Every pumpkin counts. They mean it. Big ones, puny ones, even the ugly ones have a home in the City of Highwood’s Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival. The 10th annual fest…
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Library Love
Susan Orleans’ New York Times-bestseller, The Library Book, is essentially a love letter to the institutions she adores. Built on an investigation of a devastating fire at the Los Angeles…
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Scream Scene
All eyes will be on Ragdale next weekend, in more ways than one. Four years after unveiling its wildly popular “Rags to Witches” family festival, a new “scream raiser” event…
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Wheels of a Century
According to a 1961 book about Lake Forest history written by Edward Arpee, Arthur Farwell (one of the J.V. Farwell boys) became the talk of the town right around 1900…
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Fabulous Finds
Trends come and go but the quest for high quality fashions, antiques, and one-of-a-kind finds never goes out of style. Next Saturday, October 5, North Shore United Methodist Church will…
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Women Build
Tanya Duffie may as well be receiving keys to the city this weekend as a project led by Habitat for Humanity Lake County presents keys to her new, energy efficient…
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Jazz & Jokes
Lake Forest has always been a city of philanthropic-minded citizens, those who give of their time, talent, and resources to make life better for those in need. And it was…
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Top Props
Carole Dibo, founder of Actors Training Center (ATC) of Wilmette, took to the stage on August 24 to accept Illinois Theatre Association’s (ITA) 2019 Award of Honor “It is true…
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Estate Era
In 1890, Lake Forest had roads so muddy that horses “were continually in a lather from struggling through mire, often six inches deep,” wrote Edward Arpee about the history of…
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Honky Tonk Row
In what has quickly become one of the most anticipated events of the year, Celebrate High- wood will transform its downtown into Nashville’s Honky Tonk Row this weekend for the…
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