🌱 How Do I Pay For Care? and 12 more events
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Coming up on the calendar:
- Science Heroes: Digging It! at Evergreen Park Public Library
- Book Sale Set Up Volunteer: 18 and Older at Evergreen Park Public Library
- Book Sale Set Up Volunteer: 17 and Younger at Evergreen Park Public Library
... and check out 6 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an elephant with a rhinoceros? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Sunny and less humid, with a high of 82 and low of 63 degrees.
- Thursday: Sun giving way to clouds, temps: high: 86, low: 69. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 80 and low of 67 degrees.
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Upcoming Events in
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Science Heroes: Digging It!
Evergreen Park Public Library 9400 S. Troy Ave., Evergreen Park, IL, 60805, US
6:30 pm -
Book Sale Set Up Volunteer: 18 and Older
Evergreen Park Public Library 9400 S. Troy, Evergreen Park, IL, 60805, US
9:00 am -
Book Sale Set Up Volunteer: 17 and Younger
Evergreen Park Public Library 9400 S. Troy, Evergreen Park, IL, 60805, US
9:00 am -
Preschool Storytime
Evergreen Park Public Library 9400 S. Troy Ave., Evergreen Park, IL, 60805, US
9:30 am -
Book Sale Set Up Volunteer: 18 and Older
Evergreen Park Public Library 9400 S. Troy, Evergreen Park, IL, 60805, US
9:00 am -
Book Sale Set Up Volunteer: 17 and Younger
Evergreen Park Public Library 9400 S. Troy, Evergreen Park, IL, 60805, US
9:00 am -
Chat, Connect, Create
Scottsdale Branch Library 4101 West 79th Street, Chicago, IL 60652
2:00 pm -
Food Drive of the Month: Nonperishable School Snacks
Evergreen Park Public Library 9400 S. Troy Ave., Evergreen Park, IL, 60805, US -
How Do I Pay For Care? →
Arden Courts of South Holland, 2045 E 170th St, South Holland
3:00 pm
Wednesday July 29
Thursday July 30
Friday July 31
Saturday August 1
Wednesday August 5
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Toddler Time
Evergreen Park Public Library 9400 S. Troy Ave., Evergreen Park, IL, 60805, US
9:30 am -
Double Nickel Chorus →
Evergreen Park, IL Calendar, 3450 W. 97th Street, Evergreen Park
9:30 am -
Crisis Center for South Suburbia
Evergreen Park Public Library 9400 S. Troy Ave., Evergreen Park, IL, 60805, US
10:00 am -
The Lizard y El Sol: Theater for the Very Young
Garfield Ridge Branch Library 6348 Archer Avenue, Chicago, IL 60638
10:30 am
Wednesday July 29
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Lou Malnati's Pizzeria posted a job opening for Phone/Host/Cashier in Oak Lawn. Apply here.
- Allied Universal Compliance and Investigations posted a job opening for Surveillance Investigator in Evergreen Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hometown here.
🗞 Nearby News
Oak Lawn
- 3 McHenry Co. Teens Killed After Fleeing Vehicle Crashes Into Train Car: Police (patch.com)
- White Sox Farm Report: July 27, 2026 (soxon35th.com)
Evergreen Park
- Wessel steps up for young Caravan team (beverlyreview.net)
Bridgeview
- Houston search for missing athlete ends with unexpected discovery (lmtonline.com)
- Power outage forces Fifth District Courthouse to reschedule all July 28 cases (southwestregionalpublishing.com)
- 4 teens killed when pickup flies off overpass and crashes into box car (southwestregionalpublishing.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: ‘Ell if I know. (Thank you KYLE B. for sending it in!)
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