Miss Myra and the Moonshiners bring New Orleans-style jazz to Waukegan
Watching Myra Burnette perform, you'd never believe she wanted to become a history teacher or that she once was very shy. As part of Miss Myra and the Moonshiners, a...
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Brushwood Center celebrates Mother’s Day weekend with art, nature, yoga, music
On Mother's Day weekend, consider taking your favorite mom to Brushwood Center in Riverwoods to take a yoga class, paint outdoors, listen to music and view and purchase nature-related art....
Grammy winner performs Celtic music on Mother’s Day
Grammy Award winner Eileen Ivers grew up enmeshed in her heritage. Her Irish immigrant parents gently guided her and her sister to pursue activities reflecting their culture, she said. "I...
Hundreds of birds found dead, likely from avian flu, at Baker’s Lake near Barrington: ‘I’ve never seen anything like this’
Avian flu has likely killed hundreds of double-crested cormorants nesting at Baker's Lake near Barrington. Wildlife biologist Chris Anchor said this is the largest outbreak of disease in wild birds...
New center at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum aims to demystify sustainability
Alvaro Ramos knows the word "sustainability" can cause people's eyes to glaze over. Staff members at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum hope a new Sustainability Center set to open in...
Outdoors column: Frog concerts begin in early spring
In any neighborhood in spring where there's a spit — or maybe a bit more — of water, you might hear an unusual sound as if someone were rubbing a...
Hiplet Ballerinas perform hip-hop on pointe at James Lumber Center
In 2016, Homer Bryant posted a clip of his dance students wearing ballet shoes and performing to Jason Derulo's "If It Ain't Love." They were practicing a new style he...
Citadel stages Steve Martin’s ‘Picasso at the Lapin Agile’
Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso walk into a bar. What happens next is the subject of Steve Martin's play, "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," running April 22 to May 22...
Sock Monkey Museum highlights stuffed toys made from footwear
Arlene Okun bought a cute stuffed monkey made out of a pair of socks at a gift store 16 years ago. That led to her seeking the plush primates on...
Outdoors column: Nature plays April Fools’ Day tricks in the wild all year long
Nature has a huge arsenal of tricks as it tries to fool potential predators or prey, not just on April Fools' Day but year-round in northern Illinois. If humans are...