Community Events and Things to do in Des Plaines, IL
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Evanston author Sara Levine, in conversation with Rebecca Makkai
Thu, Sep 24, 7:00 PM
Nichols · Nichols Concert Hall
Evanston author Sara Levine, in conversation with Rebecca Makkai
Thu, Sep 24, 7:00 PM
Nichols · Nichols Concert Hall
Short Story Theatre presents all-true stories about relationships.
Thu, Sep 17, 7:30 PM
Downtown · The Art Center Highland Park
Short Story Theatre presents all-true stories about relationships.
Thu, Sep 17, 7:30 PM
Downtown · The Art Center Highland Park
CARLA BAKES: An Evening with Carla Hall and Natalie Moore
Fri, Sep 11, 6:00 PM
Downtown · Bookends & Beginnings
CARLA BAKES: An Evening with Carla Hall and Natalie Moore
Fri, Sep 11, 6:00 PM
Downtown · Bookends & Beginnings
Lost Chicago Department Stores with Leslie Goddard
Today at 7:00 PM
Center · DuPage County Historical Museum & Wheaton Park District Administration Building
Lost Chicago Department Stores with Leslie Goddard
Today at 7:00 PM
Center · DuPage County Historical Museum & Wheaton Park District Administration Building
Shadow Before the Flame: An Evening with Catherine Grace Katz
Tue, Sep 22, 7:00 PM
Crow Island · Winnetka Chapel
Shadow Before the Flame: An Evening with Catherine Grace Katz
Tue, Sep 22, 7:00 PM
Crow Island · Winnetka Chapel
Lectures on Tap - " The Vasa Warship: From Shipwreck to Museum"
Mon, Sep 21, 6:30 PM
Lincoln Park · Lincoln Park
Lectures on Tap - " The Vasa Warship: From Shipwreck to Museum"
Mon, Sep 21, 6:30 PM
Lincoln Park · Lincoln Park
Khalil Center's 2026 Annual Gala: Building our Home of Healing
Sat, Sep 12, 6:00 PM
Brandywine · Ambiance Banquets
Khalil Center's 2026 Annual Gala: Building our Home of Healing
Sat, Sep 12, 6:00 PM
Brandywine · Ambiance Banquets
Lectures on Tap - "Problematic Monuments in Chicago’s Public Art Landscape"
Wed, Sep 16, 6:30 PM
Lincoln Park · Lincoln Park
Lectures on Tap - "Problematic Monuments in Chicago’s Public Art Landscape"
Wed, Sep 16, 6:30 PM
Lincoln Park · Lincoln Park
Lectures on Tap - "Fraudulent, Plagiarized, and Revolutionary Literature"
Wed, Sep 23, 6:30 PM
River North · River North
Lectures on Tap - "Fraudulent, Plagiarized, and Revolutionary Literature"
Wed, Sep 23, 6:30 PM
River North · River North
Cocktails & Conversation: The Legacy of Stanley Kubrick with Raymond Benson
Thu, Sep 24, 6:00 PM
Fox Point North · Barrington's White House
Cocktails & Conversation: The Legacy of Stanley Kubrick with Raymond Benson
Thu, Sep 24, 6:00 PM
Fox Point North · Barrington's White House
Michael Workman: Writing as Cultural Archaeology and the Poetics of Place
Sat, Sep 26, 1:00 PM
Gold Coast · International Museum of Surgical Science
Michael Workman: Writing as Cultural Archaeology and the Poetics of Place
Sat, Sep 26, 1:00 PM
Gold Coast · International Museum of Surgical Science
The Dragon from Chicago: An American Reporter in Nazi Germany—Pamela Toler
Sun, Nov 8, 3:00 PM
Fox Point North · Barrington's White House
The Dragon from Chicago: An American Reporter in Nazi Germany—Pamela Toler
Sun, Nov 8, 3:00 PM
Fox Point North · Barrington's White House
Cocktails & Conversation: The Art of the Script with Stephanie Walker
Thu, Oct 1, 4:30 PM
Fox Point North · Barrington's White House
Cocktails & Conversation: The Art of the Script with Stephanie Walker
Thu, Oct 1, 4:30 PM
Fox Point North · Barrington's White House
Founding Mothers with Laura Keyes of Historic Voices
Sat, Sep 26, 1:00 PM
Center · DuPage County Historical Museum & Wheaton Park District Administration Building
Founding Mothers with Laura Keyes of Historic Voices
Sat, Sep 26, 1:00 PM
Center · DuPage County Historical Museum & Wheaton Park District Administration Building
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