‘School of Rock’ goes way off-Broadway in Lindenhurst
Joe Cambroni knows Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "School of Rock" is still on Broadway, and that usually means amateur production houses can't get the rights to perform it for several...
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Lake County Fair: First day all about 4-H’ers
Hours before the 2016 Lake County Fair officially opened at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jarrett Vanacker, 16, of Burlington, was brushing the hair on the tail of his red-and-white dairy cow,...
Campout includes Olympic-style games, s’mores, movie
Beckie Korzyniewski experienced her first family campout last year with the Gurnee Park District. As the district's new facility manager, she arrived a few weeks before about 100 children and...
Rocker finds his way to kids’ music
Istvan Balazs once played the drums in a rock 'n' roll band. But he found his true calling when his daughter, Evie, was born nine years ago. He's now the...
Fox Lake Venetian Night offers party atmosphere
Boaters can decorate their water crafts with a Key West theme and play Jimmy Buffett music while landlubbers can come dressed in Hawaiian shirts and other tropical wear when Fox...
CLC kicks off 20th season
When Gwethalyn Bronner heard Rita Moreno speak in New York, she knew the award-winning Broadway icon would be the perfect leadoff to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the James Lumber...
Waukegan Theatre Festival stages 4 plays in August
Running the annual Waukegan Theatre Festival is like putting on a full season in one month, said Josh Beadle, executive director and founder of Three Brothers Theatre. It's hard work...
Let the cow games begin
To win at cow pie Bingo at the Lake County Fair, a bovine will have to saunter over to a special area on the barn floor and leave its calling...
Last year’s new fair favorites return, along with more musical acts
Hoping to capitalize on last year's successful Lake County Fair, officials are bringing back most of the new events introduced to the public in 2015 — including Motocross, a pie...
Dance Showcase relocates to Genesee Theatre
Hundreds of advanced students and professionals will convene at Genesee Theatre July 23 to perform hip hop, ballet, Mexican, Irish, contemporary and jazz dance steps showing off their physical and...