Festivals and Fairs
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Creativity counts for boatbuilders in Lake Ellyn Cardboard RegattaJun 28, 2018 6:00 am - One year, Jim Craig and his friends and family built a 37-foot-long cardboard guitar and set it afloat on Lake Ellyn. Another year, the same crew turned a bunch of corru...
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Nation's first wheelchair-accessible balloon coming to Lisle's Eyes to the Skies festivalJun 28, 2018 1:00 am - When you visit Lisle's Eyes to the Skies festival this weekend, you're pretty much guaranteed to see hot-air balloons of all shapes and sizes. But there's one balloon t...
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How you can see 10 straight nights of fireworks in the suburbsJun 28, 2018 1:00 am - Why save fireworks for the Fourth of July? If you plan carefully - and the weather cooperates - you can fill the next 10 nights with suburban displays. Here's how: Day 1...
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Community Days festival opens in MundeleinJun 28, 2018 1:00 am - The heavy rainstorm that caused some flooding in central Mundelein earlier this week couldn't keep the annual Community Days festival from launching Thursday afternoon. ...
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Bensenville plans public works open houseJun 27, 2018 11:00 pm - Bensenville will sponsor its second annual Public Works Open House from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, July 7, at 717 E. Jefferson St. The event gives residents a chanc...
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Eyes to the Skies soars back into LisleJun 27, 2018 6:30 am - Val Vlazny was just a Lisle guy riding his bicycle one day back in 1992 when he unexpectedly heard someone yelling for help. "I looked around and I thought somebody was...
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Festivals: Eyes to the Skies, Frontier Days, Ribfest, July 4th fireworks & moreJun 27, 2018 6:00 am - Mundelein Community Days: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, June 29; 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, June 30; and 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sunday, July 1, at Kracklauer Park, Route 45, M...
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Mundelein Community Days to start ThursdayJun 27, 2018 1:00 am - Mundelein Public Works Department crews were busy making last-minute preparations in Kracklauer Park Wednesday for the annual Mundelein Community Days. Workers set up V...
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Carnival serves as opening act for Eyes to the SkiesJun 27, 2018 1:00 am - It never hurts to have an opening act. Sinatra had one. Elvis had one. Even the Beatles had one. So, too, it turns out, does Lisle's Eyes to the Skies. The three-day f...
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Final preparations being made for Palatine's Hometown FestJun 27, 2018 1:00 am - Preparations are in the home stretch for the Palatine Jaycees Hometown Fest, which kicks off Friday in Community Park and runs through Independence Day. The 61st annual ...