Thorogood is ‘bad to the bone’ for life
George Thorogood thought about becoming a comic. After all, he had 100 jokes in his portfolio when he was in sixth grade, he said. But the hard-rocking, blues-playing Thorogood settled...
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Cooper brings rock and shock show to Genesee, with nod to election
During his nearly 50-year career, Alice Cooper said he's avoided mixing politics with rock and roll. But he can't help himself this election year. Not only will he sing his...
Wings Over Waukegan returns as Northern Illinois Air Show
Carl Schwerman will fly an 8,000-pound T-33 shooting star training aircraft in formation over the Waukegan Airport on Saturday. "We'll be flying a couple feet away from each other," he...
Fall into these autumn festivals
The weather's still warm enough in fall to muck around in the mud, take a walk through a cemetery among the autumn leaves and get lost in a huge corn...
Neil Simon classic comes to PM&L
Involved with PM&L Theatre for 20 years as an award-winning costume designer, actor, singer, director and board member, Linda Willding now has the chance to direct one of her favorite...
Little River Band just keeps on harmonizing
In 1965, during his freshman year in high school, Wayne Nelson, lead singer and bandleader for Little River Band, was cruising around with the guys when one of them started...
Ultimate Car Show set for Sept. 11 honors veterans
Bob Pataky and his friend Gerry Cook, along with other Waukegan High School buddies, started a car club in 1966 called the Mis-Shifts. "One of the guys in the club...
County museum to return Native American remains to Potawatomi
Lake County Discovery Museum officials have been working for more than 15 years to reunite Native American skeletal remains and associated objects in their collection with their rightful owners. Now,...
Symphony commemorates 9/11 with Barber, Beethoven
Written between two world wars, Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" is a lament that is both "reflective and forward-looking," said Vladimir Kulenovic, music director for the Lake Forest Symphony. Called...
Residents bid farewell to Lake County museum site
Senior citizens, toddlers, parents and high school students came out Wednesday to reminisce, even mourn, on the last day the Lake County Discovery Museum would be open at its historic...