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Wednesday, September 22, 2021Apple Fest is returning to Lincoln Square in October
by Emma Krupp / TimeOut Chicago / September 20, 2021 Get your apple fix at this annual two-day celebration of fall. Can't make your way out to the suburbs for the best apple picking near Chicago this season? Don't stress—you can still get your apple fix within city limits at Lincoln Square's annual Apple Fest, which is returning to Lincoln Avenue with an expanded footprint this October after going virtual last year. The two-day, fall-centric festival, now in its 34th year, stretches from Lawrence to
Monday, June 21, 2021Pride Month 2021: Edgewater Candle's Pride Flag Candle supports The Trevor Project
by ABC-7 Chicago Digital Team / ABC-7 Chicago / June 20, 2021 CHICAGO (WLS) -- Edgewater Candles has a new candle option for Pride Month. You choose your flag, with more than 40 flags and symbols of gender expressions, sexual orientations and other meanings."This effort of 43 symbols is intended to provide visibility and representation to the people that embrace these flags as their own, as well as educate other people who may not have been aware of the variety in the "+" of LGBTQIA+," said Mark Towns,
Wednesday, June 16, 2021Edgewater Candles’ Mark Towns talks about the power of pride, 43+ different ways to celebrate
WGN Radio 720 / Jun 14, 2021 Mark Towns, co-owner of Edgewater Candles, joins Steve Bertrand on Chicago’s Afternoon News to talk about what Pride Month means to him and their latest product line, the Pride Flag Candle -representing the spectrum of humanity with 43 different flag/symbols of different gender expressions, sexual orientations, and other special meanings. Mark tributes discovering the synth pop duo band Erasure -and learning that the front-man, Andy Bell, was openly gay- to the moment in his