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Discovery Center Museum launches pumpkins with a massive trebuchet
The Discovery Center Museum in Rockford, Illinois, recently hosted its annual Smashing Pumpkins event, featuring a full-size trebuchet that launches post-Halloween pumpkins into the air. For over 20 years, the museum has used this tradition to teach families about physics while providing a fun outdoor activity. To promote sustainability, the smashed remains are recycled to feed animals at a local farm.
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Writer, illustrator Jim Terry to speak at NIU for Native American Heritage Month
NIU is hosting seminars with successful Native American people in honor of Native American Heritage Month. Jim Terry is a Ho-Chunk artist and filmmaker who will be speaking from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 5 in the Holmes Student Center, Regency Room. Terry will speak about his creative...
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Franchesco’s Ristorante: 40 Years of Family Connections
The date sticks in Benny Salamone’s mind. October 10 marks some of the biggest moments of his life, and this year it marked an even bigger milestone: the 40th anniversary of Franchesco’s Ristorante, 7128 Spring Creek Road, a Rockford landmark that Salamone owns and operates with his family.
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Nooks & Crannies: Autumn 2026 Edition
324 E. State St., Rockford, (815) 527-6864, thescrapjar.com. Angela Martinez has always hated throwing out project scraps. She grew up with crafty parents who taught her to reuse old materials. In college, she ran a craft club and later sewed costumes for a local theater. Martinez still remembers the day...
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Families Build Their Own Model Rockets At This Hands-On Science Museum In Rockford, Illinois
Some of the best family days in Illinois start with a building you might drive right past without a second look. Step inside, though, and you find kids building, testing, splashing, climbing, and asking a hundred questions an hour. It is the kind of place where science stops feeling like...