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Salvador Cahue of Round Lake Park selects some seeds to grow flowers and vegetables in his yard.

At ‘growing’ libraries, patrons collect seeds to grow fruits, vegetables, flowers

May 24, 2019 at 12:17 a.m.

Their faces a study in excitment, Leng Hsieh's 6-year-old triplets, Maleah, Kayla and Leland, sifted through free packets of flower and vegetable seeds at the Round Lake Area Public Library...

Lake County Forest Preserve District environmental educator Jen Berlinghof places a bucket beneath a spigot that is gathering sap from a sugar maple tree at Ryerson Woods.

‘The true sign of spring’: Sap begins to flow out of sugar maples in Riverwoods forest preserve

May 24, 2019 at 12:17 a.m.

As spring approaches, there's magic in the woods. Trees almost defy gravity when the sap stored in their roots begins flowing upward. And the Lake County Forest Preserves takes advantage...

Genesee stages ‘Million Dollar Quartet’

May 10, 2019 at 6:57 p.m.

Chicagoan Peter Oyloe auditioned for both the role of Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash in the musical "Million Dollar Quartet," coming to the Genesee on Sunday. He might have felt...

In early spring, glossy green leaves open on the invasive buckthorn plant, and they last until early winter, if not later.

How to identify buckthorn and replace it with native species

May 24, 2019 at 12:17 a.m.

The Chicago Region Trees Initiative (chicagorti.org) provided information for identifying buckthorn, an invasive species that overwhelms native plants and trees in Lake County and the metro area: *Grows 25 feet...

A buckthorn plant can be identified by revealing its yellow sapwood. The invasive species overwhelms other vegetation, and its shallow root systems and thin leaf litter also affect the region's ecosystem in negative ways.

Battling buckthorn: Regional tree initiative enlists help from homeowners to eradicate invasive plant

May 24, 2019 at 12:17 a.m.

Collectively, Chicago region forest preserves, including those in Lake and Cook counties, spend more than $1 million annually to eradicate buckthorn and honeysuckle, two of the area's most invasive plants,...

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ has it all: love, supernatural, slapstick

May 10, 2019 at 6:56 p.m.

Shakespearean actor and director Brian Gill admits "it's a dangerous thing to say," but "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is "one of Shakespeare's more accessible comedies." Gill, who trained at Shakespeare's...

Harpsichordist: Bach’s music comes to life on period instrument

May 10, 2019 at 6:57 p.m.

Lovers of J.S. Bach will hear his compositions on the instrument for which he wrote them — the harpsichord — when Trever Stephenson performs at the Colby Barn in Grayslake...

Concert brings world of ‘Animaniacs’ to Lumber Center

May 10, 2019 at 6:57 p.m.

When character voice actor Rob Paulsen and songwriter Randy Rogel perform at "Animaniacs In Concert," Paulsen said he loves meeting the fans "who have a wonderful spot in their heart"...

Lessons abound in Marriott’s ‘Emperor’s New Clothes’

May 10, 2019 at 6:56 p.m.

In his latest role, Chicago actor Garrett Lutz plays a simple-hearted palace mop boy. He's loving it, he said. That's because his character, Arno, brings home a message to the...

Comfort dog from Grayslake church gives ‘a moment to escape’ for survivors of Florida school shooting

May 24, 2019 at 12:17 a.m.

Since the day after 17 students and teachers were killed by a gunman at a Florida school, Jenni Hoffmeyer of Mundelein and her dog, Tobias, have been there offering comfort...

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