Director: ‘Calendar Girls’ more about friendship than nudity
Deane Jones was a little nervous when asked by PM&L Theatre to direct a play about elderly women who pose nude for a calendar. It wasn’t so much because of...
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Lake Forest Symphony begins next 60 years of performances
The selections Lake Forest Symphony will perform at its Sept. 8 and 9 concerts at the Lumber Center in Grayslake are musical stories told by well-known and talented composers, according...
Wauconda Street Dance boasts live music, circus performers, bags tournament and teen spot
There will be dancing in the streets Sept. 1 in downtown Wauconda, along with jugglers, acrobats, food vendors and musicians as patrons say goodbye to summer at the annual Wauconda...
Zion Jubilee Days celebrates 70th year
One of the state’s largest Labor Day parades will step off at Shiloh Boulevard and Emmaus Avenue in Zion at 1 p.m. Sept. 3 for the 70th annual Jubilee Days....
Quest for dinosaur fun, facts comes at Lake County fairgrounds
Dinosaurs will always be trendy and it seems the more kids — both big and little — get regarding the prehistoric creatures, the more they want. That’s why Jurassic Quest...
Lindy’s Landing hosts cardboard regatta
Fully inspected seaworthy watercraft made of cardboard and duct tape will sail (hopefully) on Bangs Lake Sept. 1 in Wauconda for a regatta fundraiser. With this year’s theme being “patriotic,”...
Three Brothers Theatre’s ‘Green Town Tales’ pays homage to Ray Bradbury
Three Brothers Theatre, now in its sixth year, is embracing one of Waukegan’s favorite artistic sons in its next production, “Green Town Tales,” opening Aug. 31. Director Richard W. Adams...
Waukegan debuts new music festival Aug. 24-26
George Herrera, who runs the annual Cuban Festival which attracts more than 40,000 to downtown Chicago, has created a new event he hopes someday will be just as successful. He’s...
Nashwood festival in Highwood features 100 live music acts, southern-style food
While in Nashville a few years back, Eric Falberg got an idea. Highwood, in some ways, was a lot like Nashville, he thought, with all the restaurants and bars being...
Balloons to rise again at annual Grayslake fest
Color Aloft Balloon Festival opens with a Civil War era baseball game and ends with the inflating and launching of 10 or more hot air balloons measuring 55 feet wide...