🌱 Banks Bridal Suites & Lodging Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting and 11 more events

Good day Ingalls Park! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Halfway to Oktoberfest at Lockport Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5788
• Banks Bridal Suites & Lodging Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting at Banks Bridal Suites & Lodging

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

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Breezy, with a high of 82 and low of 47 degrees.
• Saturday: Cooler; a shower in the a.m., temps: high: 53, low: 37.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 52 and low of 31 degrees.

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📸 Around Ingalls Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ingalls Park

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Halfway to Oktoberfest
  Lockport Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5788, 1026 E 9th St, Lockport
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday April 23

• Banks Bridal Suites & Lodging Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting
  Banks Bridal Suites & Lodging , 317 N. Chicago Street , Joliet
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Caffeine & Conversations: Women's Networking Event
  Uniquely You Behavioral Health , 400 E Lincoln Hwy, Ste 102 , New Lenox
  9:00 am
• Play-Doh Playtime
  New Lenox Public Library , 120 Veterans Parkway , New Lenox
  9:30 am
• Play-Doh Playtime: Master Molders
  New Lenox Public Library , 120 Veterans Parkway , New Lenox
  10:15 am
• Uni Uni Boba Joliet Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting
  Uni Uni Boba Joliet , 1504 Essington Rd Suite 1 , Joliet
  11:45 am
• Flatbed Fords
  ROXY Lockport , 1017 S State St , Lockport
  12:30 pm
• Drama Club Lock-In
  Lockport SD 91 Lockport, IL 60441
  4:00 pm
• 2026 Wilderness First Aid Spring Session (WFA)
  Rainbow Scout Reservation , 2600 Winterbottom Rd , Morris
  6:00 pm
• Martino Musical
  Lincoln-Way West High School , 21701 Gougar Rd , New Lenox
  7:00 pm
• FLATBED FORDS RETURN TO THE ROXY!
  ROXY Lockport , 1017 S State St , Lockport
  7:30 pm
• Spotlight Arts Collective: Steel Magnolias
  Joseph P. Spencer Studio for the Arts , 120 Jessie Street , Manhattan
  7:30 pm

Saturday April 18

• Maker Day: Custom Candles with The Candle Vault
  New Lenox Public Library , 120 Veterans Parkway , New Lenox
  10:30 am

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• Will County Children's Advocacy Center — 815-774-4565
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🪧 Patch Classifieds

• Spotlight Arts Collective presents, Disney and Pixar's "Finding Nemo: Jr"
  Spotlight Arts Collective's Developing Actors Summer Musical Theatre Camp 2026 will be presenting a production of Disney's Finding Nemo JR! ... (More info)
• Spring Massage Special: Release Winter Tension & Reset Your Body
  Spring Reset for Your Body 🌿... (More info)

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🗞 Nearby News

New Lenox

• 10 Providence Catholic HS Athletes Commit to Collegiate Athletics (patch.com)
• Pope Leo's brother's home targeted with false bomb threat (wbal.com)

Lockport

• Moms' Special Needs Respite Facebook Group Provides Lifeline For Caregivers In Will, Cook Counties (patch.com)

Joliet

• Fired By Joliet Police, Nick Crowley Wants His Past Criminal Charges Expunged By Will County's Judges (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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