Celebrate Earth Week with these Lake County events
Families can find many no-cost ways and places to celebrate Earth Week in Lake County. For example, the David Adler Music and Arts Center in Libertyville is sponsoring an art...
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Monthly book club at Round Lake library requires more cooking than reading
Tiffanie Pollina thought joining a book club with her mom and sister would give them more together time. It worked. They now spend more time together — in the kitchen....
Folk singer sensation Dan Weber debuts at Lake County club
When he was 22 years old and fresh out of college, Dan Weber headed west from New York with a couple of friends in a Pontiac. Like many young adults,...
Say ‘oui’ to French songs performed at Colby Barn
In spring, it is said, a young man’s fancy turns to love — and what better way to celebrate spring than with intimate French love songs? Anne Azema will sing...
Guest Brazilian conductor to direct Beethoven, Berlioz for Lake Forest Symphony April concerts
The Lake Forest Symphony continues a cycle of all nine of Beethoven’s symphonies with Symphony No. 1 on April 13 and 14 at the James Lumber Center in Grayslake. Fabio...
Three Brothers’ ‘Proof’ deals with caring for aged parents
Barbara J. Anderson likely would have not seen the Pulitzer Prize winning play, “Proof,” if a friend hadn’t been acting in it. She had the notion that it was mostly...
‘Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure’ dives into prehistoric world of underwater ‘dinosaurs’
More than 100 million years ago, prehistoric animals, some of whom resembled land-dwelling dinosaurs, lived in the depths of the ocean. One of them, the Kronosaurus, was about 30 feet...
Folk musician Dan Zahn celebrates birthday concert with new, old friends
Dan Zahn can think of no better way to celebrate his birthday than to perform folk music with his friends, and the best place to do that is in Lake...
PM&L’s ‘The Diviners’ explores life’s purpose
Casey Audrain has long wanted to stage “The Diviners” at PM&L Theatre — and now she has her chance to direct a play she said she’s loved since she first...
Ravinia season to feature Queen Latifah, Lionel Richie, Renee Fleming
Bringing rapper Common to Ravinia Festival in 2017 was a courageous move and paved the way for what could be one of this summer’s biggest sellouts, according to Welz Kauffman,...