🌱 Patch AM: See what Foxtrot’s new Lakeview store means for your neighborhood.

Hey there, Lakeview! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• See what Foxtrot's new Lakeview store means for your neighborhood.

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

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 72 and low of 69 degrees.
• Thursday: Humid with a shower or two, temps: high: 73, low: 67.
• Friday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 73 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• OrisDX launches first diagnostic product - Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (uchicago.edu) — Residents can look forward to a new Foxtrot store opening in Lakeview, part of the chain's carefully paced return and expansion in Chicago. The broader Polsky Center newsletter also spotlights local startups, small-business growth on the South and West sides, and major research investments that keep Chicago at the forefront of innovation.
   

📸 Around Lakeview

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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
• Serial Killer: The Exhibition →
  Cinespace Studios, 1501 S Rockwell St, Chicago
  11:00 am
Thursday September 17
• Girls Tennis (Away) vs. Vandalia
  Vandalia Community High School, 1109 N 8th St, Vandalia
  4:30 pm
• Boys Soccer (Home) vs. Gibault
  East Alton-Wood River High School, 777 N Wood River Ave, Wood Ri
  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
• Volleyball: Girls Varsity Game vs TBA (Home)
  Roxana High School, Larry Milazzo Gymnasium, Lakeview
  7:00 pm
• Fill the Drum - Marching Band Exhibition
  Warren Township High School - O'Plaine Campus, 500 N O'Plaine Rd, Lakeview
  7:00 pm
Friday September 18
• Hall-Quarter Auction
  Wood River Moose Lodge #1349, 730 Wesley Dr, Wood River
• Cross Country: Varsity Richard Springs Invitational vs Peoria-Notr
  Roxana Cusd 1 Peoria, Illinois
  9:00 am
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. 15 over past 100 years (thetelegraph.com)
• Wood River Man Charged After Crash Kills Mother And Children (riverbender.com)
• Missouri teen charged in Alton gas station shooting case (thetelegraph.com)

Edwardsville

• Events Sept.& Oct. 2026 (flovalleynews.com)

Ok Lakeview! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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