Column: Snowfall allows us to track critters’ overnight activities
Though some folks complain about the snow and cold, here in northern Illinois only in winter can we see signs of animals that visited the yard overnight, and unusual birds...
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CLC’s virtual annual gospel music salute features Jonathan McReynolds
A full house attended CLC's Salute to Gospel Music at Genesee Theatre last year, and event organizer JoHaan Cotton-Wilson hopes a virtual presentation of the 37th annual event will attract...
Lake County’s rotating homeless shelters closed when the pandemic hit. Now PADS is housing more than 200 in hotels.
A year after the pandemic forced the closure of rotating nighttime shelters for Lake County's homeless, PADS is now housing more than 200 homeless children and adults in local motels....
Wilde’s 1895 play ‘earnestly’ shown via Zoom by CLC
In 1895, Oscar Wilde's play "The Importance of Being Earnest" opened successfully on a London stage and was praised for its humor and satire of high society. That play will...
Outdoors column: Snow brings tree sparrows
When snow falls upon my yard in good amounts, I look for hardy winter birds just 5.5 inches long and weighing about as much as a slice of bread to...
Married duo performs live virtual show for Lake County Folk Club
The first time Jenny Bienemann heard her husband Robin Bienemann perform on stage, she said, "I was gobsmacked. What he can do on a guitar is ridiculous." When Robin heard...
Waukegan Park District plans virtual programs for Black History Month
Sylvia England chops fresh collard greens, places them in a pot of boiling water and adds special seasonings to cook a dish her mother taught her to make years ago....
Gurnee firm gives new meaning to ‘green beer’ by going solar
With electricity one of its top expenses, and protecting the environment one of its core beliefs, a Gurnee beer distribution company long considered going solar. "But we couldn't make it...
Ray Bradbury museum offers virtual tour of his life in Waukegan
One of the most important places in American fantasy and science fiction author Ray Bradbury's life as a child was the library. That's why the Ray Bradbury Experience Museum has...
From the 1870s to the 1970s, unique items added to Dunn Museum collection
When Chandra Sefton's great-great grandfather Chase Webb was named the city of Waukegan police chief, he was living at Picket Fence Farm in Avon Township. Today that property is part...