Sheryl DeVore

While Waukegan Symphony Orchestra music director Stephen Blackwelder said he supports the new direction the Waukegan Park District wants to take with the ensemble, he resigned this week saying, "New...

At age 26, Michael P. Smith wrote a song with a sensitivity that belied his age. Called "The Dutchman," and performed by folk singer Steve Goodman among others, the song...

Summer's coming and that means it's time for the annual family nature scavenger hunt in Round Lake. The hunt set for May 26 is a way to get families to...

When plant lovers visit the Northern Illinois Hosta Society Show the first weekend of June at the Chicago Botanic Garden, they will see hundreds of different hostas from miniature versions...

Guitarists and vocalists get a lot of play in rock and roll bands, but Don Brewer said, "The drummer's the guy." Brewer's been the guy, aka, the drummer, for nearly...

"The Bad Seed" was written in the 1950s during an era when there was "a fight between the ideas of nature and nurture," said Regina Reynolds, who directs the play...

Kim Diehnelt, a celebrated conductor for 20 years, began composing in 2011, "and it was like a switch was flipped," she said. Now, she not only travels the world as...

Paul DeLisle, bass player, songwriter and co-founder of Smash Mouth, is more excited than ever about the punk rock, upbeat band that formed in 1994 and is coming to Genesee...