On these waning summer evenings, one sweet birdsong often pierces the quiet that’s settling in. It belongs to the eastern wood pewee (Contopus virens), a bird that soon will depart for the
Get to know The Birds of Barrington with area naturalist, Wendy Paulson. Learn about our local bird population while enjoying the fall migration during Wendy’s upcoming schedule of guided Barrington Area Bird
(When you buy or sell a home with The Luby Group of @properties, you’ll also be helping find homes and “forever families” for children in foster care. The Luby Group is donating a
Barrington Children’s Charities is hosting their 8th annual Derby Party Fundraiser on Saturday, May 5th, at Rolling Oaks Farm, a private Barrington Hills estate. Come and watch the Kentucky Derby dressed in
All are welcome to come and shop over 18,000 hard-to-find plants from 225 species native to the Barrington area at Citizens for Conservation’s 22nd annual Native Plant, Shrub and Tree Sale! It’s
Can there be a sweeter or more convincing herald of spring than the song sparrow? Certainly the bugling cries of sandhill cranes streaming overhead in March signal the emergence of fresh plant
Two Barrington High School students were announced as winners of the 2nd annual HOPE’S IN Humanitarian Award during the organization’s 6th annual fashion show fundraiser. Thanks to the award, Sophomore Kelly Speichinger
January through April are prime months for ducks in the greater Chicago area and Barrington is no exception. Their location depends largely on where the ice is and where it is not.
All are welcome to join Let It Be Us for their annual “Kick off For Kids” Super Bowl Watch Party coming up from 4 to 10 p.m. on Sunday, February 4th. Funds
Thinking of buying or selling a house this year? If you work with The Luby Group of @properties, you’ll also be helping find homes and “forever families” for children in foster care,
Giving Tuesday meets National Adoption Awareness Month with #OneChildIllinois, an new initiative introduced this November by Barrington-based non-profit, Let It Be Us. With a new toll-free phone number and adoption inquiry response team
Several recent appearances of an uncommon visitor to the Barrington area prompt me to add it to the growing assemblage of Barrington bird profiles. I struck out on a walk in the
The Arboretum of South Barrington has chosen local non-profit, Let It Be Us as the beneficiary of this year’s 9th annual UnCorked wine & food festival from 5:30 to 9 p.m. on
Barrington Children’s Charities is adding a little southern charm to their 7th annual Derby Party fundraiser coming up on Saturday, May 6th at a new venue, Sweet Caroline’s Bar-N-Que. This year’s Derby
A bird that I’ve come to associate with early spring is the blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) , a woodland sprite that returns in early to mid-April from its wintering territory in southern