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It's festival season!
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Willy Wonka plays Friday through Sunday!  | Family Friendly Events all Weekend Long!
As I put this week's Weekender together, we're also hard at work wrapping up the pages of our Back to School issue - there's something great in store for everyone! And you needn't be a student or faculty member to appreciate this issue, which features great pieces like our annual dining guide (my mouth was watering putting that together!). Look for the issue in early August and online!
We hope to see you in the park tonight in Cary featuring Soda - three lead singers playing fan favorites (7 p.m. at Lions Park). And next Tuesday in Crystal Lake, check out Big Guitars from Memphis playing country/rockabilly (7 p.m. at Main Beach). We'll be at both weekly events giving away free summer issues. Please stop by and say "hi!"
Speaking of arts and entertainment, this weekend is chock-full of great family-friendly shows. Woodstock Children's Summer Theater brings the classic children's tale "Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka" to the Woodstock Opera House
Friday through Sunday. FOCUS 2010 at Raue Center resumes at 7 p.m. Saturday where finalists will perform/present before the judging panel and the winners will be announced in all categories: fashion design, visual arts, performing arts and vocal ensemble. And Sunday at 6 p.m., head out to Lake in the Hills for a summer concert featuring Dueling Pianos (at on the north lawn behind Village Hall) - this is a free concert the entire family will enjoy!
Have a Great Weekend,
Erica
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MCYSA Summer International Championships
 The 2010 MCYSA/USSSA 15U Summer International Championships
will be held in Crystal Lake and surrounding communities from Friday through August 1. More than 100 national and international teams make Crystal Lake their home during this time. Lippold Park, a number of McHenry County high schools, Spoerl Park,
the Crystal Ice House and Veteran Acres will also be used to
accommodate all of these games. Read our story here.
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Algonquin Founders Days Festival at Towne Park
 Today through Sunday, celebrate Algonquin Founders' Days' 50th anniversary Towne Park (100 Jefferson St.).The event includes music, rides, a parade, fireworks and the Taste of Algonquin. Wedding Banned (pictured) plays Saturday.
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 Gallery in the Garden in Woodstock
Saturday and Sunday, celebrate the biggest Gallery In The Garden in five years. The annual Woodstock event is expanding into the neighboring property of the Royal Victorian Manor.
Locals and film buffs worldwide know the house as "The Cherry Street
Inn" from the 1993 comedy film Groundhog Day with Bill Murray. The expansion allows over 20 more artists to participate and creates
opportunity for more proceeds to benefit Court Appointed Special
Advocates
(CASA) of McHenry County.
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3rd Annual Shakespeare in the Park Festival
 Saturday and Sunday, the 3rd Annual Shakespeare in the Park Festival presented by the Riverview Theatre Company will perform the complete works of William Shakespeare (abridged) at Veterans Memorial Park in McHenry. Call 815-354-7796 for more.
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 Woodstock Band Concert and Ice Cream Social
The Ice Cream Social next Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Woodstock square is in honor of the Family Readiness Group that supports the soldiers of Delta Company, 1/178th Infantry Regiment of the Woodstock
National Guard. Culvers will be serving frozen custard with a
variety of toppings and will donate 25 percent of the profits to the FRG. An
assortment of Jaci's Cookies and Swiss Maid Brownies will be available
for $1 each, and all of the proceeds will go to the FRG fund. Call 815-354-3842 for more.
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Typhanie Monique in Barrington Hills
 Tonight at 6:30 p.m., jazz singer Typhanie Monique - one of Chicago's most critically acclaimed Jazz vocalists - will present an evening of jazz standards honoring the great composers of Broadway: Richard Rodgers, George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter and others, including some contemporary pieces. Monique's inherent style embraces each song as her own, showcasing her improvisatory skills, soulful delivery and unique arrangements. Experience our sultry version of an old-time jazz club in the intimate Music Theater at the Place de la Musique.
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Do you have an event you'd like us to include in the Weekender? Space is very limited but we'll consider your submission. Simply send an e-mail with date, time, location, contact info - and a photo if available. For consideration, e-mail your request to erica@mchenrycountyliving.com.
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