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Up Close and Personal with a Penguin
Posted 9.1.10 by Lynette Kalsnes

One of the Shedd Aquarium's Magellanic penguins (WBEZ/Samuel Vega)

Visitors to Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium can get eye-to-eye with creatures that stand knee-high and look tuxedoed: penguins, of course. And trainers say the Penguin Encounter that started recently lets the public help train the animals.


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Chicago Public Radio Thursday
North Coast Music Festival

Come and enjoy a labor day weekend full of entertainment at the North Coast Music Festival on Friday, September 3-5 in Union Park. Festival includes performances by Moby, The Chemical Brothers and Damien Marley.
 
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The Citizens Foundation share about their work in Pakistan building schools damaged or destroyed by the recent flooding. And two Chicago nurses tell us about volunteering in Haiti. Then, for Global Activism, we're updated by Vumilia. They support Kenyan women and children affected by HIV/AIDS.
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