Festivals and Fairs
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Dan Shanower among veterans honored in DuPageMay 26, 2014 1:01 am - Suburbs far and wide conducted solemn ceremonies or held parades to mark Memorial Day on Monday. As it has done for years, Naperville paid tribute to local hero Dan Shan...
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Duckworth to lead Chicago's Memorial Day paradeMay 23, 2014 1:01 am - U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth is the grand marshal of Chicago's Memorial Day Parade. The festivities begin with a wreath laying ceremony at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Daley Pla...
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Bill would create one set of farmers market rulesMay 23, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Legislation that would allow the Illinois Department of Health to create a single set of food-safety standards for farmers markets has been passed by both ...
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Dundee's Memorial Day parade set for SundayMay 22, 2014 6:00 am - Imagine refusing to march in a Memorial Day parade. It's difficult because in the 40-plus years Dundee Township has staged its Memorial Day parade, no politician, merch...
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Memorial Day Carnival back in business in Mt. ProspectMay 22, 2014 5:30 am - For decades, the Mount Prospect Jaycees Memorial Day Carnival served as the unofficial start to summer. This week, after a three-year hiatus, the carnival is back. The f...
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Jaycees carnival under way in Mt. ProspectMay 22, 2014 1:01 am - After a three-year absence from the community calendar, the Mount Prospect Jaycees Memorial Day Carnival is back as the town's unofficial start to summer. The carnival s...
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Schaumburg Prairie Arts Festival May 24-25May 20, 2014 11:00 pm - One of the most popular outdoor art festivals of the season is back for a 27th year. The Prairie Arts Festival Fine Art Show and Sale will be held from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sa...
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More than 125 juried artists at Barrington Art FestivalMay 20, 2014 11:00 pm - The season of summer art festivals is officially under way: Experience all of the fun festivals bring this Memorial Day at the Barrington Art Festival, a two-day holiday...
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Sunday picks: Get moving with Imagination MoversMay 18, 2014 5:00 am - Jump up: The New Orleans-based band Imagination Movers is famous for targeting its educational rock songs for the toddler set on the Disney Junior cable channel. Cat...
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Spring weather a welcome backdrop for Lombard's Lilac ParadeMay 18, 2014 1:01 am - Given the nastiness of the past winter, and the fact that snow fell in the suburbs just a few days ago, many spectators at the annual Lilac Parade in Lombard on Sunday d...