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Music This Week at Fitzgerald’s Wednesday, Fitzgerald’s, 6615 W. Roosevelt Road, Berwyn. Wednesday: Matuto, 8 p.m., $15 TW (Roots) The SideBar Sessions with Tudo de Bom, 8 p.m., $5 suggested donation (Jazz); Thursday: Naomi Ashley CD Release Show, plus LaRaie Zimm, 8 p.m., $10 TW (Roots); Friday: The Red Elvises, 9 p.m., $15 TW (Rock); The Sweet Maries, 8:30 p.m., $10 TW (Folk); Oct. 5: School of Rock presents Rebels and Outlaws Country Rock, 2 p.m., $10, 18 and under free (Rock); Candye Kane Band, Barb Clifford Band, 9 p.m., $15 TW (Blues); Oct. 6: School of Rock presents Rebels and Outlaws Country Rock, 2 p.m., $10, 18 and under free (Rock); Chicago Grandstand Big Band, 6 p.m. (Doors at 5), $10 ($5 for 17 and under) (Jazz). “Broken Fences” at 16th Street Theater, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 26, 16th Street Theater, 6420 16th Street, Berwyn. Written by Steven Simoncic, this play focuses on two neighboring couples, one black and one white, in Chicago’s gentrifying Garfield Park. Named “Best Emerging Theater 2013” in Chicago Magazine. General admission is $18 each with group pricing available. Performances times are Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 5 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. (No 5 p.m. show on Sept. 21.) Blues at the Harlem Avenue Lounge Thursday, Harlem Avenue Lounge, 3701 S. Harlem Ave., Berwyn. Shows start at 8:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Thursday: Open Mic Blues Jam (free); Friday: Harry Garner Blues Band at 9:30 p.m. ($6 cover); Saturday: Sharon Lewis & The Texas Fire at 9:30 p.m. ($6 cover). For information, visit www.HarlemAvenueLounge.com.

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WHEN: 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 WHERE: College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd. Glen Ellyn COST & INFO: College of DuPage plays host to the third annual Laps with the Chaps 5K/1-Mile Dash. Proceeds will benefit student scholarships. Sponsored by Naperville Running Company, the race begins and ends in the Chaparral Stadium, with the course winding through campus. Advance registration through 3 p.m. Oct. 16 costs $30 for the 5K; $10 for the 1-Mile; for both events as individual registrant, $35, or $30 as team member; and $25 for the 5K as a team member. On race day, events cost $10 more, $5 for the 1-Mile. To register, visit www.cod.edu/5k or contact Ami Chambers, race co-director, at 630-942-3823 or COD5K@cod.edu.

restaurants. Tickets include all you care to sample, music and merriment. A cash bar will also be available. Adult tickets are $17 in advance, or $22 at the door. Children 12 and under are $5 in advance or at the door. For tickets or information, call 630-960-7080 or visit woodridgechamber.org. Girls’ Night Out, 5 p.m. Thursday, Downtown Downers Grove. A night of shopping and dining downtown. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2 The unique boutiques and delicious restaurants will be hosting sales, Wednesday Movie Matinee - “42,” 2 massages, demonstrations, “tastings” p.m. Wednesday, North Riverside Puband fun. Don’t forget to stop by the lic Library, 2400 S. Des Plaines Ave., registration desk and pick up a goodie North Riverside. The life story of Jackie bag. For information, visit www. Robinson and his history-making downtowndg.org. signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers. For Brookfield Jazz Society, 7 p.m. information, visit www.northriverThursday, The Cottage at Irish Times, sidelibrary.org or call 708-447-0869. 8869 Burlington Ave., Brookfield. All Riverside Farmers Market, 2:30 to meetings start at 7 p.m. with live 7 p.m. Wednesday, Parking Lot, 27 music starting at 7:30 p.m. Schedule: Riverside Road, Riverside. For informaWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2013 | $1.50 tion, | MYSUBURBANLIFE.COM/LISLE Oct. 3: Perry Huntoon - Count Basie: call 708-447-2700 or visit www. The Columbia & War Years (1939-45) riverside.il.us. including commercial, live & V-Disc recordings; Oct. 10: Frank Slabinak THURSDAY, OCT. 3 Jazz in Dutch. For more information, visit www.brookfieldjazz.org. Bolingbrook Farmers Market, 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday, The Promenade Boling- La Grange Farmers Market, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Village Hall Parking Lot, brook, West of 355 on E. Boughton 53 South La Grange Rd, La Grange. For Road, Bolingbrook. For information, information, call 708-387-7550. call 630-235-1376. Savor the Flavor: An Evening of CuliFRIDAY, OCT. 4 nary Delight, 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, GET YOUR EVENT LISTED Ashyana Banquets, 1620 75th Street, Fill out the form at Wire Grand Opening, Friday and SatDowners Grove. Sample food and PlanitLife.com/forms drink from over 25 different area urday, Wire, 6815 W. Roosevelt Road,

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Berwyn. Wire, the new music venue in Berwyn, will host grand opening festivities on Friday and Saturday. Tributosaurus will become ELO on Friday. Doors will open at 7 p.m. and show time is at 9 p.m. with a $20 cover charge. Mr. Blotto with Axes of Evil will perform on Saturday. Doors will open at 7 p.m. with a $15 cover charge. For information, visit Wire’s Facebook page. Advance tickets are available at www.ticketfly.com/venue/9923-wire. Movies in the afternoon, 1:30 p.m. Friday, North Berwyn Park District Community Center, 1619 Wesley Ave., Berwyn. Free popcorn and beverage. Hosted by North Berwyn Park District. Call 708-749-4900. Ballroom Dancing Variety Showcase, 2 to 3:15 p.m. Friday, Elmhurst Public Library, 125 S. Prospect Ave., Elmhurst. Celebrate the Elmhurst Public Library’s 10th anniversary in their new building. The popular duo Norm & Heidi Lucky will return to perform popular ballroom dances such as Foxtrot, Tango, Samba, Tennessee Waltz, and more. For information, call the library at 630-279-8696. Teen Movie Friday, 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Fountaindale Public Library, 300 W. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook. Watch a movie in the Vortex with friends. All movies rated PG-13 and below. Contact the Vortex for movie title information. For grades 6 to 12. For information, call 630-685-4199.

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“Emergence” Art Reception, 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, La Grange Art League Gallery and Studio, 122 Calendar Ave., La Grange. Check out the reception for Charlotte Cziperle’s new show, “Emergence.” Acoustic guitarist Jason Deroche will entertain. Free admission. For information, please call 708-3523101 or visit www.lagrangeartleague. org. Bridge Communities’ Silver Jubilee, 6:30 to 11 p.m. Friday, The Esplanade, 2111 Butterfield Road, Downers Grove. Enjoy epicurean delights, reminisce with friends old and new, applaud achievements, dream big about the future, and dance the night away amidst laughter and good cheer. Each guest/couple in attendance will receive aVol. special gift. 91 XX commemorative No. No.22 XX | | WSD EC | | BWL LIS Cost is $75 per person. To RSVP or for information, call 630-545-0610 ext. 45 or visit www.bridgecommunities.org. Movie at the Library: “Warm Bodies,” 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Elmhurst Public Library, 125 S. Prospect Ave., Elmhurst. After a zombie epidemic, R (a highly unusual zombie) encounters Julie (a human survivor), and rescues . sees her from a zombie attack. Julie that R is different from the other zombies. Refreshments will be available. Register in advance with a valid EPL card. For grades 6-12. To register, call 630-279-8696 or visit www.elmhurstpubliclibrary.org. Vol. 91 No. 22 | WSD | LIS

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