Tempel Lipizzan tours offer a peek behind the training curtain
Tempel Farms may have had to cancel its performances of Lipizzan horses this summer due to the pandemic, but the public can still watch the rare horses learn to dance...
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Black Artists Showcase honors diversity
As a Black artist in Chicago during the 1960s, Keith Morrison created abstract works. "It took race out of the equation," said Morrison. But as he matured, he wanted his...
Column: The link between goldfinches and thistles
By August, most songbirds have either completed or nearly completed their nesting duties. One bird species, however, cannot start nesting until the thistle plants have bloomed and are producing down...
Butterflies & Blooms offers respite at Chicago Botanic Garden
Black and yellow wings flutter on a pink petal. Orange wings rest on a tiny blue blossom. Huge green wings with eye-like markings press against a green leaf for camouflage....
Ray Bradbury museum committee invites public to celebrate author’s 100th birthday
As work continues on the future Ray Bradbury Experience Museum in downtown Waukegan, the public is invited to a free birthday bash for the celebrated author who grew up in...
Lake County buzzing about endangered bee discovery
Kelly Schultz peered into the lavender blooms of a bee balm plant and gasped. Gathering nectar was a fuzzy insect with a black head and a rusty-colored patch on its...
Column: Annual dog-day cicadas signal height of summer
About 10 a.m. on a warm August day, the whirring and grinding starts. The sound comes from the trees, continues loudly and boldly for about three seconds, then gets softer...
Lake County museums slowly reopening
One of the biggest draws at the Waukegan History Museum is the "Lincoln bed" on the second floor. Now that Illinois is in Phase 4 of the coronavirus pandemic, visitors...
CenterStage actors to perform favorite Shakespeare monologues online
CenterStage is known for its annual summer outdoor Shakespeare in the Park productions and had planned "Romeo and Juliet" this year. But that wasn't going to happen due to the...
Young piping plovers from Wisconsin released in Lake County to aid their southerly migration
Monty might have thought he found a place to relax and get away from the kids. But when the male piping plover that raised a family at Chicago's Montrose Beach...