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Tree lighting ceremonies kick off Christmas season

May 10, 2019 at 6:54 p.m.

To usher in the holiday season, Lake County residents can participate in a variety of tree-lighting ceremonies for the next two weekends after Thanksgiving. In addition, residents can view illuminated...

Director can relate to Ralphie in ‘A Christmas Story’

May 10, 2019 at 6:54 p.m.

When Tom Hausman was 12 years old growing up on a farm near Hayward Wis., he asked for a BB gun for Christmas. And he got one. Sound like a...

Have yourself a quaint little holiday in Long Grove

May 10, 2019 at 6:54 p.m.

The historic village of Long Grove offers an alternative to the traditional Black Friday shopping rush at malls and large stores. On the day after Thanksgiving, folks are invited to...

Former presidential adviser: ‘No argument’ among scientists that humans causing climate change

May 24, 2019 at 12:11 a.m.

Libertyville High School senior Leah Hartung left a climate-change forum this week with more conviction than ever. "I was a believer in climate change," she said. "Today I realized there's...

World premiere musical of Dickens classic opens Nov. 17 at Citadel

May 10, 2019 at 6:54 p.m.

Scott Phelps, founder and executive director of Citadel Theatre, and Douglas Post, award-winning playwright, talked for several years about setting the classic Dickens tale about a miserly old man into...

World-class jazz drummer to perform with CLC music group

May 10, 2019 at 6:54 p.m.

Percussionist Jeff Hamilton has performed with many great artists over the years, including Oscar Peterson, Tommy Dorsey and Woody Herman as well as Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney and most recently...

Lindenhurst resident Tarah Hoffmann found this fossil dating to the age of dinosaurs along Waukegan Municipal Beach this October after a heavy rain.

Gifts from the waves: Waukegan beachcombers collect decades-old sea glass, fossils

May 24, 2019 at 12:10 a.m.

Walking along a beach in Waukegan on a cool, windless, foggy November day, Tarah Hoffmann looks for the glimmer among thousands of ancient rocks embedded in the wet sand. "Look,...

Director: Timing is right to present ‘Street Scene’

May 10, 2019 at 6:54 p.m.

The first show Thomas Mitchell designed for a play when he was in high school was the Pulitzer Award-winning "Street Scene." As Mitchell prepares to retire after working in the...

Brown brings ‘shenanigans’ to Waukegan all in the name of food

May 10, 2019 at 6:54 p.m.

Alton Brown is looking for suggestions on where to eat while he's in Waukegan in mid-November to present Eat Your Science at the Genesee Theatre. It's part of his tour...

Folk duo to harmonize on original songs at heritage center

May 10, 2019 at 6:54 p.m.

LJ Booth and Chris Kokesh were seasoned folk musicians when they met at the Texas Kerrville Folk Festival in 2010. Both have released separate albums. Within a year, they began...

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