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Get Out: Yard Sales, Author Event, House Walk

Let Wilmette-Kenilworth Patch help you make plans for something fun to do this weekend.

 

It's Thursday and you have no idea what you're going to do this weekend. Patch is coming to the rescue. We've got the best bets for your done-with-work-outta-here time. Check out our picks for the activities to hit and new places to explore this weekend.

Caregivers of Children with Mental Illness Support Group

  • When: Friday, May 18, 2012, 9:30 am
  • Where: Wilmette Public Library, 1242 Wilmette Ave, Wilmette
  • Why Go?: Meetings of a support group for caregivers of children with mental illnesses, diagnosed or undiagnosed, take place in the Small Meeting Room from 9:30-11:00.  The sessions are facilitated by a volunteer from NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness.  For information, call 847-716-2252 or visit the NAMI website at www.namiccns.org.
  • Pricing: Free

 

Gigantic Spring Rummage Sale

 

Kenilworth Gardens Yard Sale

 

East Wilmette Family (Baby) Sale

 

Wilmette French Market

 

Historical Museum's Lakefront Housewalk

  • When: Sunday, May 20, 2012, 1:00 pm
  • Where: Wilmette Historical Museum, 609 Ridge Rd, Wilmette
  • Why Go?: This year’s housewalk complements the Museum’s current exhibit of the same name,“Cooler by the Lake,” by showcasing three magnificent lakefront mansions and the remarkable Baha’i Temple. These homes were designed by three very significant architects for prominent Wilmette families in the 1920s and 1930s and have been lovingly restored by today’s homeowners.
  • Pricing: $40

 

Author Blue Balliett Honored

  • When: Sunday, May 20, 2012, 3:00 pm
  • Where: Sheridan Rd & Michigan Ave, Wilmette
  • Why Go?: Hear Blue relate how she began writing mystery stories. The Chicago author’s first book, Chasing Vermeer, was a New York Times bestseller. Now translated into 35 languages, it won the Edgar Award and the Chicago Tribune Prize for Young Adult Fiction. Its sequel, The Wright 3, also became a New York Times bestseller; her third book, The Calder Game, was a Publishers Weeklybestseller. Balliett’s latest book, The Danger Box, introduces readers to a new cast of characters and a new kind of mystery.
  • Pricing: $35

 

Ballet in Cinema presents: Bright Stream from Bolshoi Ballet

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