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Lights of India

95th Street Library 3015 Cedar Glade Dr, Naperville, IL, United States

Celebrate Indian culture with books, learning how to draw rangoli, and Bollywood dance.

Free

CICFF40 Opening Night

Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, United States

Join FACETS family and friends to kick off the 40th Annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival (CICFF40). The largest and longest running children’s film festival in the United States, Opening Night will feature a SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE by Academy Award winning filmmaker, Matthew Cherry (Hair Love, Young Love), who will be honored for his contributions...

$25

Pumpkin Smash

Mount Prospect Public Works 1700 W Central Road, Mount Prospect, United States

The Pumpkin Smash is an annual effort by communities to divert pumpkins from landfills by providing locations for residents to drop-off jack-o-lanterns to be composted. It is held each year the Saturday after Halloween. Don’t Trash it, Smash it!   For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of Pumpkin Smash Composting Events.

Free

Pumpkin Smash

Lombard Common 433 E. St. Charles Rd, Lombard, 60148

Don’t trash it, smash it! Green your Halloween this year and compost your pumpkin in the Lombard Common east parking lot. This is brought to you by the Lombard Junior Women’s Club, the Lombard Park District, the Village of Lombard, the Kiwanis Club, Waste Management and SCARCE (an organization that supports coordinated Pumpkin Smash events...

Free

Food Drive

The CORE (Lemont) 16050 127th Street, Lemont, IL, United States

Pack the pantry with the Lemont Park District. Items needed include:  Food Items: Condiments, canned/packaged meat, rice, instant potatoes, pasta, canned/packaged fruit & veggies, bottled water/juice, breakfast bars, baking mixes, dried fruit, tuna, salad dressing, tea bags, sugar, flour, chips, crackers, syrup, cookies, coffee, powder creamer. Household Items: paper products, laundry/dish detergent, bleach, cleaning sprays,...

Pumpkin Smash

Downers Grove South High School Dunham Road and 63rd Street, Downers Grove, IL

Don’t Trash it, Smash it! The Pumpkin Smash is an annual effort by communities to divert pumpkins from landfills by providing locations for residents to drop-off jack-o-lanterns to be composted. It is held each year the Saturday after Halloween.  Downers Grove South High School is just one of the many locations that are hosting a...

Free

Pumpkin Smash

Downtown Bartlett Bartlett, IL, United States

The Village of Bartlett will be hosting its annual pumpkin composting event with this year’s Pumpkin Smash! SCARCE, a nonprofitorganization committed to keeping β€œstuff” out of the landfill by reusing or recycling, first brought this event to DuPage County in 2014! Since then, the annual Pumpkin Smash has successfully diverted more than 18 tons of...

Pumpkin Composting Event

Westmont Public Library 428 North Cass, Westmont, IL, United States

Citizens are encouraged to bring their pumpkins to be composted to the Library. All pumpkins MUST be cleaned free of inorganic materials such as candles and other decorations prior to being disposed in the composting collection container.   For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of Pumpkin Smash Composting Events.

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