Outdoors column: Hidden blooms require closer look
Spring ephemerals — flowers that bloom in woodlands before all the trees have opened all their leaves — can easily be seen when walking a forest trail. Spread all over...
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Kirk Players presents updated version of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’
Jon Leslie Lynn's voice quivers as he reads words Anne Frank wrote almost a century ago: "I want to go on living even after my death." Lynn, the eldest son...
Fox Lake opens concert series and art exhibit June 3
Singer and pianist Michael Lescher opens the annual Fox Lake Friday night summer concert series June 3 at the Community Garden Green. "He's performed for us many times and he's...
Eclectic groups perform at Independence Grove this summer
On the first day of summer, Bumpus will bring its soul and funk music to Independence Grove in Libertyville, inviting concertgoers to get up and dance. It's the first of...
Outdoors column: Nature in May bursts with life and signs of change
On a recent warm May day, I sat on a fallen, decaying log at Wright Woods in Lake County to peer through my binoculars at a young barred owl perched...
PM&L’s ‘Old Ringers’ combines a sexy romp with a sweet story
Guy Finley is convinced New York playwright Joe Simonelli spent lots of time watching "The Golden Girls." Four characters in Simonelli's play, "Old Ringers," opening May 20 at PM&L Theatre,...
Richardson Tulip Festival features 600,000 blooming bulbs
Late April through mid-May is peak blooming time for tulips in northern Illinois, and the Richardson Family Farm,known for its intricate fall corn maze, now has a tulip festival featuring...
Drill or Die dance and drum line competition comes to Zion
One of the Elite Striders performs at a recent show. While growing up in North Chicago, Sameia Charity performed with the Hi-Steppers Drill Team. "That drill team made me who...
Outdoors column: The most wonderful time of the year is actually now
The most wonderful time of the year, at least to me, is not the winter holiday season. It's now. The advent of May. It's not snowing. It's drizzling with a...
Miss Myra and the Moonshiners bring New Orleans-style jazz to Waukegan
Watching Myra Burnette perform, you'd never believe she wanted to become a history teacher or that she once was very shy. As part of Miss Myra and the Moonshiners, a...