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Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., invites the public to an opening reception on Sept. 18 from 3 to 6 p.m. for its latest Freeark Gallery exhibition “Semblance: Unfolded and Brought to Life,” by Chicago photographers Alice Hargrave and Barbara Diener.
Hargrave incorporates photographic imagery within layered site-specific installations addressing impermanence. Diener challenges the retelling of significant 20th century events, starting in Nazi-era Germany and culminating in the moon landing.
Gallery hours are Thursday-Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Free and open to the public. Visit riversideartscenter.com for more.
Join the village of North Riverside at its annual family friendly Autumn Fest and Chili Cook-off event on Sept. 16 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Village Commons, 2401 Desplaines Ave.
Enjoy live music by the Blooze Brothers, sample the chili and vote for your favorite and try your luck at carnival games. There will also be food and beverage trucks, face painting, a balloon artist and a petting zoo. The evening will end with a fireworks show.
Admission is free. No outside food/drinks/coolers are permitted.
Join the Brookfield Chamber of Commerce on Sept. 15 at 4:30 p.m. for its monthly After-Hours event, which will be combined with the first 60-to-Win drawing of 2022, at Joe’s Saloon, 9220 47th St. in Brookfield.
The chamber will conduct a drawing every Thursday through mid-November at 4:30 p.m. for those who bought tickets for the chamber’s annual 60-to-Win raffle.
You can hear you name announced in person at Joe’s Saloon or you can watch a livestream on the Brookfield Chamber of Commerce Facebook page (facebook.com/BrookfieldIllinois).
The League of Women Voters of the LaGrange Area will sponsor an update on recent and pending U.S. Supreme Court decision, with a focus on Dobbs vs. Mississippi, on Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. at the LaGrange Public Library, 10 W. Cossitt Ave., LaGrange.
The event is free and open to the public. Visit lagrangearealwv.org for more info.