Lake County Entertainment
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Painting the Fox River — and keeping it cleanSep 06, 2024 4:00 am - Anna Cherkashina’s “Fox River at Sunset” painting earned Best of Show in the recent Plein Art event hosted by the St. Charles Arts Council. The painting could serve as a motivation for volunteers who participate in upcoming Fox River cleanup events.
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Daily Herald photo contest winners for August 2024Sep 05, 2024 7:50 am - August was a month for capturing the vibrant colors of summer with photos of birds and butterflies, flowers and frogs.
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Dirty Dough’s stuffed cookies coming to Buffalo GroveSep 04, 2024 9:09 am - A mother-daughter duo from Gurnee hopes to clean up financially by opening a shop in Buffalo Grove specializing in messy cookies. Dirty Dough Cookies is opening soon at 127 McHenry Road in The Grove shopping center.
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Best Bets: New Elmhurst exhibitions celebrate movie houses, public artSep 04, 2024 8:49 am - New exhibitions honoring historic movie houses and public art open at two Elmhurst museums; the Fiestas Patrias Festival returns to Aurora’s RiverEdge Park; and blues rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd plays the suburbs this week.
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Deer Path Art League’s 69th annual Art Fair on the Square breaks attendance records in Lake ForestSep 04, 2024 8:25 am - The Deer Path Art League (DPAL) proudly celebrated the 69th annual Art Fair on the Square this past Labor Day weekend, marking a monumental return to the historic Market Square in downtown Lake Forest.
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Theater spotlight: A monarch takes charge in Chicago Shakes’ ‘Henry V’Sep 03, 2024 2:16 pm - Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s timely production of “Henry V” examines war, power and leadership, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” settles in for an extended stay in Chicago and “The Book of Mormon” returns for a brief run.
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Festivals Sept. 6-12: Festival of the Vine, Sandwich Fair, Art on the Fox and moreSep 03, 2024 2:15 pm - Mark your calendars for the Sandwich Fair, Festival of the Vine, Art on the Fox, Winfield Good Old Days, Mundelein Arts Festival, Scandinavian Day Festival, St. Charles Jazz Weekend and more happening this week.
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Preserve Collaborative, selected to create art installation as part of Farm/Art DTourSep 03, 2024 12:02 pm - Lake Zurich residents Cathy McCauley and Shari Gullo, and Pamela Self of Arlington Heights, collectively known as Preserve Collaborative, have been selected to create a l...
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Suburbs’ first cat cafe lets you lounge with some cool kittiesSep 01, 2024 7:09 pm - The Cat House in Roselle is the suburbs’ first cat cafe, where you can come in and hang out with adoptable cats in a relaxing, lounge-like atmosphere.
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‘A perfect day’ for the Buffalo Grove Days paradeSep 01, 2024 4:02 pm - Elected officials have been known for giving in to hyperbole, but Buffalo Grove Village President Eric Smith was only stating the obvious as he greeted spectators Sunday while marching in the Buffalo Grove Days parade. “Thank you all for coming out on a perfect day,” Smith said.