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The Joliet Drama Guild presents “Arsenic and Old Lace” Come enjoy this classic hysterical farce of love, family, and murder! Meet Abby and Martha, two delightful ladies, their nephew Teddy, and a host of “acceptable” gentlemen who populate the basement. What will drama critic Mortimer Brewster do when he finds his two spinster aunts are offing lonely old men? Or when he finds out his murderous brother has returned? An uproarious farce involving murder, mayhem and a little arsenic! Be prepared: when insanity runs in the family, it practically gallops! show to be held at Bicentennial Park 201 W. Jefferson St. Joliet Performance schedule: Friday Jan. 26, 2024 - 7 p.m. Saturday Jan. 27, 2024 - 7 p.m. Sunday Jan. 28, 2024 - 2 p.m. Friday Feb. 2, 2024 - 7 p.m. Sunday Feb. 4, 2024 - 2 p.m. Regular Adult - $20 Seniors/Students - $18 To find out if Mortimer will succumb to madness, people can buy tickets for The Joliet Drama Guild’s production of “Arsenic and Old Lace” at https://www.thejolietdramaguild.com/ or our Facebook at https://www.facebook. com/TheJolietDramaGuild or email us at JDG@thejolietdramaguild.com or reserve tickets by calling (815) 3420247.
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Love and football are in the air at the Forest Preserve Here are the Forest Preserve District of Will County programs for the week of Feb. 5. Online program registration is available on the Event Calendar at ReconnectWithNature.org. Winter Sowing for Monarchs: 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, Plum Creek Nature Center Learn the importance of the monarch butterfly and the ins and outs of winter seed sowing. You can help provide migrating monarch butterflies with an advantage by getting a head start on the gardening season with the winter sowing method. Participants will leave with an upcycled greenhouse ready to be put outside to endure the winter weather while waiting for spring to arrive. Ages 16 or older; $5 per person. Register by Feb. 6. Turtle-y Awesome Super Bowl Prediction (Zoom Webinar): 4-4:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9 Online Tune in for a short virtual program about the Blanding’s turtles in residence at Isle a la Cache Museum and see who they predict will be the ultimate Super Bowl champion on Feb. 11. Free, all ages. Register online for the Zoom ID and password. Sweetheart Night Hike: 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, Messenger Woods Nature Preserve, Homer Glen Take your Valentine out for a romantic night hike under the stars. Join a naturalist for a stroll along a lantern-lit trail and discover some of the courtship parallels between humans and nature. You may bring your own adult beverage to enjoy (beer and wine only, please) with s’mores at a campfire after the hike. Free, ages 21 or older. Register by Feb. 8. Birds and Beans: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, Isle a la Cache Museum, Romeoville Birdwatch with hot, freshly brewed,
bird-friendly coffee and muffins from the comfort of the museum library. Chat with a naturalist about the birds that show up and enjoy the company of others. Free, ages 16 or older. Register by Feb. 8. Galentine’s Day Campfire: 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, Messenger Woods Nature Preserve.
Ladies, enjoy an evening under the stars cozying up to a campfire while sipping your favorite beverage. Hot cocoa and s’mores will be provided. Feel free to bring your favorite seasonal wine, beer or snacks. Compete with an interpretive naturalist on pop culture and wildlife trivia to learn what makes females so powerful and iconic. Close out the night with group games or just relax around the fire. The group will gather at Campsite No.
4. Bring a bag chair. Ages 21 or older; $5 per person. Register by Feb. 7. Soup-er Bowl Hike to the Bridge: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, Plum Creek Nature Center, Crete Township. Enjoy Super Bowl weekend with a 3-mile hike to the famous big bridge, a campfire and a soup-er bowl of your favorite comfort food. Bring your favorite bowl and a can of soup
(non-cream only) or chili. Two pots will be bubbling on the fire, one for soup and one for chili. After the hike, take a time out and enjoy a hot bowl of soup or chili. Score an extra point by bringing a second can of soup or chili to be donated to the Crete Food Pantry. Snowshoe rentals will be available for the hike if there is adequate snow. Free, ages 7 or older. Register by Feb. 9.
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‘Reels at the Rialto’ lineup announced Rialto Square Theatre is excited to announce our year-round movie series called “Reels at the Rialto.” This movie series is a nod to our Vaudeville movie palace past. “It’s important for us to offer a wide variety of entertainment options for the residents of Joliet and surrounding areas,” says Wade Welsh, Rialto Square Theatre Executive Director. “We are thrilled to partner with incredible sponsors so that we can make these movies affordable for everyone.” The sponsors of the Reels at the Rialto movie series are Old National mBank, D’Arcy Buick GMC, Window World, Legacy Trucking, and Castle Law. Tickets are $5 each and will be available in advance or the day-of at the Rialto Square Theatre Box Office. Tickets are not available online and will be on sale starting Monday, January 2. Doors will open 30 minutes before the showtime; a free organ concert will start around that time, and all movies start at 7 PM*. All seating will be general admission—first come, first served. Bar and concessions (including freshly popped popcorn) will be available for purchase.
The 2024 Reels at the Rialto Movies Series at the Rialto Square Theatre will include the following mix of popular movies, old favorites, and some family-friendly titles: Wizard of Oz Thursday, Feb.15, 2024 - 7 PM G - 1 hour and 42 minutes Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others’ wishes. Mary Poppins Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 - 7 PM PG - 2 hours and 19 minutes In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father. The Quiet Man Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 7 PM NR - 2 hours and 9 minutes A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemp-
tuous of their union. Rudy Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 7 PM PG - 1 hour and 54 minutes Joliet native, Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame. Encanto Thursday, May 23, 2024 - 7 PM PG - 1 hour 42 minutes A Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.
a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.
Ghostbusters (1984) Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 7 PM PG - 1 hour and 45 minutes Three parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.
Hocus Pocus Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 - 7 PM PG - 1 hour 36 minutes A teenage boy named Max and his little sister move to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.
The Sandlot Thursday, June 20, 2024 - 7 PM PG - 1 hour and 41 minutes In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of
Planes, Trains and Automobiles Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 - 7 PM R - 1 hour and 33 minutes
A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion. Movies for December will be announced as part of Home for the Holidays 2024. All seats are $5 and seating is general admission. For more information, please visit www.RialtoSquare.com/movies, or call the Rialto Square Theatre Box Office at 815.726.6600. The box office is located at 102 N. Chicago Street in downtown Joliet.
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Take It Outside Challenge debuts Jan. 21 with a twist If you loved the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s Take It Outside Challenge in 2023 or wish you had joined, a new version of the popular program will launch on Sunday, Jan. 21. The 2023 yearlong challenge drew more than 1,200 participants who completed around 115,000 naturethemed missions ranging from GPS check-ins at various locations, photos of nature scenes and wildlife, selfies and trivia questions. This year’s challenge comes with a twist. Instead of a yearlong competition, the 2024 program will be divided into seasonal challenges with breaks between each one. The nine-week Take It Outside seasonal challenges are: Winter Workout: Sunday, Jan. 21, through Saturday, March 30 (join code 6X9K34) Spring Fling: Sunday, April 14, through Saturday, June 15 (join code V813P4) Summer Soiree: Sunday, June 30, through Saturday, Sept. 21 (join code BD13J5)
Fall Frolic: Sunday, Oct. 6, through Saturday, Dec. 14 (join code ED7MGP) Each Sunday during the challenges, 10 missions will be released and participants will complete challenges to earn points and prizes. To participate, download the free Goosechase smartphone app. Search for each seasonal challenge by name or enter the join codes listed above and sign up for one or more of the challenges. Then, read the online rules on the Forest Preserve District’s website, ReconnectWithNature.org. Point totals will be listed on a leaderboard in the Goosechase app so you can see how you and others are doing in the competition. In 2023, stories poured in all year from participants about how the missions were getting people to walk more than they had in years, lose weight, discover Will County’s preserves, feel better mentally and physically and make new friends. The new seasonal format should allow more people to participate in 2024, said Chad Merda, the Forest Preserve’s
digital communications manager. “Even if people only do one seasonal challenge, we’re hoping that’s the start of a renewed love for nature and a new routine of using the forest preserves with more regularity,” he said. The Forest Preserve also will be offering Take It Outside Challenge hikes at different locations. Each hike will include missions that can be accomplished as a group, but missions also can be completed later by those who
don’t attend the hikes. Registration will open two months before each hike on the online Event Calendar. Space is limited. Seasonal challenge winners will receive $500, $250 and $150 Mastercard gift cards for first, second and third places, respectively. You can only win a seasonal cash prize once. At the conclusion of the seasonal challenges, first-, second- and third-place finishers will be entered in a drawing for one
of three $250 gift cards. Those who complete specific birdfeeding missions each season will be entered in a drawing to win one of two prize packs valued at $135 and $228 from Wild Birds Unlimited in Joliet. Additional prize packs and gift cards will be awarded at random for participants. For more information on prizes and the challenge, visit ReconnectWithNature.org.
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obITUaRY eRDmaN Lillian M Erdman age 92, beloved wife of the late Raymond S. Erdman; dearest mother of Christine Erdman, and Raymond T. (Patricia) Erdman; fond sister of the late John (late Peggy) Kerjake. Visitation at Skaja Terrace Funeral Home 7812 N. Milwaukee Ave. Niles was on Thursday January 11,
292 from 8:30 AM until the time of service 9:30 AM to Our Lady of Ransom for 10:00 AM Mass. Interment was at St. Adalbert Cemetery. Funeral info 847966-7302 or www.skajafuneralhomes.com Skaja Terrace Funeral Home 7812 N. Milwaukee Avenue Niles, IL 60714 Phone (847)966-7302 Fax (847)966-7318
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