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Keep the Community Warm Project
2019-10-18 09:00 - 16:00, 2019-10-19 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Strom Center, 211 S. A St., Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States

Book Sale
2019-10-18 16:00 - 19:00, 2019-10-19 09:00 - 16:00, 2019-10-21 09:00 - 13:00 | IL

Shadows Realm Haunted House
2019-10-18 19:00 - 23:00 | Shadows Realm, 2015 Windish Drive, Galesbug, IL, 61401, United States

Galva Beta Sigma Phi Craft Show
2019-10-19 09:00 - 15:00 | Galva High School, 1020 N. Center Ave, Galva, IL, 61434, United States
41st annual Beta Sigma Phi Craft Show….October 19, 2019, Galva High School, Galva, Il, 9 am to 3 pm. Over 100 crafters with handmade juried crafts. Food served, Proceeds to community services. $2 adults. No strollers or pets, please.

October Fest
2019-10-19 09:00 - 16:00 | Knox County Humane Society, 1855 Windish Drive, Galesburg, IL, United States
Join us October 19th for October Fest 2019. We will be having Treats, Garage Sale, Reduced Adoption Fees and a Pet Halloween Contest!!! This is a free event…
PET HALLOWEEN CONTEST
Bring your pet in its Halloween Costume. We will be taking pictures of pet costumes and entering them into our online contest. Best costume will win a prize
GARAGE SALE
TREATS FOR PETS & PEEPS
Reduced Adoption Fees
Cats $25.00
Select Dogs $75.00
All pets are spayed/neutered, microchipped and current on vaccines

Fused Glass Class with Judi Minor
2019-10-19 11:00 - 12:30 | Buchanan Center for the Arts, 64 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Judi Minor will teach you how to make a 4″ plate, bowl or coaster in this month’s class on Saturday, October 19 from 11am to 1230pm at the Buchanan Center for the Arts. All materials and instruction are included. Please call the Buchanan Center to register at 309-734-3033.

Growing Up Green - Recycled Halloween Lanterns!
2019-10-19 12:00 - 15:00 | IL
Make recycled Halloween Lanterns at Discovery Depot! $1.00 plus general admission fee.

Greig Memorial Library's Craft Show and Chili Supper
2019-10-19 13:00 - 18:00 | Oneida Fire Station, 254 N Sage St, Oneida, IL, 61467, United States
Vendors from Color Street, Initial Outfitters, Pampered Chef, Posh, Thirty-One, Scentsy, & more will be on site from 1-6 pm that day. Chili Supper will be 4-6 pm. Cost for Chili Supper is children 12 and over and adults $7, children 4-11 $5, 4 and under free.

Potato & Taco Bar
2019-10-19 16:30 - 19:00 | East Galesburg Community Chapel, 106 E. Second St., East Galesburg, IL, 61430, United States
Meal includes Potato, Tacos, Dessert and Drink. Free Will Offering. All proceeds go to this year’s Christmas baskets.

Basketball Fundraiser for Galesburg Rescue Mission
2019-10-19 18:00 | John Thiel Gym at Galesburg High School, 1135 W. Fremont St., Galesburg, IL, 61401, United States

House of Payne
2019-10-19 18:00 - 21:00 | House of Payne, 410 N. Union St., Good Hope, IL, 61438, United States
The House of Payne haunted house in Good Hope, IL, will open for the season Saturday, Oct. 19, followed by Sunday, Oct. 20; Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 26-27 and Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 30-31. The family-friendly haunted house, located at 410 N. Union St. in Good Hope, is open each of those nights from 6-9 p.m.
This is the last year to be terrified by the unique Haunted House of Payne in Good Hope. Owners Brad and Sara Payne have decided to retire their scaring of McDonough County residents after the 2019 Halloween season.
The couple opened the haunted house 10 years ago in their four-car garage, and all of the wonderfully scary attractions are handmade by the family. Components of the haunted house are changed and enhanced each year to keep guests guessing.
All members of the Payne family participate in the scaring, and it takes numerous volunteers to put on the haunted house each year. The Payne family wants to thank the WIU and Macomb area communities for their continued support.
Admission to the House of Payne is always free, but the family accepts donations of food or cash to be given to the Loaves & Fishes Etc. in Macomb. Over the years, the attraction has resulted in the donation of thousands of pounds of food to the pantry.
For more information about the Haunted House of Payne, join its Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/1682705621944146/.
Directions to the Payne House: From U.S. Route 67, travel two blocks east from the Good Hope BP gas station on East Vine Street, turn left and travel two blocks north.

50’s & 60’s Themed Dinner Dance
2019-10-19 18:00 - 23:00 | Flemish American Club, 313 N. Burr Blvd., Kewanee, IL, 61443, United States
Fundraiser to add an isolation room to the animal control facility in Kewanee. We need an isolation room to keep all animals safe that come into the facility. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Join us for a good cause and good food.

Haunted Gingerbread House Make & Take
2019-10-20 13:00 - 16:00 | Discovery Depot Children’s Museum, 128 S. Chambers St., Galesburg, IL, 61401, United States
Make and take a Haunted Gingerbread House for Halloween!
Members $5.00 per house Non-members $5.00 per house and $8.00 per person admission fee.

October Kid's CANvas Club!
2019-10-20 17:30 - 18:30 | Discovery Depot Children’s Museum, 128 S. Chambers St., Galesburg, IL, 61401, United States
Do you love to paint? Come to Discovery Depot and join our kid’s style painting party! Sunday Oct. 20th, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm. Cost is $10.00 per painter. All supplies and snacks are provided. Call 309-344-8876 to make your reservation! Ages 7+ recommended.

How to Apply for Federal Jobs Workshop
2019-10-21 10:00 - 12:00 | American Job Center/IDES, 500 42nd St, Rock Island, IL, 61201, United States
Visit your local American Job Center to attend our workshop on How to Apply for Federal Jobs. This workshop will cover the importance of Networking, how to use keywords to make your resume stand out and how to tailor your resume to get you an interview.

Community Blood Drive in Monmouth
2019-10-21 12:00 - 17:00 | Monmouth College, 700 East Broadway, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Monmouth College will host a community blood drive from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Monday, October 21 at 700 E. Broadway Street, inside Huff Athletic Center.
What: Monmouth College Community Blood Drive
When: Monday, October 21, 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Where: Huff Athletic Center, 700 E. Broadway Street, Monmouth, IL
Appointments: To donate, please contact Kari Shimmin at (309) 457-2274 or visit www.bloodcenterimpact.org and use code 1116 to locate the drive.
Donor Eligibility Criteria: Potential donors must be at least 17 years of age (16 with parental permission form available through www.bloodcenter.org) and weigh more than 110 pounds. A photo I.D. is required to donate. For questions about eligibility, please call the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center at (800)747-5401. Donors who last gave blood on or before 8/26/19 are eligible to give at this drive.
About Blood Donation: Blood donation is a safe, simple procedure that takes about 45 minutes to one hour. Individuals with diabetes or controlled high blood pressure may be accepted as eligible donors.
ABOUT MVRBC: Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center is the provider of blood and blood components to more than 100 hospitals in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin. In your area, MVRBC is the exclusive provider to OSF HealthCare Holy Family Medical Center.

Monmouth College reception for art exhibit
2019-10-21 17:00 - 18:30 | Monmouth College, 700 East Broadway, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
An exhibit featuring African American men and women who blazed a trail in higher education will once again be on display at Monmouth College from Oct. 21 through the end of November.
On the opening day of the “Black Classicists” exhibit, it will be on display in Mellinger Commons in the Center for Science and Business, where an opening reception will be held from 5-6:30 p.m. The reception will feature student performances including original poems by Abierre Minor ’21 and Nathan Santiago ’22, both of Chicago, and Catie Bozarth ’22 of Pekin, Ill.
The exhibition, which Monmouth originally hosted in 2004, will move to Hewes Library on Oct. 22. The reception and exhibition are free and open to the public.
Created by classical scholar Michele Valerie Ronnick of Wayne State University in Detroit, the exhibition focuses on the lives of 15 African American men and women who taught Greek and Latin at the college level and whose academic accomplishments helped pave the way for future generations of African Americans entering U.S. universities.
“With them,” said Ronnick, “begins the serious study and teaching of philology (the study of language) by African Americans. All who study language and literature in the U.S. today, be it Italian, Swahili, Sanskrit, English or Arabic, trace the origin of their disciplines to the men and women featured in this photo installation.”
Featured African American academics in the exhibit include William Sanders Scarborough, the first black member of the Modern Language Association and author of a Greek textbook (1881); Lewis Baxter Moore, who earned the first doctorate awarded by the University of Pennsylvania to an African American for his work on the Greek tragedian Sophocles; Wiley Lane, the first black professor of Greek at Howard University; and John Wesley Gilbert, the first black to attend the American School in Athens, Greece.
Monmouth classics professors Adrienne Hagen and Alana Newman brought the exhibit to the College, along with Kasha Appleton ’20, a history major from Chicago. At the reception, Appleton will share her experience interning this last summer at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C.
“Library staff, particularly Sarah Henderson and Lynn Daw, have also been crucial in the planning process, and we’ve received valuable support from Regina Johnson and the Office of Intercultural Life, Mike Nelson and the Center for Civic and Social Change, from the Educational Studies Department and from English professor David Wright,” said Hagen. “It’s been wonderful to see people from all over campus pulling together to make this event happen.”

Ghosts of Galesburg
2019-10-21 18:30 | IL
Take a walk downtown to visit historic locations and hear actors tell the stories of people from Galesburg’s past.
Tram seats are limited to 20 seats for the elderly or those who cannot walk about a mile, and tram registration is required. We encourage people who can walk to walk. This free event is sponsored by the Galesburg Public Library and the Galesburg Historical Society.

64 Arts National Juried Exhibition
2019-10-22 10:00 - 2019-12-13 17:00 | Buchanan Center for the Arts, 64 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Buchanan Center for the Arts is pleased to present the 64 Arts National Juried Exhibition. Now in its 11th year, this exhibition showcases quality visual artwork from artists across the United States and promotes the importance of the arts in the Warren County community and surrounding region.

Fall Salad Luncheon
2019-10-22 11:00 - 13:00 | Corpus Christi Church Parish McAteer Center, 273 South Prairie, Galesburg, IL, 61401, United States
The Corpus Christi Altar and Rosary Society will host its annual Fall Salad Luncheon, Bake and Craft Sale from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 22nd, at the McAteer Parish Center, 273 S. Prairie Street in Galesburg. The luncheon will feature a hot chicken casserole, a large assortment of salads and beverages. The cost is $6 for adults and $2 for children. Everyone is invited to attend.

Safe Harbor's 26th Annual Take Back the Night Rally
2019-10-22 17:00 - 18:30 | Safe Harbor Family Crisis Center, 1188 W MAIN ST, GALESBURG, IL, 61401-3465, United States
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Join us at Safe Harbor Family Crisis Center to show support to survivors of domestic violence in our own community. There will be awareness t-shirts, opportunities for survivors to speak out, and a candlelight vigil. For more information, call us at 309.343.7233(SAFE)

Political consultant and filmmaker to speak at Monmouth College
2019-10-24 16:00 | Monmouth College, 700 East Broadway, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
“Creative” political consultant and award-winning filmmaker Duane Baughman will visit Monmouth College Oct. 24.
Baughman will deliver a public talk at 4 p.m. in Room 276 of the Center for Science and Business. Titled “A Political Consultant’s Success: Crashing the Party with Creativity,” his talk is free and open to the public.
Baughman will also meet with students and visit political science professor Farhat Haq’s “Foreign Policy” lass, where he will discuss his film Bhutto.
“Duane Baughman is one of the most creative consultants in Democratic politics I’ve ever met,” said Monmouth political science lecturer Robin Johnson. “Rather than the tired, cookie-cutter approaches of most consultants, Duane provides innovative, attention-getting concepts to political advertising that get the voter’s attention. He’ll be sharing some of the ways he used creativity in winning campaigns and how students can sharpen their skills to become a political consultant.”
Directed and produced by Baughman, Bhutto follows the barrier-shattering life of the first woman to lead an Islamic nation. Called an “intelligent, provocative” film by The Huffington Post, Bhutto was nominated for an Emmy Award and won a prestigious Peabody Award, making Baughman the only American political consultant to win a Peabody Award. The film also earned an EPIC Award from the White House Project for its promotion of women’s rights.
Baughman oversaw 20 million pieces of mail for New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s election and re-election campaigns, and was one of only six national Democratic mail strategists hired by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to develop and execute the mail campaign responsible for winning back the Democratic majority in the U.S. House in 2006.
Baughman also managed the development of 30 million pieces of mail and a multimillion-dollar budget for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, winning a history-making 20 primaries. His mail has helped pass statewide initiatives and helped elect and re-elect Democrats at every level in every corner of California, the state in which he lives.

Annual Turkey Supper
2019-10-24 16:30 - 19:00 | Faith United Methodist Church in Galesburg, 876 East Knox Street, Galesburg, IL, 61401, United States

Grossology for Kids
2019-10-24 18:00 - 19:00 | IL
Brave kids in grades kindergarten through fifth grade are invited to attend Grossology at Galesburg Public Library, 40 E. Simmons St. Grossology is a free program of icky, disgusting challenges for the bravest of kids. Registration is required for this free program. For more information or to register, call the Children’s Room at 309-343-6118 ext. 113.

Monmouth College Thompson Lecture
2019-10-24 19:00 | Monmouth College, 700 East Broadway, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
An accomplished author and scholar who has been called “the preeminent social ethicist in North America today” will present the next Samuel M. Thompson Memorial Lecture at Monmouth College.
Gary Dorrien will deliver the talk at 7 p.m. Oct. 24 in the Morgan Room in Poling Hall. Titled “Democratic Socialism: Black & White, Christian & Not, Then & Now,” the lecture is free and open to the public.
“Gary is a towering figure in the field and a dynamic speaker,” said Monmouth philosophy and religious studies professor Dan Ott. “The focus on democratic socialism as put forward both by religious and secular thinkers is likely to be quite relevant to some of the debates going on among Democratic presidential candidates.”
Dorrien teaches social ethics, theology and philosophy of religion as the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and as a professor of religion at Columbia University. He is the author of 20 books and more than 300 articles that range across the fields of social ethics, philosophy, theology, political eco¬nomics, social and political theory, religious history, cultural criticism, and intellectual history.
Several of Dorrien’s books have been honored, including his recent work Breaking White Supremacy: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Social Gospel, which won the American Library Association’s Choice Award. The book has been described as “intellectual history at its finest … a triumph of careful scholarship, rigorous argument, clear prose, unblinking judgments and groundbreaking conclusions. … Indispensable.”
The Thompson Lecture is annually presented in memory of the legendary Sam Thompson, who graduated from Monmouth College in 1924. Thompson taught philosophy at the College for 46 years after earning his Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1931.
The lecture series was made possible by Thompson’s two daughters, the late Jean Thompson Follett ’51 and Roberta Thompson Fassett ’56, and the College’s Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies.

64 Arts National Juried Exhibition Opening Reception
2019-10-25 17:00 - 19:00 | Buchanan Center for the Arts, 64 Publlic Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
The Buchanan Center for the Arts invites you to their main gallery for the opening reception of 64 Arts – a national juried exhibition featuring over 100 works of art. Reception is Friday, October 25 from 5-7pm and is free and open to the public. Show awards will be announced during the reception.

United FFA Hog Roast
2019-10-25 17:00 - 19:00 | United High School Commons, 1905 100th Street, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Come join us Friday evening for the United FFA Hog Roast. We will be serving at United High School from 5-7 PM. Meal includes Pulled pork Sandwich, chips, baked beans, cookie, ice cream and drink. Cost is $5 or Children under 12 $3. Come out and support our FFA Chapter and then stay for the game and support our United Athletes. Hope to See you Friday evening!
