🌱 Boozy Book Fair at Pig Minds 📚 and 10 more events
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Coming up on the calendar:
- Next Stop Comedy at Pig Minds Brewing Co! - Machesney Park, IL at Pig Minds Brewing Co.
- Boozy Book Fair at Pig Minds 📚 at Pig Minds Brewing Co.
- Cinco De Mayo Jeeps & Tacos Fest 2026 at Don Carter Lanes
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Friday: A severe p.m. t-storm; breezy, with a high of 82 and low of 41 degrees.
- Saturday: Winds becoming strong; cooler, temps: high: 51, low: 32.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 53 and low of 30 degrees.
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★ Featured events ★
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Next Stop Comedy at Pig Minds Brewing Co! - Machesney Park, IL
Pig Minds Brewing Co., 4080 Steele Dr., Machesney Park
7:00 pm
Saturday April 18
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Other local events
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Boozy Book Fair at Pig Minds 📚
Pig Minds Brewing Co. , 4080 Steele Dr. , Machesney Park
12:00 pm -
Cinco De Mayo Jeeps & Tacos Fest 2026
Don Carter Lanes , 4007 E State St #2075 , Rockford
1:00 pm
Saturday May 2
Sunday May 3
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Oak Sapling Giveaway
Nature At The Confluence , 306 Dickop St , South Beloit
12:00 pm -
Richmond-Burton JV Baseball @ North Boone
North Boone High School , 17823 Poplar Grove Rd , Poplar Grove
4:30 pm -
Baseball (V) vs Hononegah HS
Rockford East High School , 2929 Charles St , Rockford
5:00 pm -
Softball (V) @ Auburn HS
Rockford East High School , 5110 Auburn St , Rockford
5:00 pm -
Jefferson High School Spring Musical
Jefferson High School , 4145 Samuelson Rd , Rockford
7:00 pm -
HS-Spring Musical: Footloose
North Boone High School Poplar Grove, IL 61065
7:00 pm -
Illinois Baseball Tournament
Mercyhealth Sportscore One , 1288 Elmwood Rd. , Rockford -
Raptors Puri Champions Cup
Mercyhealth Sportscore Two , 8800 E. Riverside Blvd. , Loves Park -
Herbalism Series- April
Nature At The Confluence , 306 Dickop St , South Beloit
1:00 pm
Friday April 17
Saturday April 18
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🗞 Nearby News
Loves Park
- Art, fashion, coffee, live music among 28 Rockford area things to do (rrstar.com)
- New Costco System Cuts Checkout Time (q985online.com)
- Inside the Byron Clean Energy Center (wrex.com)
Roscoe
- Step Inside The 80,000-Square-Foot Illinois Museum That Has It All — Even Presidential Limos (familydestinationsguide.com)
Rockton
- Hononegah H.O.P.E. Foundation 'A Touch of Nashville' Saturday, April 18, 2026 (roscoenews.com)
- Annual Doubles Invite In Memory Of Former Alton Boys/Girls Tennis Coach Robert Logan Is Saturday, April 18, 2026 (riverbender.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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