Mark your calendar for Glass Pumpkin Patch at The Morton Arboretum, St. Charles Scarecrow Fest, Lumenaura in Aurora, “Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience” in Ingleside, Fall Festival at Danada, Boo at the Zoo at Brookfield Zoo Chicago and more.

Mark your calendar for the Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival, Harmony Fest Featuring the Taste of Arlington Heights, the Morton Arboretum’s Cider and Ale Festival, Oktoberfests, Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns at Chicago Botanic Garden and more.

Mark your calendar for Oktoberfests in Libertyville, Arlington Heights, Elk Grove Village, Palatine and Highland Park; Tacos and Tequila Festival in Geneva; Naperville Irish Fest; Cantigny Car Show and more happening this week.

Mark your calendar for Des Plaines Fall Fest, Fright Fest at Six Flags Great America, St. Charles Jazz Weekend, West Dundee Heritage Fest, Glow in the Park Lantern Walk, Revolutionary War Reenactment at Cantigny and more happening this week.

The Wilmette and Winnetka-Kenilworth Fire Departments are answering the call to serve the community by rolling up their sleeves. Together, they are hosting a community blood drive from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 12, at 428 Green Bay Road, Winnetka.

On Oct. 9, the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College is hosting a lecture by Tish Harrison Warren, an Anglican priest and author, on “Waiting on the Slow Work of God: How the Habit of Hope Transforms Us.”