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Comcast offers free Xfinity WiFi nationwide

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Comcast offers free Xfinity WiFi nationwide Xfinity wi-fi hotspots are currently free for anyone who needs a connection including non-subscribers. Map and search tool for Xfinity hotspots online here. Once you locate an available hotspot, just open the wi-fi settings on your device and select … [Read more...] about Comcast offers free Xfinity WiFi nationwide

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Grocery delivery options Chicago Updated

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Grocery delivery options Chicago.  Now that the Mayor is enforcing the lockdown order you may want to avoid going outside at all.  There are two ways to get groceries etc. to your home:  delivered (usually by Instacart for same, next day or later delivery) or shipped via UPS, Fed Ex, etc. where they … [Read more...] about Grocery delivery options Chicago Updated

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Grocery pickup options Chicago

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Grocery pickup options Chicago.  Now that the Mayor is enforcing the lockdown order you may want to avoid going outside except in your vehicle.  Following is a list of places where you can order groceries to be picked up.  Pick up availability may vary by location.  Keep in mind that many stores are … [Read more...] about Grocery pickup options Chicago

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Art Institute El Greco Exhibit online

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Art Institute El Greco Exhibit online While the museum is temporarily closed the Art Institute has created a few different ways to experience the exhibition El Greco: Ambition and Defiance online. Video Tour Take a quick tour of the exhibition with curator Rebecca Long and research associate … [Read more...] about Art Institute El Greco Exhibit online

Free Science at Home Museum of Science and Industry

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Free Science at Home Museum of Science and Industry Keep learning in place and at your pace with science activities and topics you can access anytime.  Science at Home is our resource for engaging science activities that you and your family can do using items you may have around the house. You'll … [Read more...] about Free Science at Home Museum of Science and Industry

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Free access to Gold’s Gym premium app

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Free access to Gold's Gym premium app.  Gold’s Gym is offering its premium app, Gold’s Amp, for free until May 31, 2020. The app offers over 600 audio and video workouts and hundreds of DJ mixes to keep you moving outside or at home. Visit goldsamp.com/promo, and enter promo code FIT60. You'll have … [Read more...] about Free access to Gold’s Gym premium app

Hours of fun on the Metropolitan Museum of Art website

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Hours of fun on the Metropolitan Museum of Art website. The Metropolitan Museum of Art's website offers access to over 400,000 pieces from the collection.  You can click on the following categories and then filter your search by: "Object type/Material",  "Geographic location", "Date/Era and … [Read more...] about Hours of fun on the Metropolitan Museum of Art website

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How to check out ebooks from Chicago Public Library

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How to check out ebooks from Chicago Public Library I'm a huge user of the Chicago Public Library both online for magazines, newspapers, ebooks and streaming movies and tv and also for actual books, CD's and DVD's. I rarely go to the library and pull materials instead I reserve it online and pick … [Read more...] about How to check out ebooks from Chicago Public Library

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Free audiobooks at Chicago Public Library

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Free audiobooks at Chicago Public Library. The CPL provides patrons with free access to audiobooks through Overdrive and RBdigital which allows you to borrow audiobooks on your computer, tablet and phone.  You must have a CPL library card.   You can borrow up to eight audiobooks. Free audiobooks … [Read more...] about Free audiobooks at Chicago Public Library

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Stream Broadway show tunes for free

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Stream Broadway show tunes for free.  AccuBroadway.com is the world's first and only personalizable, multichannel, all-Broadway radio station, with over two dozen channels of great musicals. You don't have to spend any money or even leave your home to listen to Broadway show tunes from the 1950's … [Read more...] about Stream Broadway show tunes for free

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Stream Ken Burns Baseball for free

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Stream Ken Burns Baseball for free.  Ken Burns makes his “Baseball” documentary mini-series available to stream for free If you're jonesing for some baseball with Spring Training canceled and Opening Day postponed Ken Burns announced on Twitter that he has arranged for PBS to make his documentary … [Read more...] about Stream Ken Burns Baseball for free

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Hours of fun with Chicago Landmarks

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Hours of fun with Chicago Landmarks.  While looking for information about these guys below I stumbled into this City of Chicago database.   It's a treasure trove of everything Landmarked in the Chicago.  However I don't know how up to date it is and also it neglects to mention statues … [Read more...] about Hours of fun with Chicago Landmarks

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Free events West Ridge Nature Preserve

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Free events West Ridge Nature Preserve. Where: West Ridge Nature Preserve (Park No. 568),5801 N. Western Ave.adjacent to Rosehill Cemetery (walk-in entrance on Ardmore; hours: sunrise to sunset). Age Range: Any Bird Walks  Meet at Front Gate Sunday, March 22, 2020 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. Saturday, … [Read more...] about Free events West Ridge Nature Preserve

$5 Urban Dog Workshop

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$5 Urban Dog Workshop When:  March 21, 2021 @ 12:30pm Virtual These sell out and Register Where: The Anti-Cruelty Society Education & Training Center, 169 W. Grand Avenue.   Space is limited – sign up today Join The Anti-Cruelty Society for our upcoming Urban Dogs virtual … [Read more...] about $5 Urban Dog Workshop

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