🌱 Support local Schools with the Harlem Wizards and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• JJL Spring Fling and Mothers Day Craft & Vendor event at John J Lukancic Middle School
• Back to the 80s - The Best of Times at Jacob Henry Mansion
• Gompers Community Open House at Gompers Junior High School

... and check out 4 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Fog will lift in the morning, with a high of 82 and low of 47 degrees.
• Saturday: Cooler; a shower in the a.m., temps: high: 55, low: 35.
• Sunday: Breezy in the a.m.; sunshine, with a high of 53 and low of 30 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Crystal Lawns

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• JJL Spring Fling and Mothers Day Craft & Vendor event
  John J Lukancic Middle School, 725 Normantown Rd, Romeoville
  9:00 am

Thursday April 23

• Back to the 80s - The Best of Times
  Jacob Henry Mansion, 20 S Eastern Ave, Joliet
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Gompers Community Open House
  Gompers Junior High School , 1501 Copperfield Ave , Joliet
  10:00 am
• Hufford Community Open House
  Hufford Junior High School , 1125 N Larkin Ave , Joliet
  10:00 am

Sunday April 19

• VFW District Meeting
  VFW Post 9545 , 323 Old Hickory Rd , New Lenox
  12:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Joliet District 86 Parent and Family Workshop
  Joliet PSD 86 , 1101 Harrison Ave , Joliet
  5:00 pm

Sunday April 26

• Support local Schools with the Harlem Wizards
  Plainfield Central High School , 24120 Fort Beggs Dr , Plainfield
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Uni Uni Boba Joliet Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting
  Uni Uni Boba Joliet , 1504 Essington Rd Suite 1 , Joliet
  11:45 am
• 2026 Wilderness First Aid Spring Session (WFA)
  Rainbow Scout Reservation , 2600 Winterbottom Rd , Morris
  6:00 pm
• Talent Show
  Jones Elementary School Joliet, IL 60431
  6:00 pm
• FOREVER K-Pop: A Celebration Concert
  Rialto Square Theatre , 102 N Chicago St , Joliet
  7:30 pm

Saturday April 18

• Fandom Fest 2026
  Plainfield Public Library District , 15025 S. Illinois St. , Plainfield
• Friends of the Shorewood-Troy Library
  Shorewood-Troy Public Library , 650 Deerwood Dr , Shorewood
  9:00 am
• Hufford Community Open House
  Hufford Junior High School , 1125 N Larkin Ave , Joliet
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Crest Hill Woman Who Poked His Stomach With Kitchen Knife Pleads Guilty, Learns Her Sentence (patch.com)
• How Plainfield's New $250,000 Grant Will Connect 20 Miles of DuPage River Trails (thetimesweekly.com)

Joliet

• New Business Taking Over Soon-To-Be-Closing Galowich YMCA: Joliet City Officials Review This Plan (patch.com)

Romeoville

• Romeoville Designates Virginia Bluebell As Its Official Flower (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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