Give fishing a try at annual Gurnee event
Hey kids — and parents, too — if you’ve never dropped a line into a pond to try to catch a fish and don’t want to spend time buying poles...
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North Shore Taco Fest adds spice to Highwood Days
Highwood Days was one of the first real carnival festivals on the North Shore, according to city alderman Eric Falberg, president of Celebrate Highwood, a nonprofit organization. “Now it’s so...
Antioch Taste of Summer includes special needs carnival, sidewalk sales, six headliner bands
When asked what brings thousands of visitors to Antioch’s Taste of Summer each year, Barbara Porch answered, “food. We have food. We have sidewalk sales. We have a carnival.” The...
DNR hosts free events for public to explore Lake Michigan Water Trail
Taylor Gergel, 7, readjusted her right and left arms to get the proper grip on a paddle as she canoed with her friends on a hot July day at Illinois...
Scoop Waukegan car show strives for inclusivity and nostalgia, organizer says
Pick your music. Cuban. Gospel. ’50s rock. Reggae. Blues. Choose your food. Dogs. Barbecue. Funnel cakes. Ceviche. Start your engines. Motorcycles. 1950s Chevies. Old Studebakers. “You’ve got beautiful cars. You’ve...
Sailor museum exhibit reveals stories of life-saving pigeons, morale-boosting dogs, mascots
Pigeons are often viewed as rats on wings, said Kelly Duffy, curator at the National Museum of the American Sailor at the Naval Station Great Lakes. But if it weren’t...
Lunch in the Park returns to Libertyville
On Friday afternoons in Libertyville, you can sit in a beautiful park, surrounded by shade trees and red, yellow and pink roses listening to light music. If you’re hungry, you...
Grayslake antique market doubles in size for summer
Summer’s here and that means twice as many collectibles to admire and maybe purchase at Zurko’s Midwest Antique and Collectible Vintage Flea Market, held monthly at the Lake County Fairgrounds...
Take a day trip to the past at Bristol Renaissance Faire
Hear ye! Hear ye! Shepherd’s pie, turkey drumsticks, dragon tails and pasties. Knife throws. Catapults. Da Vinci’s flying machine. Jousting. Beeswax candles, swashbuckler hats and elf boots. Tomfoolery. Merriment. You’ll...
Civil War Days event in Lake County shows many sides of the 1860s experience
In a large field in Lake County, judges are sampling homemade pies while children play with wooden toys. Nearby, soldiers who left Lake County to go to war are sleeping...