Lynn Van Matre

With undergraduate enrollment at a record high, Benedictine University in Lisle plans to break ground in October for an on-campus apartment complex that will house 276 students. The complex, tentatively...

With undergraduate enrollment at a record high, Benedictine University in Lisle plans to break ground in October for an on-campus apartment complex that will house 276 students. The complex, tentatively...

The Chicago Cajun Aces, Andrew Calhoun, Cosy Sheridan and Lou Killen are among the nearly three dozen acts that will perform on the main stage at the 21st Annual Fox...

Various artists Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia (Smithsonian Folkways) Africans brought the gourd ancestor of the banjo to America in the 17th Century, but by the early...

Plans have been finalized for the 21st Annual Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival, scheduled for Sept. 6 and 7 at Island Park. The Chicago Cajun Aces, Andrew Calhoun,...

What is billed as the world's first International Elm Conference will be held Oct. 1-3 near Lisle's Morton Arboretum, home to the largest collection of elm species in North America....

If Gov. Jim Edgar decides to celebrate his 52nd birthday Wednesday at the DuPage County Fair in Wheaton, fair officials have promised to have a birthday cake and corn dog...

Ric Hansen of Bartlett won't exhibit anything at the 44th Annual DuPage County Fair, but thousands of fair visitors will see his handiwork. Hansen submitted the winning entry in a...

John Stachniak, formerly director of alumni relations at Benedictine University, has been appointed acting athletic director for the school, Benedictine officials said Monday. That post had been vacant since February,...

Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia (Smithsonian Folkways) Africans brought the gourd ancestor of the banjo to America in the 17th Century, but by the early 1900s, many...