🌱 Anastasia Royal "Unaccompanied" vinyl release performance and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• CAMERATA CHICAGO PRESENTS: A HANDEL'S CHRISTMAS CONCERT for the Whole Family! at St Alphonsus Church
• Meet & Greet Santa Clause at 1117 Garfield Street
• Vinyl+ Market at Lunar Brewing at Lunar Brewing Co

... and check out 8 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly cloudy and quite cold, with a high of 27 and low of 22 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy with flurries, temps: high: 30, low: 3. ⛄️ Brr!
• Saturday: Frigid with snow and flurries, with a high of 8 and low of -3 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Melrose Park

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• CAMERATA CHICAGO PRESENTS: A HANDEL'S CHRISTMAS CONCERT for the Whole Family!
  St Alphonsus Church, 1429 W Wellington Ave, Chicago
  2:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Meet & Greet Santa Clause
  1117 Garfield Street,
  12:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• Vinyl+ Market at Lunar Brewing
  Lunar Brewing Co, 54 E St Charles Rd, Villa Park
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 11

• Anastasia Royal "Unaccompanied" vinyl release performance
  Madame Zuzu’s , 1876 1st St , Highland Park
  7:30 pm

Friday December 12

• Preschool Screening
  Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 , 906 Walton St , Melrose Park
  12:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• Holiday Concerts
  Bennett Gordon Hall at Ravinia , 201 St Johns Ave , Highland Park
  1:00 pm
• Concert: Canterbury Carollers
  Orland Park Public Library , 14921 S Ravinia Ave , Orland Park
  2:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• ABC Storytime
  Melrose Park Public Library , 801 Broadway Ave , Melrose Park
  10:00 am
• Village Board Meeting
  Village Hall , 3200 Washington Boulevard , Bellwood
  6:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Irving Show Stoppers Present: A Christmas Carol
  Irving Middle School , 805 S 17th Ave , Maywood
  6:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Winter Begins
  Village of Bellwood , 3200 Washington Blvd , Bellwood

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Intramurals - 4th & 5th Grade
  Elmhurst SD 205 Elmhurst, IL 60126
  7:15 am
• Ethics Class
  Oak Park Public Library , 834 Lake St. , Oak Park
  9:30 am
• Shake, Rattle & Read in the Storytime Room
  Oak Park Public Library , 834 Lake St. , Oak Park
  10:00 am
• Toddler Time (Ages 18 months-3)
  River Forest Public Library , 735 Lathrop Avenue , River Forest
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Food 4 Less Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Melrose Park. Apply here.
• The Ferrara Candy Company posted a job opening for Packaging Machine Operator-Overnight Shift in Bellwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Melrose Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

Maywood

• Loyola Medicine Burn Center provides tips on burn prevention during holiday cooking (newswise.com)
• West Side residents demand relief from ballooning property taxes: 'What are we supposed to do?' (suntimes.com)

River Forest

• Help us keep community journalism alive (oakpark.com)
• Less light, zero transparency (oakpark.com)
• Some churches are turning traditional nativity displays into anti-ICE messages (abc15.com)

Elmhurst

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