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James Lumber Center offers free reimagined live performances

December 22, 2020 at 5:27 p.m.

When Gwethalyn Bronner was pondering ways to offer virtual performances for James Lumber Center patrons during the pandemic, she connected with a promotional booking company with whom she's worked for...

Lake County region offers opportunities for outdoor ice skating, hiking

December 21, 2020 at 4:33 p.m.

According to Shape Magazine, ice skating can burn up to 460 calories an hour. Add some arms in the air and spins and you could increase that even more. Outdoor...

The Kolman family offers a free light and music holiday show at their Hainesville home.

Lake County families create elaborate light shows to spread some holiday cheer

December 15, 2020 at 8:26 a.m.

Mark and Michelle Tarkowski started decorating their Wauconda home for the holidays in 2011 with thousands of colored lights synchronized to music through a radio station via computers. When they...

A lucky child stuck in the hospital for Christmas will receive this Wonder Woman ornament, one of thousands collected to deliver to suburban and Chicago hospitals.

Despite pandemic, nonprofit continues providing ornaments to those hospitalized: ‘It’s just the warmest feeling in the world’

December 14, 2020 at 9:14 a.m.

Elizabeth Elliott vividly remembers when she gave a Barbie ornament to a 6-year-old girl with leukemia in a Chicago hospital during the holidays 12 years ago. "As corny as it...

A common redpoll visits a feeder in Lake County.

Outdoors column: Avian gifts from the north – siskins, crossbills and nuthatches

December 10, 2020 at 11:15 a.m.

There's an irruption going on this winter in the world of nature – and you might even be able to witness it in your own backyard. I'm not talking about...

Six Flags Great America adds drive-thru to Holiday in the Park

December 14, 2020 at 9:16 a.m.

Consider it a holiday gift to members, season ticket holders and theme park enthusiasts. Six Flags Great America has just created a new way to experience its third annual Holiday...

Rendezvous Arts Series presents acclaimed Axiom Brass, STEAM Quartet

December 8, 2020 at 3:01 p.m.

Rendezvous Arts, a new hybrid chamber music series created by former members of the Lake Forest Symphony, has had to be revised after Gov. Pritzker on Nov. 20 returned the...

Carnegie Library gets architect, state grant for restoration; ‘There are so many wonderful history stories to tell’

December 2, 2020 at 11:27 a.m.

With the recent hiring of an architect and a $750, 000 state grant, Ray Bradbury's old stomping grounds, the Carnegie Library, is getting closer to becoming the new home of...

A male wild turkey struts his stuff in Illinois.

Column: Searching for a wild turkey on Thanksgiving weekend

November 25, 2020 at 5:05 p.m.

This weekend, I plan to go looking for a turkey – not the one that graces many a dinner table on Thanksgiving Day, but a wild turkey. As a birder,...

Black Friday shoppers linger inside Gurnee Mills two years ago. This year, fewer may visit the malls on Black Friday, and will be required to social distance and wear masks.

Black Friday in Lake County will be a bit different for some this year

November 25, 2020 at 2:32 p.m.

It's been a long-time tradition for Karen Nystrom of Waukegan and her daughter, Grace, to get up early on Black Friday to go shopping for bargains. "Not this year," she...

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