This week Naval Station Great Lakes Fourth of July: 3 to 11 p.m. Tuesday, July 3, and 3 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 4, at Ross Field, Naval Station Great Lakes, 530 Farragut Avenue B, Great Lakes. Music, carnival rides and games, food and beverages f...

Mundelein Community Days: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, June 29; 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, June 30; and 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sunday, July 1, at Kracklauer Park, Route 45, Mundelein. Carnival, car show, food, music, games, a hot-dog eating contest Frida...

This weekend Geneva Swedish Days: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 22-23, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, June 24, at Third and State streets, Geneva. Music, a carnival, Kids' Day fun, Sweden Väst, Geneva's Got Talent music competition, mu...

Fest fun this week includes Rotary Fest in Elk Grove Village, the Scottish Festival and Highland Games in Itasca, Libertyville Days in Libertyville, plus cruise nights, art fests and much more. Barrington Garden Fair & Marketplace: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m....

35th Annual Chicago Blues Festival: 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday, June 8-10, at Millennium Park's Jay Pritzker Pavilion, 201 E. Randolph St., Chicago. Mavis Staples headlines the fest, which includes tributes to Little Walter, Bob Koes...

Harvard Milk Days: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, June 1; 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 2; and noon to 10 p.m. Sunday, June 3, at Milky Way Park, 6600 Lawrence, Harvard. Carnival, entertainment, petting zoo, milk-drinking contest, cow chip lotto, ant...

After years of construction projects chipping away at its reserves, Glen Ellyn Elementary District 41 leaders are saving again. The school district increased its reserve fund by more than $4.6 million in 2017, up 36.4 percent from the previous year,...

Horse-drawn carriage rides, holiday parades, lights shows and visits from Santa abound at winter festivals this weekend in the suburbs. Check out our list. Ongoing Cosley Zoo Festival of Lights and Tree Sale: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. through Dec. 30 at Cosl...

Even though Santa is getting ready for Christmas Eve, he seems to be just about everywhere nowadays. How? We don't know. But at the Daily Herald, we put together a list where you can find Kriss Kringle in the suburbs. The hot event? If you scored t...