events

Nick-a-Palooza set for Saturday

Nick-a-Palooza 2013, a day filled with good music for a good cause, will be Saturday at the Paradise Bar and Grill, 105 10th St., Lockport. The event, from 11 a.m. to midnight, is hosted by the Nick Kot Charity for traumatic brain injury, a nonprofit …

Crowd Pleasers for May 17, 2013

Here is a look at some crowd pleasers. Events include Gaelic Park Players hosting the 20th annual Acting Irish International Theatre Festival in Oak Forest, Grande Prairie Singers' concert in Park Forest, and Suburban Youth Symphony Orchestra’s concert in Orland Park.

Donley’s Wild West Town a return to yesteryear

Go West, young Chicagoans. Go West.

Direct your parents to load up the family car and head on Interstate 90 past Barrington, past Elgin and through Hampshire. Go west to Union, Ill., the small-town (population: 579) home of Donley’s Wild West Town, a museum and …

Star power — Adler tech revolutionizes sky show

As a pulsing nebula races toward the watchful audience, a hand shoots up to touch it. More hands follow suit, straining skywards. For the kids taking in the Adler’s newest show, “Cosmic Wonder,” outer space is just out of reach.

It’s an illusion created by …

Remembering Herbie: Golf outing to benefit late firefighter’s foundation

How popular was late Chicago Fire Department Capt. Herbie Johnson?

If one were to use golf as a gauge, consider golf outings usually take place on a single course. And then you have the first Herbie Johnson Golf Classic.

The fundraiser, scheduled for June 7, …

Rail fest chugs into Homewood Sunday

The 10th annual Homewood Railroad Heritage Day will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 19 at the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District Auditorium, 2020 Chestnut Road, Homewood.

What’s Going On for May 16, 2013

Here’s a look at what’s going on in the Southland. News includes Homewood, Palos Hills, Palos Park, University Park and Tinley Park.

Crisis Center fundraiser offers more than day of wine, roses

Crisis Center of South Suburbia holds daytime fundraiser at Lake Katherine

Vickroy: Get closer view of eagles’ new offspring

It’s not exactly a bird’s-eye view, but the public can now get even closer to a rare eagles’ nest in Palos Township.

Cook County Forest Preserve officials have cleared a path north along the eastern banks of Tampier Slough, enabling bird watchers to get within …

Free bird walk in Mokena spotlights nature preserve

Mokena’s Crystal Creek subdivision is home to much more than people. Tucked away in this residential neighborhood between 187th and 191st streets, east of Wolf Road, is a 45-acre restored prairie and wetland area that many meadowlarks, shovelers, blue-winged teals and other species also call …

‘Drawing’ exhibit celebrates the influence of Chicago architect

Even without his secret weapon, the Chicago architect Walter Burley Griffin probably would have won an international competition to design Canberra, the Australian capital city, in 1912.

Griffin’s scheme had in spades what those of his far-more-famous main competitors, Eliel Saarinen and Alfred Agache, did …

Beverly home tour tickets on sale

The Beverly Area Planning Association’s 43rd annual Beverly Hills/Morgan Park Home Tour will be 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 19. Four homes and a church will be open to visitors at the Chicago area’s oldest annual tour of homes. All tours leave from the …

Farmers markets ready to go

There’s more in store for shoppers this spring at local farmers markets as market managers promise more vendors, special events and parking. Frankfort will have at least six new vendors and an additional parking lot by the time its market is in full swing, market …

‘Dinosaurs Alive!’ exhibit returns to Brookfield Zoo

Lions and tigers and ... dinosaurs?

The unexpected sight of the seemingly living and breathing prehistoric animals might catch Brookfield Zoo visitors by surprise, but no worries. These 24 creatures are animatronic replicas of the extinct reptiles — all part of the zoo’s “Dinosaurs Alive!” …