Lake County region offers opportunities for outdoor ice skating, hiking
According to Shape Magazine, ice skating can burn up to 460 calories an hour. Add some arms in the air and spins and you could increase that even more. Outdoor...
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Lake County families create elaborate light shows to spread some holiday cheer
Mark and Michelle Tarkowski started decorating their Wauconda home for the holidays in 2011 with thousands of colored lights synchronized to music through a radio station via computers. When they...
Despite pandemic, nonprofit continues providing ornaments to those hospitalized: ‘It’s just the warmest feeling in the world’
Elizabeth Elliott vividly remembers when she gave a Barbie ornament to a 6-year-old girl with leukemia in a Chicago hospital during the holidays 12 years ago. "As corny as it...
Outdoors column: Avian gifts from the north – siskins, crossbills and nuthatches
There's an irruption going on this winter in the world of nature – and you might even be able to witness it in your own backyard. I'm not talking about...
Six Flags Great America adds drive-thru to Holiday in the Park
Consider it a holiday gift to members, season ticket holders and theme park enthusiasts. Six Flags Great America has just created a new way to experience its third annual Holiday...
Rendezvous Arts Series presents acclaimed Axiom Brass, STEAM Quartet
Rendezvous Arts, a new hybrid chamber music series created by former members of the Lake Forest Symphony, has had to be revised after Gov. Pritzker on Nov. 20 returned the...
Carnegie Library gets architect, state grant for restoration; ‘There are so many wonderful history stories to tell’
With the recent hiring of an architect and a $750, 000 state grant, Ray Bradbury's old stomping grounds, the Carnegie Library, is getting closer to becoming the new home of...
Column: Searching for a wild turkey on Thanksgiving weekend
This weekend, I plan to go looking for a turkey – not the one that graces many a dinner table on Thanksgiving Day, but a wild turkey. As a birder,...
Black Friday in Lake County will be a bit different for some this year
It's been a long-time tradition for Karen Nystrom of Waukegan and her daughter, Grace, to get up early on Black Friday to go shopping for bargains. "Not this year," she...
New traveling theater troupe to promote social justice, diversity
Theater professional Rebecca Zellar got inspired to create a traveling acting troupe after the pandemic hit, and in light of recent social justice issues in America. Zellar of Antioch, who...