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🌱 Patch AM: Open House Rickover and 11 more events
Be sure to catch L'Institut français d'Oak Park Fall Open House on the Chicago Heights Patch calendar
Hello Chicago Heights! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
Coming up on the calendar:
- Open House Rickover at Rickover Jr High School
- L'Institut français d'Oak Park Fall Open House at Oak Park - River Forest (OPRF) Chamber of Commerce
- Beginning Band Sign-up [virtual] at Flossmoor SD 161
... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Clouds and sun with a shower, with a high of 88 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Monday: Partly sunny, a shower; hot, temps: high: 90, low: 70.
- Tuesday: Partly sunny; hot and humid, with a high of 94 and low of 71 degrees.
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- Open House Rickover →
Rickover Jr High School Chicago Heights, IL 60411
5:30 pm - L'Institut français d'Oak Park Fall Open House
Oak Park - River Forest (OPRF) Chamber of Commerce L'Institut fran ais d'Oak Park - French Institute of Oak Park 11 Harrison Street, Oak Park, IL 60304
6:00 pm - Beginning Band Sign-up [virtual]
Flossmoor SD 161 Chicago Heights, IL 60411
6:30 pm - LABOR DAY - NO CLASSES
Greene Chicago, IL 60609 - Crafting Corner
Brighton Park Branch Library 4314 South Archer Avenue, Chicago, IL 60632
4:00 pm - Beginning Orchestra Sign-up
Flossmoor SD 161 Parker Junior High School, 2810 School St, Flossmoor, IL 60422\
5:00 pm - Cancelled - City of Chicago Heights Council Meeting for Wednesday, September 2, 2026 →
Chicago Heights, IL Calendar
6:00 pm - Free Wednesday Open Mic Comedy at Comedy Plex →
Oak Park - River Forest (OPRF) Chamber of Commerce 1128 Lake Street (Lower Level) Oak Park, Il 60301
8:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
Wednesday September 2
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Back to School Open Climbing →
Irons Oaks Environmental Learning Center, 20000 Western Ave, Olympia Fields
1:00 pm - Robin's Nest Warblers Community Choir →
Robin's Nest Music, 585 Williams St, Thornton
1:00 pm - Boys Baseball Game vs CHMS →
Parker Junior High School Flossmoor, IL 60422
4:15 pm - Softball @ HOME vs Columbia
Crete-Monee Middle School Crete, IL 60417
4:15 pm
Sunday August 30
Monday August 31
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🗞 Nearby News
Homewood
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Lansing
- Seen Around Lansing: Great work! (thelansingjournal.org)
- Fire station expansion bids, Class 8 tax incentives: Lansing Village Board agendas for Sept. 1, 2026 (thelansingjournal.org)
- Lansing School District 158 2026-27 calendar: Dates families should know (thelansingjournal.org)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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