Mark your calendar for Libertyville Days, Taste of Des Plaines, Jazz and Wine Festival at Cantigny, the Scottish Festival and Highland Games, Antioch Wizards Weekend Day, Downers Grove Rotary GroveFest, Swedish Days and more happening this week.

Sunday, June 1 48th annual Elgin Valley Fox Trot: 7:30 a.m. Sunday, June 1, at Grove Avenue and Ann Street, Elgin. Both courses are new in 2025 with a downhill finish. The race route heads through Elgin’s north neighborhoods toward Dundee an...

Mark your calendar for Cream of Wheaton, cruise nights, St. Sophia Greek Fest, Mundelein Craft Beer Festival, Arts in Bartlett Global Arts Festival, Woodstock Food Truck Festival, Libertyville Days and more happening this week.

Mark your calendar for Roselle Lions Rose Festival, Antioch Taste of Summer, Gilberts Community Days, Brews and Views, Cream of Wheaton, Deerfield Art Festival and more happening this week.

The Roselle Lions Club and the village of Roselle are hosting the annual Rose Festival on May 30-31 at Petal Plaza, featuring live music, food trucks, and beverages.

Farmers markets are opening throughout the suburbs. Some start in June or later while others have already begun. Here’s a helpful guide.

Four men from Naples, Italy, have been charged with operating a $573,000 counterfeit electronics ring in DuPage County.

Sunday, May 18 Spring Has SpRUNg, 5K Fun Run: 8 a.m. Sunday, May 18, at Central School, 620 Greenwood Ave., Glencoe. Scenic walk/run around Glencoe. $15. glencoeschools.org. Midwest Bonsai Society Spring Show & Sale: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Su...

What do you get when you cross the worst elements of social media with the most reckless instincts of kids? These days it’s the “Chromebook Challenge,” a TikTok-fueled fad that has students across the country intentionally setting fire to their school-issued laptop computers.