FOOD & DRINK
Palatine Parks Lists its Free 2024 Concert Schedule as it Celebrates 10 Years with Plenty of Great Acts
Fairmont’s Palatine Park will be celebrating its 10-year anniversary during the warm weather months with a entertainment lineup that should match the wants of most music lovers. As always, the entertainment that is provided comes at no cost. Admission is free and you can bring your chairs, blankets, drinks,...
Fire temporarily shuts down popular drive-in restaurant in Grayslake
GRAYSLAKE, Ill. — A well-known drive-in restaurant in Grayslake is temporarily closed after it was damaged in an early-morning fire. Some customers looking for a taste of the classic Dog n Suds were met with disappointment on Saturday after they found the restaurant shut down. “Well we drove up here and we just got on […]
Spring blooming at Little Ducky Flower Farm, where you can pick your own tulip bouquet
CHICAGO (CBS) -- It's spring, so gardeners are keeping close tabs on the weather for planting. The tulips are already blooming at Little Ducky Flower Farm in Barrington, where you can pick them yourself. It's owned by a husband-and-wife team with some unexpected backgrounds. Despite owning a farm, Chris Yamamoto's main job isn't farming. It's something very different. "I work in aerospace engineering, mostly as an analyst as well as a deputy aerospace engineer," he said.After gardening for years, Yamamoto and his wife started Little Ducky Flower Farm in Barrington about two years ago.Now flower lovers can pick their own...
Singer, Songwriter & Creative Storyteller, Suzanne Vega Brings Her Intimate Show To Chicagoland For One Night In Schaumburg
Tonight at the Al Larson Prairie Center For The Arts in Schaumburg, we got a visit from New York Neo-Folk artist Suzanne Vega. The poet laureate who gave us Grammy hits and the soundtrack to our youth with inspiring songs about love & loss and even a dance club single that still rings in the halls today with “Tom’s Diner” being sampled and remixed in infinite loop. Miss Vega performed an intimate show for Chicago’s north western suburbs providing private stories about her youth, comical whims about family and friends, studio insight to new songs coming soon, all intermixed between iconic tracks that bring delight too so many.
Review: THE MUSIC MAN at Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL
The newest production at Marriott Lincolnshire is Meredith Willson’s classic and beloved The Music Man. Director/choreographer Katie Spelman has stayed true to the script and has made the fictional town of River City – based on Willson’s hometown of Mason City, Iowa – come to life.
‘Vigilance’ Showcases Diverse Environmental Leaders With Work From Local, National Artists
The Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods is celebrating Earth Day all month long with an exhibit aimed at amplifying the work of environmental leaders who are Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC). “Vigilance: Learning From the Legacies of BIPOC Environmental Leaders” is inspired by the work of Hazel Johnson,...
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