This weekend Sonny Acres Farm's Fall Festival: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday through Sunday and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, Sept. 20-26, at Sonny Acres Farm, 29W310 North Ave., West Chicago. Features a haunted house, haunted hayrides, a ...

Elgin Fringe Festival An uncurated showcase of music, theater, dance, comedy, performance art, visual arts and film, the Elgin Fringe Festival includes performances that range from family-friendly to adults-only at venues in downtown Elgin. A $3 EFF...

This weekend Classic Car Show: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at Baltria Vintage Auto Gallery, 4200 E. Main St., St. Charles. Classic and vintage cars and trucks, hot rods, street rods, late model, customs, m...

Art in Elmhurst The Elmhurst Art Museum opens two new exhibits that focus on the 20th century this weekend: "McCormick House - Past, Present, Future" is part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, while "What Came After: Figurative Painting in C...

This weekend Festival of the Vine: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 6-7, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, around Fourth and State streets, Geneva. Features food from Geneva restaurants, wine tasting, demonstrations, music, arts an...

This weekend Chicago Jazz Fest 2019: Starts at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 30; 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31; and 11:15 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, at Jay Pritzker Pavilion, 201 E. Randolph St., and other venues, Chicago. Jazz headliners perform at various Chicag...

'House' comedian Actor and comedian Dave Coulier ("Full House," "Fuller House") performs a standup comedy set on Saturday at the Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. $30-$40. (815) 356-9212 or rauecenter.org. 8 p.m. Satur...

A few years ago, I took a call at the nature center about a big snake in Tekakwitha Woods Forest Preserve. The caller was pretty rattled, and she wanted someone to “do something.” We naturalists are pretty used to snake calls. I calmly suggested, “I...

This weekend Mid-America Bonsai Society Show & Sale: Noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 17-18, at Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake-Cook Road, Glencoe. Presented by the Midwest Bonsai Society, this show fe...

Fifty years ago this week, as David Zacher and some high school pals pulled out of the driveway of his parents' Long Island home on their way to the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, his mother ran out of the house with a Bible in her hand. She made him ...