🌱 Patch AM: Skokie Backlot Bash Returns With Music, Carnival, 5K

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In today's newsletter:

• Skokie's Backlot Bash brings music, rides and a 5K to downtown.

Also on today's calendar: 8th Annual Assyrian Food Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 81 and low of 66 degrees.
• Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 81, low: 61.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 76 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Skokie Backlot Bash Returns With Music, Carnival, 5K (patch.com) — Skokie residents can look forward to the 19th annual Backlot Bash returning to Downtown Skokie from Aug. 28–30, with three days of live music on two stages, a full carnival, and a Backlot Dash 5K. Organized by the Skokie Park District, Village of Skokie, Skokie Public Library and Chamber of Commerce, the event celebrates the village's movie-making past while offering detailed schedules, prices and race information for families and runners.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Skokie

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 22
• 8th Annual Assyrian Food Festival →
  Morton Grove Park District, 6834 Dempster St, Morton Grove
  2:00 pm
Sunday August 23
• Ravi Baichwal Q&A and Brunch →
  Ezra-Habonim, the Niles Township Jewish Congregation, 4500 Dempster St, Skokie
  10:30 am
• 8th Annual Assyrian Food Festival →
  Morton Grove Park District, 6834 Dempster St, Morton Grove
  2:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Central Street Evanston's 5th Annual Summer Evening Takeout Picnic →
  Independence Park, 2627 Stewart Ave, Evanston
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Farmland Owner Conservation Connections →
  Skokie Public Library, 5215 Oakton St, Skokie
  9:30 am
Tuesday September 8
• Little Legends Fall Outdoor Soccer (Ages 3-7) →
  Little Legends Soccer Academy, 74 Park Dr, Glenview
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday August 22
• Help Us Clear the Shelters During C.A.R.E.'s Open Hours! →
  Community Animal Rescue Effort - C.A.R.E.™, 4927 Main St, Skokie
  12:00 pm
• Ally Venable →
  North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie
  7:30 pm
Sunday August 23
• Skokie Farmers' Market →
  Skokie, IL Calendar, 5127 Oakton Street, Skokie
  7:30 am
Monday August 24
• First Day Of School (Early Release)
  Skokie SD 69 Skokie, IL 60077
• Pre-K Meet & Greet
  Skokie SD 69 Skokie, IL 60077
  9:00 am
Saturday August 29
• Harrer Park →
  Harrer Park and Harrer Pool, 6250 Dempster St, Morton Grove
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Skokie Concert Choir gets underway for 2026-27 concert season —JoAnne Kempf Read on Patch
• Eric Schenkman (of Spin Doctors) Releases Upbeat New Single "Hit On Me" —Lauren Sanchez Read on Patch

• Bunny rabbits are eating everything!!!
  … my hostas are eaten early in the morning and flowers are disappearing like crazy!!! I don't like bunnies ANYMORE!!!!! (Nextdoor Skevanston)

• Edwards Label posted a job opening for Press Operator - Lithographic (Heidelberg SM72) in Skokie. Apply here.
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-- The Patch AM Team

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