Arachnid 360 selling fun for 50 years
July 2, 2025For product elevation, evolution and innovation, Arachnid 360 in Loves Park has hit a bullseye every time. The dart machine manufacturer recently celebrated its 50th anniversary and…
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USA’s 249th birthday celebration marked by food, local festivals and fireworks
July 2, 2025Independence Day fireworks shows are as old as the nation itself. According to historical accounts, the first such shows came in 1777, one year after the 13 American colonies declared…
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NASCAR weekend prep starts long before the engines roar
June 30, 2025As thousands of NASCAR fans prepare to converge on Chicago’s lakefront, and hundreds of thousands of others anticipate watching on television, extensive work has continued preparing…
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Riot Fest permit fees fund Douglass Park improvements
June 18, 2025Ever since the Riot Fest punk rock festival moved from Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood to North Lawndale’s Douglass Park 10 years ago, one of the major complaints from…
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Comedians, authors tackle faith
June 17, 2025Kate Sidley was supposed to be in theater. However, while pursuing her “dream” in New York, her husband noticed something about his mate. “One day he said, ‘For doing something…
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Juneteenth Festival planned in West Pullman
June 15, 2025The nonprofit Far South Community Development Corp. will hold its annual Juneteenth Festival from 1-6 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of Maple Park Marketplace, 821 W. 115th St., Chicago….
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Bison Trek links communities via the arts
June 14, 2025Communities throughout Peoria County are taking part in a “Bison-tennial” Project — a yearlong creative and community-centered initiative celebrating the county’s 200th birthday….
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Old Town Art Fair holds 75th anniversary soiree
June 12, 2025What began with a group of neighbors hanging paintings on fences in their yards and evolved to become nationally recognized, the Old Town Art Fair is gearing up to celebrate its 75th…
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