Doughnuts and DeWyze: 5 ideas for the weekend

Posted September 23, 2016 1:00 am

The first official weekend of fall offers lots of fests and other fun. So catch Lee DeWyze at Arlington International Racecourse, take in a comic musical or snack your way through Long Grove's Apple Fest. Here are five ideas for the weekend ahead. For others, go to dailyherald.com/calendar.

<h3 class="leadin">Last chance: Hop on over to the Morton Arboretum to see "Ribbit! The Exhibit" on its last weekend. View 23 larger-than-life copper frogs by sculptor J.A. Cobb outdoors through Sunday, Sept. 25, at 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle. $14; $12 seniors; $9 youth ages 2 to 17. (630) 968-0074 or mortonarb.org. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Sunday, Sept. 25.</h3>

<h3 class="leadin">Apples(s) a day: Listen to music and graze on apple pie, apple cider doughnuts and other treats at Long Grove's Apple Fest, 308 Old McHenry Road. New this year is a pop-up "orchard," where vendors will set up makeshift apple trees and sell food. $5 per day. Kids 12 and under are free. Free shuttles are available from Chase Plaza, Lake-Cook and Arlington Heights roads in Buffalo Grove. See the full lineup at longgrove.org/festivals/apple-fest/. (847) 634-0888 or longgrove.org. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23; 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24; and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25.</h3>

<h3 class="leadin">Walk this way: Laugh along as Metropolis Performing Arts Centre opens its season with "The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein," adapted from his hit 1974 film starring the late Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle. Robin M. Hughes directs the revival featuring Patrick Tierney as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, who is drawn into the family business of reanimating the dead after he inherits the family's ancestral Transylvania estate. It's at 111 W. Campbell St., Arlington Heights. $30, $38. (847) 577-2121 or metropolisarts.com. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25.</h3>

<h3 class="leadin">Furlong Fest: Enjoy racing and the return of Mount Prospect's "American Idol" Lee DeWyze at Arlington International Racecourse's Furlong Fest, 2200 W. Euclid Ave., Arlington Heights. The weekend festival - which benefits the Autism Society of Illinois - features food, horse racing (Friday and Saturday only) and a full lineup of music, including DeWyze at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. $5 per day, $10 for a weekend pass. (847) 385-7500 or arlingtonpark.com. 1 to 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23; noon to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24; and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25.</h3>

<h3 class="leadin">Country concert: Catch country star Josh Turner ("Your Man," "Why Don't We Just Dance") in one of two concerts this weekend in the suburbs. He performs Friday, Sept. 23, at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Waukegan Road, Waukegan. $33-$53. (847) 263-6300 or geneseetheatre.com. The next night you can see him at North Central College's Pfeiffer Hall, 310 E. Benton Ave., Naperville. $50-$75. (630) 637-7469 or finearts.northcentralcollege.edu. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, in Waukegan; 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, in Naperville.</h3>

“Ribbit! The Exhibit” wraps up its run this weekend at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle.

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