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GURNEE – A spring vendor fair will take place from 9 a.m.t o 4 p.m. Sunday, March 14, at the Gurnee American Legion, 749 Milwaukee Ave., in Gurnee.

GURNEE – The Warren-Newport Public Library, 224 N. O’Plaine Road, in Gurnee will host a screening of the R-rated movie “Moon” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 12.

WADSWORTH – Laughter and good-spirited conversation met my ears as I walked into the Savanna House Restaurant and Bar in Wadsworth one recent evening.

WAUKEGAN – The 1952 film “The Quiet Man,” starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara, will be shown at 7 p.m. Friday, March 12, and Saturday, March 13, at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., in Waukegan.

Louisa Shafia, founder of a New York-based fine catering company called Lucid Food, is devoted to an environment-friendly, waste not-want not philosophy.

The punishing toll extracted by alcoholism is central to “The Long Red Road,” Brett C. Leonard’s intoxicating and unsettling drama making its world premiere at Goodman Theatre, where it is directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman.

GRAYSLAKE – The Lake County Fair Association will host its "Spring Fling" fundraiser from 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday, March 20, at the Lake County Fairgrounds, 1060 E. Peterson Road, in Grayslake.

GRAYSLAKE – Film fans clear your calendars. The seventh annual Lake County Film Festival is taking place this weekend from Thursday, March 4, to Monday, March 8.

LAKE VILLA – Poetry and song lyrics chronicling life experiences both good and bad comprise a new book by a local author.

Note to readers – Judi Veoukas has taken the week off. Her "grand-dog," Sadie, has written a column in her place.

“Rice Pasta Couscous” (Chronicle) is the title of a new volume by food writer Jeff Koehler and the descriptor of the trio of ingredients that form the foundation of Mediterranean cookery.

GLENCOE – “The Old Settler,” by the late John Henry Redwood, offers theater audiences an absorbing, if occasionally predictable, look at the lives of two middle-aged sisters living in a spacious Harlem apartment in 1943.

The principal character in “Blue Door,” Tanya Barfield’s sweeping drama that covers four generations of black history in a single night, has lost his way.

GRAYSLAKE – “Beyond Pixeltorialism: Digital Imaging in the 21st Century” will open Friday, Feb. 26, at the Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art at the College of Lake County, 19351 W. Washington St., in Grayslake.

Dysfunction can either rip a band apart or bring its members closer together.

Homemade ravioli make a wonderful comfort-food meal. The prep work can be tricky, as we discovered, but Jasper J. Mirabile Jr., in his accessible book “Jasper’s Kitchen Cookbook” (Andrews McMeel Publishing) suggests a shortcut to make the process simpler and smoother: sheets of store-bought fresh pasta.

WAUCONDA – Do you like Snickers bars? Fannie May chocolates? How about Butterfingers, Tootsie Rolls, Nerds and Runts or even Cracker Jacks?

LIBERTYVILLE – I’ve had quite a few orders of eggs Benedict in my day. And when I popped into the Liberty Family Restaurant in Libertyville one recent sunny morning, I thought I’d add one more order of the fabulous eggs to my list.

Born in Ethiopia and raised in Sweden, Marcus Samuelsson has made a name for himself in culinary circles since coming to the United States in 1991. He has racked up recognition as chef and co-owner of Aquavit in New York and co-founder of Townhouse Restaurant Group, and along the way he earned a James Beard Award for his cookery.

We’ll soon come upon our 25th wedding anniversary. This is the second marriage for both of us, and since we wed in our 40s, more than likely we might croak before reaching the 50th. If we do make it, we could very well not know who the other is.