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Northbrook celebrates diversity with cultural fair

This year’s annual Sweetheart Dance on Feb. 7 drew 200 guests across two separate 90-minute seatings on Friday evening at the Deerfield Park District’s Patty Turner Center (375 Elm St).

The two-hour event launched in 2019, and this year included amenities such as face-painting, an Asian indoor market, singing by soloist Wen Gi from Gurnee, the traditional Lion Dance plus performan…

Approximately 5,000 dogs were entered with Saturday typically the most well-attended day, according to Ken Murray, president of the Chain O’Lakes Kennel Club of Grayslake and also show chairm…

The community was welcomed to the Buffalo Grove Park District’s Lunar New Year celebration on the evening of Saturday, Jan. 18 at the Community Arts Center (225 McHenry Road) in Buffalo Grove. 

The Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce reached out to its constituents as the New Year rang in, commemorating 2024 as a “year of community and connections” that closed with a sold out high tea party. T…

Balloon Drop on Noon Year’s Eve in Deerfield ‘brings out a lot of families’ at the New Year

Simbang Gabi is a nine-day novena to Mary, the Blessed Mother, celebrated by Masses typically at dawn by Filipino Catholics globally.

Filipino Catholics celebrate with Simbang Gabi leading up to Christmas

The evening also offered the opportunity to cap the experience for motorists who could drive through the lighted trail near the leisure center.