This weekend McHenry County Fair: 10 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday, Aug. 2-3, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4, at the McHenry County Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Drive, Woodstock. Livestock shows, agricultural and 4-H exhibits, entert...

Billed as “America's Night Out Against Crime,” National Night Out encourages residents to lock their doors, turn on their porch lights and spend the evening getting to know their neighbors, police officers, firefighters and other city officials. Tra...

This weekend DuPage County Fair: 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday through Sunday, July 26-28, at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 Manchester Road, Wheaton. Music, animals, demolition derby, craft beer garden, watermelon- and pie-eating contests, craft fa...

This weekend West Chicago's Fun Fridays at the Shell: 11 a.m. to noon Friday, July 19, at The Shell in Reed-Keppler Park, 129 W. National St., West Chicago. Ben Tatar & Tatar Tots, a jazzy funk band for kids, will perform. Bring a lunch. Free. we-go...

An effort to establish a countywide bike-share system is getting the thumbs-up from municipalities including South Elgin and Batavia, colleges and other entities across Kane County, officials said. The bike-share program would be "a great amenity" a...

This weekend Friday Funday: 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, July 12, at Vogelei Park, 650 W. Higgins Road, Hoffman Estates. Children's entertainment, including an animal show by Animal Quest. Bring a picnic, play on the playground or splash on the spray pad. ...

Arden Courts of Geneva, a memory care center in operation for nearly 20 years, celebrated a "first" this week. Resident Dorothy Maynard celebrated her 100th birthday July 2 at Arden Courts, marking the first "centennial birthday" for the facility. M...

It's glam. It's rock-star glitzy. It's Shakespeare as you've never seen it when the worlds of David Bowie and The Bard collide. It's Stone Soup Shakespeare's fast-paced, song-and-dance, Bowie-infused performance of “Twelfth Night” — Geneva's annual ...

The Friends of Geneva Public Library will hold its Swedish Days book sale Thursday to Saturday, June 20-22, at the library, 127 James St. Thousands of gently-used books in a variety of genres will be for available for purchase. Money from the sale ...