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This week in your community:
October 17 -18 2nd Annual WFO Tom Rieck Memorial Race at the Coles County Speedway 4pm-11pm
October Fall Market 2025 at Warren James Winery, 1-9pm
October 18 Free Pumpkin Painting and Costume Parade at Emerald Acres
October 18 Fall Book Sale at Mattoon Library, 7:30am-12:30pm
October 18 Shake your Trail Feather Trail Run at Willenborg Woods Trail Races and Glamping, 8am
October 18 Cookies Decorating Workshop at Lincoln Log Cabin, 2pm
October 21 Fall Foliage Walk at the Whiteside Garden, 5pm
October 22 THE BIG DIG book release 4-7 pm at KC Summers Toyota
Local Tunes
October 18 Jake and Mikayla at Warren James Winery, 2-5pm
October 18 Absent Ground at Warren James Winery, 6-9pm
October 18 Backroad Boogie live at the Castle, 8pm
October 21 The Castle's Tuesday Night Karaoke, 7pm
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Mattoon Lightworks is Underway!
Drive through Peterson Park to see a vast array of holiday lights displayed. There are new displays added, with many animated. There will be a live nativity on Friday nights in December. Free Admission with donations accepted. Over 15,000 visitors each year see this great display of holiday lights vividly reflecting off the winter's snow. Peterson Park 500 Broadway Avenue Mattoon, Illinois November 16th– December 25th Sunday—Thursday 5-9pm Friday & Saturday 5-10 pm Live Nativity scenes are from 6-8pm on Fridays in December. For more information, visit the Mattoon Lightworks page.