Here are some other events occurring the week of Sept. 14-20 in Doings and Pioneer Press suburbs.
Keep on truckin’
Allstate Arena presents Monster Jam at 7 p.m. Sept. 15, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sept. 16, and 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont. Tickets: $25-$264. rosemont.com/allstate.
World champions with 12,000-pound monster trucks compete to demonstrate speed and skill.
Bloomin’ at the Botanic
The Central States Dahlia Society presents the Central States Dahlia Society Show from noon to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 16 and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 17 in Burnstein Hall at Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe. Tickets: adult admission is $16.95-$18.95; kids are $11.95-$13.95. Parking is $8. 847-835-6801; chicagobotanic.org/flowershows.
The judged exhibit features 16 displays, using nearly 1,000 dahlias, which will be available for purchase at the end of the show.
Poet presented
Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore presents Author Discussion and Signing with Local Writer and Poet Patrick T. Reardon will be at 2 p.m. Sept. 17 at 7419 Madison St., Forest Park. Tickets: Admission is free. 708-771-7243; centuriesandsleuths.com.
Reardon dissected his childhood in his collection of poems “Let the Baby Sleep,” including his relationships with his parents and siblings.
Myrna Petlicki is a freelance reporter for Pioneer Press.
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