🌱 Patch AM: Drop-in Christmas Craft (PreK w/ Caregiver) and 13 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Flipside Bazaar: Last Chance Holiday Shopping & Burgers! at Flipside Brewing
• "Step Back into a 1950s Christmas" at 1950s Park Forest House Museum
• Drop-in Christmas Craft (PreK w/ Caregiver) at Richton Park Public Library

... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the balloon say to the doctor? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 32 and low of 24 degrees.
• Monday: Cloudy, temps: high: 41, low: 36.
• Tuesday: Considerable cloudiness, with a high of 47 and low of 32 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Chicago Heights

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday December 21

• Flipside Bazaar: Last Chance Holiday Shopping & Burgers!
  Flipside Brewing, 7144 183rd St, Tinley Park
  11:00 am
• "Step Back into a 1950s Christmas"
  1950s Park Forest House Museum, 227 Monee Rd, Park Forest
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday December 22

• Drop-in Christmas Craft (PreK w/ Caregiver)
  Richton Park Public Library , 22310 Latonia Ln , Richton Park
  10:30 am
• Winter Break Crochet a Scarf (Adults & Teens)
  Richton Park Public Library , 22310 Latonia Ln , Richton Park
  12:00 pm
• Film Screening: Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
  McKinley Park Branch Library , 1915 West 35th Street , Chicago
  1:00 pm
• Film Screening: The Grinch (2018)
  Gage Park Branch Library , 2807 West 55th Street , Chicago
  1:00 pm
• Drop-in Device Help
  Richton Park Public Library, 22310 Latonia Ln, Richton Park, IL, 60471
  3:00 pm
• Maker Monday: Tote Bag (Adults, Registration Required)
  Richton Park Public Library, 22310 Latonia Ln, Richton Park, IL, 60471
  6:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Christmas Tree Craft (Gr. 1-5, Registration Required)
  Richton Park Public Library , 22310 Latonia Ln , Richton Park
  4:00 pm
• Christmas Family Storytime (PreK-Gr. 2 & Family, Registration Required)
  Richton Park Public Library , 22310 Latonia Ln , Richton Park
  6:30 pm

Tuesday December 30

• PreK Noon Years Eve Party (PreK & Caregiver, Registration Required)
  Richton Park Public Library , 22310 Latonia Ln , Richton Park
  11:00 am
• New Year's Eve Party (Youth & Teens w/ Family, Registration Required)
  Richton Park Public Library , 22310 Latonia Ln , Richton Park
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• ​CHSD170’s Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee (BPAC) Celebrates Fiestas Navideñas —langellotti Read on Patch

• Gpac posted a job opening for Manufacturing Quality Manager in Chicago Heights. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Flossmoor

• Three new physicians join Specialty Physicians of Illinois in Olympia Fields (hfchronicle.com)

Park Forest

• Ravisloe staffer seeks memories of historic golf course for anniversary (hfchronicle.com)
• Flossmoor board approves 2024 tax levy with a 4.84% increase (hfchronicle.com)
• D161 board discusses preschool expansion at levy hearing (hfchronicle.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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