🌱 HS Spring Theatre Performance and 11 more events

Hi there, Forest Lake! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• The Lifespan of a Fact at Parker Players Theater Company
• The HUGE, FREE Lake County Home Show Returns! at Lake County Fairgrounds
• HS Spring Theatre Performance at Lake Zurich High School - Performing Arts Center

... and check out 3 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Sunshine and a few clouds, with a high of 72 and low of 55 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly cloudy and warm, temps: high: 79, low: 64.
• Friday: Cloudy, a shower and t-storm, with a high of 72 and low of 46 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Forest Lake

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★ Featured events ★

Friday April 24

• The Lifespan of a Fact
  Parker Players Theater Company, 540 W Northwest Hwy, Barrington
  7:30 pm

Saturday April 25

• The HUGE, FREE Lake County Home Show Returns!
  Lake County Fairgrounds, 1060 E Peterson Rd, Grayslake
  10:00 am

Sunday April 26

• The HUGE, FREE Lake County Home Show Returns!
  Lake County Fairgrounds, 1060 E Peterson Rd, Grayslake
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Friday April 24

• HS Spring Theatre Performance
  Lake Zurich High School - Performing Arts Center LZHS - Performing Arts Center
  7:00 pm

Monday April 27

• HS Percussion Concert
  Lake Zurich High School - Performing Arts Center LZHS - Performing Arts Center
  7:00 pm

Wednesday April 29

• HS Band Concert
  Lake Zurich High School - Performing Arts Center LZHS - Performing Arts Center
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• Fire & Police Commission
  Lake Zurich Calendar Lake Zurich, IL 60047
  5:30 pm
• Hawthorn Woods In Bloom Committee Meeting
  Hawthorn Woods, IL Calendar , 2 Lagoon Drive , Hawthorn Woods
  6:00 pm
• On The Air- Jim, Rich, and Friends
  Copper Fiddle Distillery , 532 W State Rte 22 Ste 110 , Lake Zurich
  7:00 pm
• Architectural Control Commission
  Village of South Barrington , 30 S Barrington Road , South Barrington
  7:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• Parkway Tree Planting
  Village of South Barrington , 30 Barrington Rd , South Barrington
• Economic Development Commission - CANCELLED
  Mundelein, IL Calendar
  7:30 am
• Economic Development Commission
  Mundelein, IL Calendar
  7:30 am
• WBN April Program: Using Social Media to Boost Business
  Biltmore Country Club , 160 Biltmore Dr , North Barrington
  11:30 am
• Art Club (Ages 6-11) - Hawthorn Woods, IL 2026
  Hawthorn Woods Aquatic Center , 94 N Midlothian Rd , Hawthorn Woods
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Target Corporation posted a job opening for 4am Inbound (Stocking) (T1036) in Lake Zurich. Apply here.
• Ruprecht Company posted a job opening for Production Supervisor - Raw - 2nd Shift in Mundelein. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Forest Lake here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Lake Zurich

• Column: AI porn ‘prank' should have legal consequences (chicagotribune.com)

Mundelein

• Deputies Use Taser To Disarm Knife-Wielding Man During Mental Health Crisis: Police (patch.com)
• Baseball Begins Four-Game Homestand on Tuesday (valpoathletics.com)

Vernon Hills

• CRISP & GREEN Celebrates National Fitness Day With Wellness Events in Key Markets & Free Power Hour Entrée Offer at Locations Nationwide (restaurantnews.com)
• Mendocino Farms to open first location in Chicago suburbs (nbcchicago.com)
• Businesses seek Trump tariff refunds as portal hits snags, here's what to know (star-telegram.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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