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By: Reign C ChaCha M Xavier D

 

A brand-new autumn experience, Jack’s Pumpkin Glow has come to the suburbs of Chicago this Halloween season, providing the perfect festive fall activity for families, couples, and young adults to capture picture-perfect memories. Over 5,000 hand-carved pumpkins and other glowing foliage will illuminate the Sensory Garden Playground in Lisle. Life-sized sculptures, classic Halloween characters, princesses, superheroes, dinosaurs, pirates, musicians, and movie stars line a leisurely trail in the park for an unforgettable evening. Savor some seasonal food and beverage along the way while master carvers demonstrate their amazing abilities live, every evening, as they add 1000 fresh carvings a week throughout the season.Jack’s Pumpkin Glow is open to the public at twilight beginning on Th ursday, October 3, 2019 through October 27, 2019 on select dates. Tickets are available at glowpumpkin.com.

Early Halloween Fun for Ethan Ocena, with his Mom Aiza Perry not in photo, at the Bengston Pumpkin Farm at Home Glenn, IL. HAPPY HALLOWEN to all our Via Times readers!

Gio Anthony Micor (aka “Harry Potter”), son of Liza and Rolan Micor of Lincolnwood, IL.

 

The Harbour’s Global Girls Film Festival Presents “The Way I See It”

Festival showcases seven films from five countries with three Chicago premieres!

Chicago – Fall 2019 The International Children’s Media Center (ICMC) in collaboration with The Harbour, will present the Global Girls Film Festival with three Chicago premieres, featuring seven female-centric short films from five countries, curated by residents of The Harbour, at the Iannelli Studios Heritage Center, 255 N. Northwest Highway in Park Ridge, IL., 60068 on Saturday, October 5 th . Tickets are $10; the opening reception begins at 12:30pm with screening at 1pm.

This special screening of The Way I See It , highlights short films that embody messages of diversity and empowerment.

Made by girls, for girls, and about girls, the Global Girls Film Festival aims to engage audiences in discourse about female related topics, and inspire women to question and engage in new ways with the media they consume.

The Global Girls Film Festival and Residency was created by the ICMC as a 16-week film immersion program designed to prompt thought-provoking discussion of 40-50 top tier short films screened and juried by participants. Global Girls is held in jails, shelters and detention centers. Each residency includes a filmmaking workshops and culminates in the final selection of films curated by residents themselves.