🌱 Patch AM: What Foxtrot’s new Lakeview store says about Chicago’s startup momentum

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In today's newsletter:

• What Foxtrot's new Lakeview store says about Chicago's startup momentum

Also on today's calendar: Midnight Circus In The Parks and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 82 and low of 68 degrees.
• Wednesday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 71, low: 69.
• Thursday: A couple of showers possible, with a high of 73 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• OrisDX launches first diagnostic product - Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (uchicago.edu) — A University of Chicago Polsky Center newsletter spotlights several Chicago-founded startups and programs, including Foxtrot's plan to open a new store in Lakeview. Local readers get updates on innovations in clean energy, oral cancer testing, small business growth, and quantum research, all tied to Chicago's broader tech and entrepreneurship scene.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lakeview

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 18
• Midnight Circus In The Parks →
  Tallmadge Park, 927 Noyes St, Evanston
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday September 16
• Golf: Girls Varsity Match vs Breese Central (Away)
  Bent Oak Golf Course
  4:00 pm
• Cross Country: JH Meet vs Alton Junior vs. Roxana Junior High Sc
  Alton Junior High School
  4:00 pm
• Bar Bingo & Queen of Hearts
  Wood River Moose Lodge #1349, 730 Wesley Dr, Wood River
  6:30 pm
Thursday September 17
• Boys Soccer (Home) vs. Gibault
  East Alton-Wood River High School, 777 N Wood River Ave, Wood Ri
  4:30 pm
• Girls Tennis (Away) vs. Vandalia
  Vandalia Community High School, 1109 N 8th St, Vandalia
  4:30 pm
• Volleyball (Away) vs. Civic Memorial (FR, JV, & V)
  Civic Memorial High School, 200 School St, Bethalto
  5:00 pm
• Primary: Latino Literacy Night
  Elementary West School, 17366 W Gages Lake Rd, Grayslake
  5:30 pm
• Fill the Drum - Marching Band Exhibition
  Warren Township High School - O'Plaine Campus, 500 N O'Plaine Rd, Lakeview
  7:00 pm
• Volleyball: Girls Varsity Game vs TBA (Home)
  Roxana High School, Larry Milazzo Gymnasium, Lakeview
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 22
• Sip & Paint at 360 CHICAGO →
  360 CHICAGO, 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago
  7:00 pm
Sunday September 27
• Illinois Rock & Roll Museum Hall of Fame Ceremony Comes to Chicago! →
  Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E Randolph St, Chicago
  9:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Wood River

• Our Past: The Telegraph headlines for Sept. 14 over past 100 years (thetelegraph.com)
• Tallgrass Energy sold in $2.5 billion deal to Enbridge (okenergytoday.com)
• Henrietta Jordan (1936–2026) of Bethalto, IL (riverbender.com)

Edwardsville

• Edwardsville IL Art Fair: schedule, artists, kids' events (theintelligencer.com)
• Edwardsville IL Family History Walk highlights local history (theintelligencer.com)
• State Senator Jason Plummer Receives NFIB Guardian Of Small Business Award (effinghamradio.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Coin (Thank you John W. for sending it in!)
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