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Get your garden ready: Here's a list of upcoming plant sales throughout the suburbsMay 13, 2022 7:44 AM - Gardeners can get the growing season off to a good start with upcoming plant sales throughout the suburbs featuring perennials, vegetables, native and organic plants.
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How suburban colleges are helping students get jobs in growing green economyMay 9, 2022 6:23 AM - Programs that train people to install and maintain solar panels, electric car chargers, wind turbines and other skilled green jobs are hard to find at suburban community colleges.
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Constable: Self-made filmmaker from Lisle finds his way to make a full-length movie
Apr 26, 2022 12:25 AM - Without a formal film education, Zachary Trussell of Lisle used his passion and drive to forge his own production company.
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A world-premiere farewell for retiring COD choral director Lee KesselmanApr 24, 2022 10:48 PM - Lee R. Kesselman is retiring as the director of the DuPage Chorale and director of choral activities at the College of DuPage after 41 years. The Glen Ellyn resident finishes his tenure with two May concerts, including the world-premiere of his choral work called "Remember Us," which draws on words from unheard voices of American past and present.
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Works by Tchaikovsky, Korngold and more in New Philharmonic 2022-23 seasonApr 9, 2022 5:43 PM - The New Philharmonic at College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center has announced its 2022-23 season. Highlights include "Korngold's Hollywood Concerto," "Broadway in Concert" and the "Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto."
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College of DuPage increases tuition to help cover budget shortfallApr 4, 2022 7:27 PM - College of DuPage officials have increased tuition to help chip away at a projected budget shortfall brought on by continued enrollment declines, rising costs and other factors.
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College of DuPage offers new certificate program in data analyticsMar 28, 2022 7:47 AM - College of DuPage now offers a certificate program that will prepare students for positions in data collection, data cleaning and data analysis, an in-demand career field expected to grow rapidly over the next few years.
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Why executive education mattersMar 18, 2022 10:09 PM - In a rapidly changing and complex business world, executive education for your leaders is of increasing importance.
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After Frida comes Warhol: College of DuPage announces its next big exhibition, in summer 2023Mar 20, 2022 12:09 AM - A major Andy Warhol exhibition is coming to College of DuPage McAninch Arts Center and its Cleve Carney Museum of Art in the summer of 2023. It will include more than 90 works from Bank of America's "Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop" and more than 165 works from the college's own collection in Glen Ellyn.
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Sound check: BoDeans, Tool and Ignescent on stages this weekMar 1, 2022 10:20 PM - The BoDeans bring their hits to College of DuPage's MAninch Arts Center; Tool plays the United Center; Ignescent celebrates a new release in Aurora; Bitter Jester opens submissions; and more.
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Irish band Danú touring back to Glen Ellyn on March 13Feb 24, 2022 3:52 PM - The Irish band Danú is set to return to College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn for a concert at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 13.
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McAninch Arts Center will host 'Mardi Gras Mambo' concert on March 6Feb 21, 2022 3:53 PM - The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas will perform in a "Mardi Gras Mambo" concert at College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 6.
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College of DuPage names new director of business servicesFeb 2, 2022 5:48 PM - The College of DuPage has selected Maggie Ogrodny as the new director of business services at the Glen Ellyn school.
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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble postpones run of 'Naperville' to spring, cancels 'One Man, Two Guvnors'Jan 14, 2022 4:44 PM - Due to the COVID-19 surge, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble has postponed its winter run of "Naperville" and canceled its spring production of "One Man, Two Guvnors." Mat Smart's 2014 off-Broadway play "Naperville" will now run from April 28-May 29, the original dates set for "One Man, Two Guvors" at College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn.
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New Philharmonic shifts concert dates due to COVID-19 concernsJan 7, 2022 1:40 PM - Due the concerns about an anticipated surge in COVID-19 cases, the New Philharmonic's "A Night at the Movies" concerts have been moved from Jan. 15 and 16 to Feb. 19 and 20.
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The top suburban stories of 2021Dec 30, 2021 9:34 AM - The local headlines were dominated in 2021 by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the sale of a suburban jewel -- Arlington Park -- as a potential new home of the Chicago Bears. But that was far from all that happened during another eventful year.
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How suburban colleges are trying to meet surging demand for truck driversDec 24, 2021 6:50 PM - The need for qualified truck drivers has created a run on courses at suburban community colleges and an opportunity for students to quickly find good-paying jobs.
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How College of DuPage aids local economic developmentDec 17, 2021 11:36 AM - According to the recent Illinois Community College Economic Impacts and Student Employment Outcomes report prepared by the Northern Illinois University Center for Governmental Studies, the indirect economic impact of the state's 48 community colleges was $3.5 billion in 2020. Regionally, this impact is best exemplified in DuPage County through the successes of students who attended College of DuPage.
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Backs against wall, College of DuPage wills way to win NJCAA Division III titleDec 4, 2021 5:31 PM - After blowing a 21-point lead, the College of DuPage football team rallied in the final minute to claim the inaugural NJCAA Division III Football Championship on Saturday. "That game was the way the season has gone," coach Matthew Rahn said. "We have tough, resilient kids. They are fighters."
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Fatal Buffalo Grove shooting: What kind of training do suburban cops get on mental health issues?Dec 3, 2021 8:31 PM - A day after the police-involved fatal shooting of a man in mental distress in Buffalo Grove, a law enforcement educator detailed the type of training police throughout the suburbs undergo to respond to those situations, which they say are growing more common.
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