Community Corner
Native Plant Sale, a Greener Routine, Jazz and Youth Musical
Let Patch help you make plans for something fun to do this weekend.
Looking for something to do this weekend? We've got the best bets for your done-with-work-outta-here time. Check out our picks for activities to hit and new places to explore this weekend.
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Where / When: , 8109 Illinois Route 31, Cary; Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 6, 7 and 8.
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Why Go? Create a Mother's Day gift, take advantage of door buster specials and take home a free geranium.
Pricing: Free admission
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Where / When: Foglia Y; 5 a.m., Friday, May 6 - 6 p.m., Sunday, May 8.
Why Go?: Y members may bring guests and everyone in the community is welcome to come check out all the Y has to offer during this open house weekend. Swim some laps, shoot some hoops, use the Healthy Lifestyles Center.
Pricing: Free
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Where / When: , 95 Hubbard Lane, Hawthorn Woods; 7 - 8:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, May 6 and 7.
Why Go?: Come to YASC's fourth semi-annual production of the electrifying new novel Gone with the Breeze.
Pricing: $11 for reserved seating; $10 for general admission
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Where / When:; 8:30 a.m., Saturday, May 7.
Why Go?: Meet with local recycling agencies at the library. Enjoy live music by Merv Collins, make a sunflower plant craft and use the free, secure shredding service at this annual event.
Pricing: Free
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Where / When:, 16400 W. Buckley Rd., Libertyville; 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, May 7 and 8.
Why Go?: There will be over 70 varieties of sun-loving, shade-loving and savanna plants at the annual Native Plant Sale. Unique flowers, ferns, grasses, shrubs, vines and trees that will thrive in local gardens too. This fundraiser benefits the EnviroPatrol Program which teaches kids about keeping the balance of nature.
Pricing: Prices vary
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Where/When: on the Grayslake Campus of the College of Lake County, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake; 4 p.m., Sunday, May 8.
Why Go?: Chris Vadala, one of the country's foremost woodwind artists who has played with the Chuck Mangione Quartet, Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, B.B. King, Stevie Wonder and others, will perform with the CLC Wind Ensemble and the CLC Monday Night Jazz Ensemble.
Pricing: $5 for general admission; $4 for CLC staff and students, Alumni Association members and Seniors 65 and over
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