Visual Arts
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Festivals Oct. 25-31: Howlin’ at the Moon, Halloween happenings, Lake County Home Show and moreOct 29, 2024 11:28 am - Mark your calendar for Halloween events across the suburbs including Naper Settlement’s Howlin’ at the Moon and Randall Oaks Zoo’s Boo at the Zoo, as well as the Lake County Home Show, Chicago Women’s Expo and more happening this week.
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Festivals Nov. 1-7: Stews & Brews (and Booze & Blues), pumpkin smashes and moreOct 29, 2024 10:25 am - Mark your calendar for Stews and Brews (and Booze and Blues), the last nights of Six Flags Great America’s Fright Fest, the Great Midwest Train Show, pumpkin smashes and more happening this week.
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‘A ray of sunshine’: New Wheaton mural brightens downtown plazaOct 18, 2024 2:18 pm - A new mural in downtown Wheaton has brought a happy burst of color to what was a “plain, gray wall.”
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‘Images and Illusions’ opens Oct. 17 at the Kavanagh GalleryOct 15, 2024 8:38 pm - “Images & Illusions” at Fine Line Creative Arts Center’s Kavanagh Gallery in St. Charles will open on Thursday, Oct. 17.
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Festivals Oct. 18-24: Halloween events, All Hallows Eve, Civil War Encampment and moreOct 15, 2024 6:22 am - Mark your calendar for Halloween events across the suburbs, including All Hallows Eve at Naper Settlement and Nightmare on Chicago Street in Elgin, plus the Civil War Encampment and Battle in Hainesville and more happening this week.
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The state of Union Station: Eye-catching art amid construction and a megaproject low on cashOct 14, 2024 7:34 am - What’s up with two big construction projects at Union Station plus wall-to-wall art displays?
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Batavia MainStreet and Water Street Studios host annual Winterfest Art Market Nov. 8-10Oct 12, 2024 12:54 am - Kick off your holiday shopping at this three-day market, featuring hand-crafted art and goods created by over 35 local artists and makers, brought to you by two local nonprofit organizations Batavia MainStreet and Water Street Studios.
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‘The Button Man’: Artist brings new art installation to Fashion Outlets in RosemontOct 09, 2024 11:53 am - You’d expect there to be buttons sewn to the clothes for sale within the stores at the Fashion Outlets of Chicago. But tons of the tiny fasteners also can be found in the corridors of the Rosemont mall — part of the new art exhibition “Button-Up, Button Down.”
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Festivals Oct. 11-17: Glass Pumpkin Patch, St. Charles Scarecrow Fest, Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns and moreOct 08, 2024 6:17 am - Festivals Oct. 11-17: Glass Pumpkin Patch, St. Charles Scarecrow Fest, Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns and more
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Fine Line to host art book sale Oct. 12Oct 06, 2024 10:36 pm - The Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles is hosting a one-day used book sale on Saturday, Oct. 12. The sale will feature a wide variety of books related to arts and crafts, all priced to sell.