Events for October 13th, 2008

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Monday - October 13th

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Icon-mmx-pick Pretty in Pink Fundraiser

Various locations - Chicago - Chicago

Local spas honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month with $31 massages, manicures, facials, waxes and other beauty treatments.

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Columbus Day Parade

Icon-mmx-pick Columbus Day Parade

Columbus and Balbo Drives - 300 E. Balbo Drive - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)

12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Marching bands, decorative floats and large agricultural tractors proceed north on Columbus Drive, from Balbo Drive to Monroe Street.

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Icon-mmx-pick Hyde Park Used Book Sale

Hyde Park Shopping Center - 5500 S. Lake Park Ave. - Chicago (Hyde Park/University Of Chicago)

9 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Browse more than 30,000 second-hand hardbacks, paperbacks, pocket-sized books, kids' stories and more sold at deep discounts.

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Cardinal Points

Lincoln Park Conservatory - 2391 N. Stockton Drive - Chicago (Lincoln Park)

A sound installation of recordings of vibrations of tiny objects by Gustavo Matamoros and Rene Barge in the conservatory's Fern Room.

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Boom Towns! Chicago Architects Design New World

Chicago Architecture Foundation - 224 S. Michigan Ave. - Chicago (Grant Park Museums)

An exhibition contrasts Chicago's late 19th Century building boom with the rapidly growing mega-cities of Asia and the Middle East today.

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Annual Chrysanthemum Flower Show

Lincoln Park Conservatory - 2391 N. Stockton Drive - Chicago (Lincoln Park)

See thousands of the brightly colored fall flowers, ranging from red and orange to pink and green. This year's show has an Asian theme and showcases flowers in trees, hanging baskets and more.

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Frightmare Haunted House

Haunted Trails Amusement Park - 7759 S. Harlem Ave. - Burbank

The 18th annual fright fest features a 600-foot maze, special effects and more.

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Raven's Grin Inn Haunted House

Raven's Grin Inn - 411 N. Carroll St. - Mount Carroll

Private residence is allegedly haunted by 37 ghosts. Tours are year-round, last approximately 60 to 90 minutes and include a historical introduction.

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