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🌱 First Presbyterian Rummage Sale and 12 more events

Greetings Mettawa! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

  • The HUGE, FREE Lake County Home Show Returns! at Lake County Fairgrounds
  • The Poetry Group at Lake Forest Library
  • P4R (Professionals for Referrals) Network Meeting at GLMV Chamber of Commerce

... and check out 8 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross a snowman and a dog? 🤔 (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 53 and low of 44 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 73, low: 49.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, nice and warm, with a high of 72 and low of 55 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mettawa

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Other local events
    Monday April 20
  • The Poetry Group
    Lake Forest Library , 360 E Deerpath Rd , Lake Forest
    7:00 pm
  • Tuesday April 21
  • P4R (Professionals for Referrals) Network Meeting
    GLMV Chamber of Commerce , 1575 S Lake St , Mundelein
    7:30 am
  • Memory Café at Dickinson Hall: Springtime Sensory
    Lake Forest Library , 100 E Old Mill Rd , Lake Forest
    10:00 am
  • Terrific Twos Storytime for Age 2
    Lake Forest Library , 360 E Deerpath Rd , Lake Forest
    10:00 am
  • Afternoon Book Discussion of "The Comfort of Crows" at Lake Bluff P
    Lake Forest Library , 123 E Scranton Ave , Lake Bluff
    2:30 pm
  • Families Learning Together
    Libertyville School District 70 , 1381 Lake St , Libertyville
    7:00 pm
  • Wednesday April 22
  • Join Us for Breakfast-Libertyville Sunrise Rotary
    GLMV Chamber of Commerce , 1123 S. Milwaukee Avenue , Libertyville
  • Book Babies Storytime for Ages 0–2
    Lake Forest Library , 360 E Deerpath Rd , Lake Forest
    10:00 am
  • Saturday May 2
  • First Presbyterian Rummage Sale
    700 N Sheridan Rd , Lake Forest
    8:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Monday April 20
  • Bird Walk with LFOLA at Greene Nature Preserve
    Jean and John Greene Nature Preserve , 797 Sheridan Rd , Lake Forest
    8:00 am
  • Lunes de Mayores / Senior Mondays
    Brighton Park Branch Library , 4314 South Archer Avenue , Chicago
    10:00 am
  • Toddler Time and Play Time
    Brighton Park Branch Library , 4314 South Archer Avenue , Chicago
    11:00 am
  • Grab and Go: Spice Club Kits (Paprika)
    Archer Heights Branch Library , 5055 South Archer Avenue , Chicago
    12:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Vernon Hills

  • Mendocino Farms to open first location in Chicago suburbs (nbcchicago.com)
  • The Biz Week That Was: Illinois maker aids moon mission, royal Indian cuisine in Schaumburg, and O'Hare flight cuts (dailyherald.com)
  • High school scores for April 18 (dailyherald.com)

Lincolnshire

  • Des Plaines River cresting, but flooding along Fox expected to worsen (dailyherald.com)
  • From standby to standout: Stevenson student wins national quiz bowl title (dailyherald.com)
  • ‘Critical decision point': Vernon Area Public Library District to survey voters to determine referendum feasibility (dailyherald.com)

Ok Mettawa! 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: Frostbite (Thank you Peggy H. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Mettawa

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Mettawa

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.