Second annual B4 Summer Festival set for June 8 - Event again benefits Chain O’ Lakes Chamber scholarship, other nonprofits
SPRING GROVE — Organizers are finalizing plans for the second annual B4 Summer Festival set for noon to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at Richardson Adventure Farm, 909 English Prairie Road, Spring Grove. B4 — or Bacon, Bourbon, Beer and Bands — once again will raise money for the Chain O’ Lakes Chamber of Commerce scholarship, plus four other nonprofits. This year’s other fund recipients will be Gigi’s Playhouse of McHenry County, Operation Wildhorse, the Wauconda Moose Lodge and the Family Health
Volo Museum’s Spring Break Staycation makes staying local phenomenal choice
Photo by Jim Wojdyla - Princesses and a pair of visitors pose for a photo op in the Carousel and Music Hall at the Volo Museum in spring 2023. This year, princesses (and superheroes) once again will entertain museum guests, starting and ending a special week of Spring Break Staycation activities March 23-30. VOLO — Not jetting off somewhere later this month? No worries. The Volo Museum has planned a weeklong Spring Break Staycation that will offer plenty of smiles — without breaking the bank. “From
Early opening just first of thrilling perks planned at McHenry Outdoor this season
LAKEMOOR — After his first foray into an extended season earned rave reviews, the owner of the McHenry Outdoor Theater is raring to go for his earliest-ever season opener — and he’s planning to pack maximum fun into each and every week of the traditional and extended seasons. “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” will kick things off March 22 — weeks before the typical May opening for the outdoor theater at Chapel Hill and Lincoln roads just east of McHenry. There also will be a lead-in film, with a title yet