks to naturalist May Theilgaard Watts's vision, bikers and trail users are now reaping the benefits in Cook, DuPage and Kane counties. Her Septem...