🌱 Patch AM: How Farm Aid’s 1997 return put Tinley Park on music’s map.

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In today's newsletter:

• How Farm Aid's 1997 return put Tinley Park on music's map.

Also on today's calendar: ⭐️Final Market at the Barn of the Season⭐️ and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 72 and low of 53 degrees.
• Wednesday: Warm with high clouds, temps: high: 77, low: 52.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 69 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• This Day in Music History: Oct. 4, From Gershwin on Film to "Another One Bites the Dust" (riverbender.com) — Tinley Park gets a notable shoutout in this music-history roundup, highlighting Farm Aid's sold-out 1997 return to Illinois at the New World Music Theater. The piece looks back at how that concert linked big-name artists and local agricultural concerns, alongside other Oct. 4 milestones from Gershwin to Queen and Feist.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Tinley Park

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 10
• ⭐️Final Market at the Barn of the Season⭐️ →
  8101 151st St, Orland Park
  9:00 am
Saturday October 24
• Eve Of Haunted Destruction →
  Dirt Oval Route 66, 3200 S Chicago St, Joliet
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday October 7
• National Walk & Roll to School Day
  Kirby SD 140 Tinley Park, IL 60477
Thursday October 8
• Meeting: Remediate 280 Committee →
  Tony Bettenhausen Recreation Center, 8125 W 171st St, Tinley Park
  6:30 pm
Friday October 9
• Radium Girls →
  Tinley Park Performing Arts Center, 16801 S 80th Ave, Tinley Park
  7:00 pm
• Sacred Women's Circle →
  Holistic Happenings, 7925 W 171st St, Tinley Park
  7:00 pm
• Author Release Party- Betty Corrello →
  17200 Oak Park Ave, Tinley Park
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Nicor Gas to promote natural gas safety at Tinley Park Fire Department →
  17355 68th Ct, Tinley Park
  9:00 am
Sunday October 11
• Wake Up to Fresh Do-Rite Donuts on Chicago Marathon Sunday! Order by 2pm Saturday. →
  5:30 am
• The famous Pequod's, caramelized crust pizza is heading your way. Order by noon. →
  4:30 pm
Thursday October 15
• Ghouls Just Wanna Have Wine →
  Tony Bettenhausen Recreation Center, 8125 W 171st St, Tinley Park
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 24
• HUGE, FREE HOME SHOW Returns to Tinley Park on Oct. 24th & 25th! →
  Tinley Park Convention Center, 18451 Convention Center Dr, Tinley Park
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Orland Park

• Editorial: Jonathan Jackson for US House of Representatives in District 1 (chicagotribune.com)
• Northwestern volleyball loses 3-1 to Ohio State, extending drought (dailynorthwestern.com)

Frankfort

• Frankfort Emagine Offers October Special Showings (patch.com)
• Where To Pick Pumpkins Near Frankfort This Fall — And How To Carve Them (patch.com)

Homewood

• Flossmoor D161 Appoints 2 To Fill Board Vacancies (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
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