The Geneva Public Library District will break ground for its new facility at 3 p.m. Friday, July 27, at the site, 227 S. Seventh St. (formerly known as 210 S. Sixth St.) The brief ceremony will include a welcome from Library Director Christine Laza...

Artfest Michigan Avenue: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, July 20-22, at Pioneer Court, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago. About 120 juried artists will participate. Free. amdurproductions.com. MainStreet Libertyville's Lunch in the Park: 11 a.m...

If we got hit with one of those "100-year" rainstorms, the Fox River was surely going to rise over the banks of Island Park in Geneva. It was a risk you take when creating a recreational and picnic area for residents on what essentially is an island...

Even though I didn't grow up in St. Charles or attend high school years ago at what is now the Thompson Middle School site, it is a big change to see the construction unfolding on that school campus. I've noted before that Reid Field on that Thompso...

The dreaded heat of July has settled on the Chicago area. And as the temperature rises, outdoor activities for families become limited. Rather than confine already restless children to the air-conditioned indoors, take a trip to your local splash pa...

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...

You would be hard pressed to think of two types of entertainment more different from an old TV Western broadcast on the tube and a Shakespeare play performed on the stage. However, both were wildly popular in their day, and Geneva's Shakespeare in t...

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...

Geneva-based Shodeen Inc. will begin construction of Prairie Centre, a $100 million, 27-acre development that will include 670 residential units and up to 116,000 square feet of commercial space on the former St. Charles Mall site at Route 38 (Linco...

Blues celebration Mavis Staples, Kenny Neal and Fantastic Negrito are just a few of the headliners performing at the Chicago Blues Festival this weekend at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, 201 E. Randolph St., Chicago. Free. (312) 742-1168 or chicagoblues...