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Dia De Los Muertos/Day Of The Dead
Dia De Los Muertos/Day Of The Dead
Enjoy FREE music, food, art displays and walking art gallery! Event is outdoors 5:00 – 9:00 pm. Bathroom and some displays are indoors. Masks and social distancing are required. This event is brought to you by the City of Joliet, Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park & Theatre and The Art Movement, Inc. of Joliet. Thank you…
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Tales from the Vault: Discovering the Odd, Unusual, Creepy and Bizarre!
Tales from the Vault: Discovering the Odd, Unusual, Creepy and Bizarre!
Join Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum Chief of Acquisitions Ian Hunt for the latest installment in our “Tales from the Vault” series during our next Facebook LIVE! event on Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 7pm CT. On the heels of Halloween, Ian will share some of the odd, unusual, creepy, and downright bizarre items…
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Jolly Trolley Retail Event
Pontiac downtown retail's kick off to the holiday season, the Jolly Trolley event is the perfect way to embrace the holiday spirit. Walk from shop to shop as you find the perfect gifts for everyone on your list (or just for yourself, we won't tell!). Not in the walking mood? Jump on the Trolley as…
3rd Annual Holiday Market
The Promenade Bolingbrook is very excited to be having their 3rd Annual Holiday Market again this year. Things will be different this year. We will have both inside and outside vendors set up on Row Street. We will be using the Corner Store (currently New York & Company) for our inside vendors. We will have…
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Uptown Normal Holiday Open House
Holiday Open House will be on November 7 to November 13. This kicks off holiday shopping and lasts all week! Holiday elves are working with your favorite merchants to offer deals and discounts and ensure a safe shopping experience in compliance with IDPH and CDC guidelines. Participating Merchants: Apricot Lane Beyond Normal Children’s Discovery Museum…
Great War Encampment 2020
Great War Encampment 2020
Join us at the Illinois State Military Museum and learn about the history of the First World War! This event will feature members of the Living History Detachment displaying their WWI equipment which will present a unique opportunity to learn how the soldiers of the First World War lived. Due to the on-going risk of…
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Space Food: Past, Present and Future
Space Food: Past, Present and Future
Michelle Nichols, Director of Public Observing at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, will highlight the development of space eats from the earliest days of space travel, show how food is eaten on the International Space Station today and what food might look like for future long-term missions to asteroids and Mars. Registration required @ https://jolietlibrary.libcal.com/event/6586248
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A Christmas Carol Holiday Story Trail
From the curators of Life in the Forties, Life on the Titanic, Music of the Civil War, Nine Days in April, and many other exhibits throughout Central Illinois comes Costumes and Characters of A Christmas Carol – a window exhibit at the Pontiac Oakland Automobile Museum located at 205 N. Mill Street. Ron Selle and Darlene Agner have…
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Old Capitol Holiday Walks
Save The Date! Old Capitol Holiday Walks is starting 2 weeks earlier then previous years - November 14, 2020 - December 19, 2020. It’s a tradition of the season that all of Springfield looks forward to…The Old Capitol Holiday Walks will run every Saturday afternoon 11/14 to 12/19 from noon to five pm and every…
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Lincoln Presidential Library to display handwritten Gettysburg Address
SPRINGFIELD – The Gettysburg Address is Abraham Lincoln’s most famous speech. It helped changed the way America looked at the Civil War and at itself. And now the address will be on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum for two weeks. The handwritten copy will be displayed in the museum Nov. 18-30.…
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Capital City Takeout Challenge – Support Local Restaurants & Enter for Chance to Win $1,000
Hello Springfield! Purchase takeout from 5 different independent locally-owned restaurants. 1 of the 5 restaurants must be minority owned. *Minority includes: African American, Asian American or Asian Islander, Latin American or Hispanic American and Indigenous American. When: Takeout purchases must be between November 19, 2020 and December 18, 2020. *All receipts must be submitted by…
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