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Maria Mandarino, of The Green Room, brought a sampling of the restaurant's offerings to Chef Fest on Nov. 3, 2018.

Libertyville Chef Fest showcases bustling food scene, local history museum

May 15, 2019 at 1:30 p.m.

Fresh culinary creations and 12,000-year-old artifacts drew 270 people to Chef Fest Saturday at the Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County. The third annual Chef Fest, in its first...

Sand art was a popular station at Historic Wagner Farm's Family Halloween.

Historic Wagner Farm celebrates Halloween

December 12, 2018 at 11:38 a.m.

Family Halloween at Historic Wagner Farm on Sunday drew hundreds of visitors for games, wagon rides and a haunted barn. The second annual Glenview Park District event drew an estimated...

Dr. Amit Parikh, a Condell surgeon, explains robotic surgery at the career fair.

Advocate Condell hosts career fair with an eye toward the future of medicine

May 15, 2019 at 1:29 p.m.

An Oct. 25 health career fair at Advocate Condell Medical Center featured the latest in robotic technology and a wide cross-section of hospital services and equipment. The heavily attended fair...

Pierce Nomellini, 4, asks many questions at the Glenview Fire Department Oct. 20 open house.

Glenview Fire Department open house provides a look at technology old and new

May 23, 2019 at 1:05 p.m.

Glenview Fire Department’s Saturday open house showcased technology old and new to kids who came to explore the fire house and equipment. Officials had earlier canceled outdoor demonstrations because of...

Instructor Helen Bond leads the fast and heavy drum beat at the Civic Center on Oct. 20, 2018.

Dozens keep the beat during Libertyville drum circle

May 15, 2019 at 1:29 p.m.

For 90 minutes straight, a drum circle of 30 people banged out an incessant beat at the Libertyville Civic Center Oct. 20. The drummers, many of whom take lessons from...

Logan Carey, 8, models a haunted house costume he and his mother created.

Creatures of the night descend on Highland Park hayride

May 14, 2019 at 2:56 a.m.

The Park District of Highland Park’s hayride event Oct. 12 boasted a “night of goblins, ghosts and ghouls,” a beer garden, s’mores and the movie “Hocus Pocus” on an outdoor...

Brushwood Director Catherine Game talks nature with a visitor on Oct. 7, 2018.

Dear Earth event at Ryerson Woods hopes to stoke interest in the natural world

May 23, 2019 at 2:24 a.m.

Guests at a recent Dear Earth event at Brushwood Center learned about the natural world and how humans can better work to preserve it. The Oct. 7 hands-on event at...

Kendall Kelley, 4, accepts a goldfish from Nickolas Freihammer, who won it in a game at St. Mary of Vernon's Harvest Blessings Fall Festival Oct. 6.

St. Mary’s fall fest all about fellowship and community

May 20, 2019 at 9:45 a.m.

More than 300 people joined the St. Mary of Vernon’s Harvest Blessings Fall Festival Oct. 6 to take a trip on hayrides, play games and share food and fellowship. The...

A boy holds elements of Sukkot at Chabad of Glenview and Morton Grove.

Chabad of Glenview and Morton Grove celebrates Sukkot: ‘This is our season of joy’

May 23, 2019 at 1:05 p.m.

Chabad of Glenview and Morton Grove observed Sukkot recently with symbolic fruit, dancing and traditional rituals. Rabbi Yishaya Benjaminson used a sukkah booth placed on the bed of a pickup...

Runners begin the Mustang Charge 5K from the Mundelein High School parking lot on Sept. 29, 2018.

Mustang Charge 5K raises funds for Mundelein High School activities

May 22, 2019 at 1:41 p.m.

A 5K run Sept. 29 at Mundelein High School raised an estimated $1,000 for the MHS Foundation, a group that supports student extracurricular activities. Area businessmen Trevor Warnke, owner of...

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