Barrington Lifestyle
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Gurnee native hits high note as international opera starMar 11, 2014 5:00 am - Amanda Majeski once auditioned for Carmel High School's prestigious musical program, the Street Scene Student Show in Mundelein. Rejected! "My mom suggested I try some v...
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20th year for Lenten Concert SeriesMar 09, 2014 11:00 pm - Twenty years ago, Phyllis Connelly, a talented and dedicated local organist, conceived of a time when Christians of all denominations would join together in Lenten refle...
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'Hoops for Hope' basketball tournament fundraiser set for March 15-16Mar 09, 2014 11:00 pm - The Grayslake-based 12 Oaks Foundation will hold its fourth annual "Hoops for Hope" 3-on-3 basketball tournament Saturday and Sunday, March 15 and 16, at Grayslake North...
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Calling all green thumbs to Flower & Garden ShowMar 09, 2014 6:00 am - After 40 years of dispensing gardening advice in magazines and newspapers, Jan Riggenbach will be giving some personal pointers to Chicago-area readers. At 11 a.m. on Sa...
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Suburban women escape winter for a place even colderMar 04, 2014 4:15 am - Many suburbanites dream of escaping the bitter cold and snow of our seemingly endless winter. The 31 women on the Trailbound Trips' "Women's Getaway" escaped to someplac...
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Dog adoption event:Mar 04, 2014 12:01 am - Our House of Hope K-9 Rescue hosts a pet adoption event from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 8, in the Dog Lounge Day Care and Spa at Pets General Store in Country Court Sho...
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Good Shepherd to host blood drive March 5Mar 02, 2014 12:01 am - Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital will hold a blood drive, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, March 5 in the Prairie Room at the hospital, 450 W. Route 22 in Barrington. Donors mus...
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Barrington dancers performing at Gigi's galaFeb 27, 2014 12:01 am - Dancers from Barrington-based Bataille Academie of the Danse will perform at the Gigi's Playhouse 2014 International Gala at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Drury Lane Theatre in...
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Northwest suburban parents take aim at two rare childhood diseasesFeb 27, 2014 12:01 am - Two groups organized events in the Northwest suburbs last week to fight little-known Neurofigomatosis and Batten disease. Uncork a Cure, a wine tasting event benefiting ...
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Weathering the Winter at Friendship Village of SchaumburgFeb 26, 2014 10:00 pm - When Mary Pace first tried Friendship Village's Weather the Winter Program, she viewed it as a vacation, and in fact "a very nice vacation." Weather the Winter is a prog...