🌱 Patch AM: How Lakeview’s Athenaeum turned bowling alleys into a century-old theater hub

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• How Lakeview's Athenaeum turned bowling alleys into a century-old theater hub

Also on today's calendar: Saxophonist Tim Warfield: Appearing Aug 20th - 23rd, at the Jazz Showcase. and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Humid, with a high of 78 and low of 68 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 79, low: 67.
• Friday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 79 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Chicago's oldest Off-Loop theater was built with 4 bowling alleys, billiard rooms and a gymnasium — and there's a surprising reason why (secretchicago.com) — Lakeview readers can still catch a busy 2026 performance calendar at the historic Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture on Southport, including Ballet of Lights' glowing Sleeping Beauty and Lakeview Orchestra concerts. The piece also traces how this former parish recreation hub, once packed with bowling alleys and a gym, evolved into Chicago's oldest continuously operating Off-Loop theater.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lakeview

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday August 20
• Saxophonist Tim Warfield: Appearing Aug 20th - 23rd, at the Jazz Showcase. →
  Jazz Showcase, 806 S Plymouth Ct, Chicago
  8:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Central Street Evanston's 5th Annual Summer Evening Takeout Picnic →
  Independence Park, 2627 Stewart Ave, Evanston
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday August 20
• Hall-Lightening
  Wood River Moose Lodge #1349 730 Wesley Dr, Wood River, IL 62095
• Primary: First Day of School
  Woodland Ccsd 50 Wood River, IL 62095
• Primary: Coffee and Community
  Elementary West School 17366 W Gages Lake Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030, USA
  8:00 am
• Golf: Boys Varsity MADCO GOLF TOURNAMENT vs TBA vs. TBA (Away)
  Roxana Cusd 1 Belk Park Golf Club
  1:00 pm
• Girls Tennis (Away) vs. Waterloo
  East Alton-Wood River High Sch Waterloo High School, 505 E Bulldog, Waterloo, IL 62298, USA
  4:00 pm
• Softball: JH Game vs Roxana Junior High School vs. Jerseyville (
  Roxana Cusd 1 Roxana Junior High School
  4:30 pm
• Woodland D50 Board of Education Meeting
  Elementary West School 1105 Hunt Club Rd, Gurnee, IL 60031, USA
  6:00 pm
Friday August 21
• Football: Varsity Game vs Nashville Comm (Away)
  Roxana Cusd 1 Nashville High School
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday August 19
• Primary Welcome Times (Morning Session)
  Woodland Ccsd 50 Woodland Primary School, 17366 W Gages Lake Rd, Grayslake, IL 6
  9:00 am
• First Day of School - Half Day (Gr. 6-12)
  Roxana Cusd 1 Roxana, IL 62084
  11:20 am
• First Day of School - Half Day (Gr. K-5)
  Roxana Cusd 1 Roxana, IL 62084
  11:40 am
• Primary Welcome Times (Afternoon Session)
  Woodland Ccsd 50 Woodland Primary School, 17366 W Gages Lake Rd, Grayslake, IL 6
  1:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Roxana School District faces teacher strike threat as school resumes (thetelegraph.com)

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• Wood River approves $1.18 million bid for City Center Park (thetelegraph.com)
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• Wood River Officials Working To Lower PFAS In Drinking Water (riverbender.com)

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