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Vendors from the first All Abilities Vendor Fair in 2024. This year’s event will be Saturday, Sept. 12, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville. (Jeff Leach)

Naperville church to host third annual All Abilities Vendor Fair Sept. 12

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville will host its third annual All Abilities Vendor Fair on Sept. 12, featuring vendors, food, and activities that celebrate businesses serving the disability community.

Celebrate National Waffle Day with the one-day only $5 Swaffle chicken and waffle sandwich at Fry the Coop. (Fry the Coop)

Dining Out: National Waffle, Pork Chop and Dog Day specials, lobster season at Shaw’s and more

We’ve got specials for National Dog, Waffle and Pork Chop Days at suburban restaurants. It’s also time for Shaw’s Crab House’s annual lobster festival and The Greggory in South Barrington is welcoming an acclaimed chef for its next “Friends at the Hearth” dinner.

A peregrine falcon named Vixen gets ready to feed her four little hatchlings on May 5 at a nest on the outside of the second floor of Aurora City Hall in downtown Aurora. (Tom Schrader)

Aurora’s popular baby falcons, which have left their nest outside city hall, seen as sign of Fox River’s resurgence

Falcons and other birds of prey were once rare in the region, with their population even reaching zero at one point. But they have made a return.

Buffalo Grove Community Foundation hosts first wellness fair Sunday

The Buffalo Grove Community Foundation will host its first Community Services and Wellness Fair on Sunday.

Arlington Heights hosting KidneyMobile on Aug. 27

The Arlington Heights Health & Human Services Department is partnering with the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois to host the KidneyMobile from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, August 27, at Lutheran Church of the Cross, 2020 S. Goebbert Road.

Learn about the Japanese art of flower arranging at the Ikenobo Ikebana Society Chicago Chapter Show on Aug. 22-23. (Rick West/Daily Herald)

Home & garden calendar, Aug. 17-29

Upcoming gardening club meetings and events in the Chicago suburbs, covering topics like bringing plants indoors, green initiatives, and more. Also a list of garden shows, nature walks, plant sales, and workshops.

Peter Roesler opened Life Bar Arcade in Schaumburg a few months ago. The entertainment venue caters to all ages during the days but becomes exclusively 21+ after 7 p.m. for the enjoyment of games, food, live music and karaoke. (Rick West/Daily Herald)

Inspired by owner’s quest to honor friend who died, Cyberpunk-themed Life Bar Arcade opens near Schaumburg

With this summer’s opening of Life Bar Arcade at Schaumburg’s northeast gateway, owner Peter Roesler has completed a major step in his seven-year quest to honor a lifelong friend who died.