Welcome summer with Grayslake picnic, fireworks
Kristin Splitt’s favorite part of the annual Grayslake Family Picnic is early in the evening just before it gets dark. “I like to walk where the stage is and look...
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Great Lakes goes all out with two nights of fireworks
John Prue just can’t help getting excited when the first of July rolls around each year at Naval Station Great Lakes. “It is the only time of year we allow...
More bang for buck at Six Flags 4th Fest
July 4th Fest at Six Flags Great America will be held for a record five days this year from June 30-July 4. On those days, besides all the rides and...
‘It’s a labor of love’: Tempel Farms celebrates 60 years of raising and training Lipizzans
Maestoso Batosta trots, canters and strides — sometimes almost appearing to be in slow motion. With his rider Ted Goad atop him, the Lipizzan moves his white muscular body and...
VIP ticket added to Lake Villa craft beer festival at historic mansion
Lake Villa’s inaugural craft beer festival held at Lehmann Mansion last year had great weather and great attendance with 600 participants tasting 65 beers from 30 breweries, according to Karl...
Arts festival features more vendors, tastes of vino, local music
Add a little wine tasting to an arts festival and what do you get? More participants and more purchases of art work. That was Philip Bruno’s thought a year ago...
PM&L finishes season with ‘The Secret Garden’
When PM&L Theatre couldn’t get the rights to do “The Sound of Music,” Rebecca Zellar thought about what might be the best substitute. “I was trying to think what could...
Battling garlic mustard: Noxious weeds get pulled from Lake County forests by teams of volunteers
Ninety seventh-graders swept through parts of the Captain Daniel Wright Woods near Mettawa on a sunny morning to pick bunches of wildflowers. No one warned them not to pick the...
More youth activities planned for Wauconda Fest, race moved to July 1
Wauconda Fest, one of the largest summer festivals in Lake County, has added more children’s activities for the event to be held June 21-24. Officials are also moving the 5k/10k...
Acclaimed singer/songwriter Vallillo to honor state bicentennial at Grayslake concert
Chris Vallillo said he can’t remember a time when he didn’t want to play the guitar. Put that together with a fascination with history during high school and his college...