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Libertyville Village Band to perform summer concerts at Cook Park

June 3, 2022 at 10:51 a.m.

Paul Schmidt has been playing tuba with the Libertyville Village Band, which performs free, summer outdoor concerts, for decades. It's a tradition for him and for the band's loyal followers,...

Outdoors column: Hidden blooms require closer look

May 25, 2022 at 4:38 p.m.

Spring ephemerals — flowers that bloom in woodlands before all the trees have opened all their leaves — can easily be seen when walking a forest trail. Spread all over...

Kirk Players presents updated version of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’

May 22, 2022 at 4:10 p.m.

Jon Leslie Lynn's voice quivers as he reads words Anne Frank wrote almost a century ago: "I want to go on living even after my death." Lynn, the eldest son...

Fox Lake opens concert series and art exhibit June 3

May 22, 2022 at 3:31 p.m.

Singer and pianist Michael Lescher opens the annual Fox Lake Friday night summer concert series June 3 at the Community Garden Green. "He's performed for us many times and he's...

Eclectic groups perform at Independence Grove this summer

May 17, 2022 at 11:27 a.m.

On the first day of summer, Bumpus will bring its soul and funk music to Independence Grove in Libertyville, inviting concertgoers to get up and dance. It's the first of...

Great white trillium carpet the ground in May at Wright Woods, emerging from the forest floor about the same time each year.

Outdoors column: Nature in May bursts with life and signs of change

May 12, 2022 at 7:56 a.m.

On a recent warm May day, I sat on a fallen, decaying log at Wright Woods in Lake County to peer through my binoculars at a young barred owl perched...

PM&L’s ‘Old Ringers’ combines a sexy romp with a sweet story

May 10, 2022 at 4:00 p.m.

Guy Finley is convinced New York playwright Joe Simonelli spent lots of time watching "The Golden Girls." Four characters in Simonelli's play, "Old Ringers," opening May 20 at PM&L Theatre,...

Richardson Tulip Festival features 600,000 blooming bulbs

May 4, 2022 at 9:27 a.m.

Late April through mid-May is peak blooming time for tulips in northern Illinois, and the Richardson Family Farm,known for its intricate fall corn maze, now has a tulip festival featuring...

Drill or Die dance and drum line competition comes to Zion

May 2, 2022 at 10:37 a.m.

One of the Elite Striders performs at a recent show. While growing up in North Chicago, Sameia Charity performed with the Hi-Steppers Drill Team. "That drill team made me who...

Bloodroot is one of the many gifts of the season peering through the northern Illinois woods.

Outdoors column: The most wonderful time of the year is actually now

April 28, 2022 at 7:29 a.m.

The most wonderful time of the year, at least to me, is not the winter holiday season. It's now. The advent of May. It's not snowing. It's drizzling with a...

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