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The American Red Cross is experiencing a national blood shortage. Blood donors of all blood types - especially type O - and platelet donors are urgently needed now to ensure patients at hospitals across the country continue to receive critical medical care.

Club-Apaseo El-Alto hosts a drive-thru food distribution event Sundays from 10 - 11am, with sponsors Northern Illinois Food Bank and State Rep. Rita Mayfield. All in need are welcome.

Enjoy the 4th Annual Wauke-Con, Waukegan's first comic book convention! Stop in for a few minutes or hours! You could win a signed Bradbury Comic Book! Admission is $10 for adult, $5 with military ID, and children 12 and under get are free! All proceeds to benefit Three Brothers Theater.

Waukegan Symphony Orchestra brings back its award-winning “Peter and the Wolf” that includes the story narrated in both English and Spanish as well as visual art being created for the audience to enjoy. Experience the beauty of Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp with guest soloists Jordan Thomas and Timothy Hagen. As part of this piece, the WSO is collaborating with Sharing Our Shore-Waukegan to show a movie of the four piping plovers that were at Waukegan Beach that volunteer monitors were keeping an eye on this summer. While the fingers are flying in Flight of the Bumblebee, the audience will watch and learn about the Waukegan Park Foundation’s bee pollinator initiative.