College of Lake County (CLC) invites community members to enjoy the arts this spring during the free Voices of Lake County: Lake County@Work Spring Art and Performance Showcase and reception Friday, May 12 at the Robert T. Wright Community Gallery o...

Friday, May 5 Midwest Tulip Fest: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Kuipers Family Farm, 1N318 Watson Road, Maple Park. See up to 500,000 tulips across 7 acres, along with outdoor activities and att...

Actors aged 13 and older are invited to audition for the College of Lake County (CLC) Theatre Department's production of "Schoolhouse Rock Live." Auditions are at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 15 and Tuesday, May 16 in the Grayslake Studio Theatre. A po...

Starts before Friday Central States Coin Show: 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday, April 27-28; 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 29; and 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 30, at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center, 1551 ...

At 17, Aditya Gupta of Rolling Meadows has earned a distinction few teens have achieved. The 11th-grader at Fremd High School in Palatine is among only five high school students in the nation to receive the 2023 Scholar-Chessplayer Award from the U....

'Homerathon' The National Hellenic Museum, 333 S. Halsted St., Chicago, hosts a public reading in its entirety of “The Odyssey” - Homer's epic poem tracing the post-Trojan War journey of King Odysseus back to his home. Representatives from the Natio...

Before Friday “Airness”: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 19; 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays, April 20 through May 21, at Citadel Theatre Company, 300 S. Waukegan Road, Lake Forest. A woman enters her first air guitar competition...

The art disciplines combine during the 24th Annual Fear No Art Festival at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 21, and 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22, on the Mainstage Theatre of the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts at the College of Lake Coun...

Before Friday “The Book of Mormon”: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, April 11-14; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 15; and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 16, at Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St., Chicago. The nine-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical ...

Starts before Friday “The Book of Mormon”: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays; 2 p.m. Wednesdays, April 5 and 12; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; and 2 p.m. Sundays through April 16 at Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St., Chicago. $40-$110. broadwa...