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Target car seat trade-in event

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Target car seat trade-in event. Recycle a car seat from 9/13 – 9/26 and get a coupon to save on a new seat, stroller or select baby gear with Circle.   Target will accept and recycle all types of car seats, including those that are expired or damaged. You can keep your old gear out of the … [Read more...] about Target car seat trade-in event

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McCormick Bridgehouse Free Lecture Series online

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McCormick Bridgehouse Free Lecture Series online When:  See below Where: McCormick Bridgehouse Museum, 376 N Michigan Ave. at River level, 99 E. Riverwalk, 312-977-0227 Online Please virtually join museum director, Josh Coles this Saturday, July 25th at 10:30am for an interesting look at … [Read more...] about McCormick Bridgehouse Free Lecture Series online

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$10 All-day Metra Pass available thru Labor Day

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$10 All-day Metra Pass available thru Labor Day Metra's new $10 All-Day Pass will now be available thru Labor Day.  Metra strongly encourages customers to buy it in the Ventra app, so you can have a “Touch Less, Pay Less” option to ride its trains safely and affordably. Metra is heavily cleaning … [Read more...] about $10 All-day Metra Pass available thru Labor Day

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Taste of Chicago To-go 2020

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Taste of Chicago To-go 2020 When: July 8-12, 2020 Where:  Virtual events and Neighborhood restaurants While the festival will not take place in Grant Park this year due to COVID-19, this years Taste will have virtual events and local neighborhood restaurants will be participating with to-go … [Read more...] about Taste of Chicago To-go 2020

Where to watch Chicago’s July 4 Fireworks

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Where to watch Chicago's July 4 Fireworks. The City of Chicago discontinued the July 3 lakefront fireworks in 2011 so Navy Pier took over with their display on July 4.  At least a half million people used to come down to Monroe Harbor to see the City fireworks and now they all try to go to Navy … [Read more...] about Where to watch Chicago’s July 4 Fireworks

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Walgreens Get 10% off plus Free shipping

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Walgreens Get 10% off plus Free shipping When: through 11:59PM CST July 18, 2020 Where: Online only Walgreens is offering Balance Rewards members 10% off your entire online purchase on regularly priced items through July 18 plus Free shipping.  When you are ready to check out enter promo code … [Read more...] about Walgreens Get 10% off plus Free shipping

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Chicago on the Cheap offline June 4 12AM

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Chicago on the Cheap offline June 4 12AM.  Please be advised that we will be conducting a system wide reboot of the the Chicago on the Cheap server to install some updates and make other tweaks. We will be offline for 15 to 30 minutes starting at 12 a.m. CST on Thursday, June 4. For you night … [Read more...] about Chicago on the Cheap offline June 4 12AM

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Best Online Sales Right Now Updated

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Best Online Sales Right Now.  Updated 5/13/20:  With all retailers essentially closed there are some extraordinary sales going on.  Now that retailers are opening up or about to open up many have backed off on the sales.  If you have the cash and are in need of things now is a great good time to … [Read more...] about Best Online Sales Right Now Updated

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Free Comcast Watchathon May 11-17

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Free Comcast Watchathon. Comcast is having their annual Watchathon Week! Let the binge watching begin! All Comcast X1 subscribers can watch, for free, certain premium channels from May 11-17, 2020. The Watchathon includes free access to many of the most popular shows and movies from, SHOWTIME®, … [Read more...] about Free Comcast Watchathon May 11-17

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Mother’s Day dining options Chicago

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Mother's Day dining options Chicago. Mother's Day can be a rip off Mother's Day, like all other similar holidays, can be a big rip-off. If your Mother can't wait to go out another time then here are the best deals I could find and some money saving tips. Mother's Day in the time of … [Read more...] about Mother’s Day dining options Chicago

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Watch Metropolitan Opera streams for free Update

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Watch Metropolitan Opera streams for free. The world famous Metropolitan Opera in New York is offering a series of free opera streams of past performances beginning with Bizet’s Carmen.  This performance is conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and starring Elīna Garanča and Robert Alagna. Watch … [Read more...] about Watch Metropolitan Opera streams for free Update

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Walgreens First Responders Discount Day April 25

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Walgreens First Responders Discount Day April 25 All medical personnel, physicians, nurses, paramedics, police officers, fire fighters, and other health care, frontline professionals and first responders will receive 30 percent off regularly-priced Walgreens brands and 20 percent off regularly … [Read more...] about Walgreens First Responders Discount Day April 25

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