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There were quite a few teams around the conference that, for whatever reason, we were unable to get a real peg on in non-conference play. Maybe the level of competition was low, or new guys were getting used to new roles, or injuries and suspensions changed the roster. But now that we're into conference play, there is no longer anyplace to hide. After just a weekend of action, we've started to get a read on two teams that had previously proved inscrutable. Meanwhile, we've also seen a couple of teams that now have us more confused than ever. Below, we'll take a look at all four of those squads with some of the explanations behind each.
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It's 2008.
Firefox 3 was just released – years of work, thousands of bugs fixed, new features thrown in. No file upload progress meter.
IE7's been out for awhile, but I don't have a copy here handy to test. My memory is telling me it doesn't have one, or if it does, its very unobtrusive and not immediately apparent.
Opera 9.5 was recently released. No file upload progress meter.
Konqueror 3.5 – no file upload progress meter.
It's too late for me to check Safari2 – but I don't think it's got one. I don't have Safari3 on a Mac, so *maybe* it's got one, but I doubt it. I think I'd have heard about it if it does.
This current tirade stems from implementing a file upload progress meter in PHP5. Yes, PHP5.2 has some hook, and there's a PECL extension. However, there's *0* documentation on it, and the few pages Google turns up are mostly people saying "it doesn't work!" and a few "hey it works!" with little in between. I have one other option, I think – the APC cache system apparently also has file upload progress functionality in it now. I was hoping to avoid it, because 1) I think it might have conflicted with the ioncube encoder on the machine and 2) I was really hoping to use an extension that just did the one thing I needed, not a bunch of other stuff as well.
I realize this is partially a PHP issue I'm ranting about, but it's ultimately a hacky workaround to a basic piece of functionality that browsers should support. The browser is pushing the file up – it has a notion of how many bytes have been pushed out to the network. It is in a position to know the accurate size of the file in question. Showing a local status of that information would be a faster experience, rather than adding a layer of AJAX calls to an upload screen.
I was at a developer panel in Ann Arbor back in 2003 and someone from MS was on the panel. He had been on the IE team at one point, and I remember making the suggestion to him to pass the 'upload progress bar' back to the IE team. It was a bit of an odd response – it wasn't a 'no', but a bit of a bemused look, as if to wonder why people would want that. He didn't *say* that, and was cordial enough to take the suggestion, but it obviously did bugger all. I was sort of figuring IE would have included it in IE7, then FF would eventually make it available as an extension, adding yet "one more extension" to the list of 'gotta haves', then they'd talk about how innovate FF is. Or perhaps even Opera might just slip it in under the radar in the past 5 years.
Alas, it seems that people that write browsers are somehow oblivious to the need app developers face in this area. Perhaps they all live on petabit connections and/or only do development with local servers, and uploading 10 meg files takes 2 seconds. In the real world, for most of us, it's considerably longer and more painful, both on the development side testing, and for end users uploading.
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Have you seen the Yahoo User Interface's uploader component? Yes, I know it is flash but it enables web developers to create a progress meter pretty easily. And it is supported on all modern browsers.
Finally someone that finds this interesting.
Why not post your interest in it here, and eventually propose a better feature request than I have done. (Maybe you know which buttons to push to make something happen ….)
I have no idea why some core PHP developer have not yet used the hooks to provide a solution for people not using APC. It is quite a while since Rasmus made those hooks available.
How long shall it take before we can use session variables to handle this?
I would like to see the upload hooks available for usage within a normal PHP installation without the use of any quirky "add-ons".
do a search for "fancy upload" its a script written by digitarald. Supprts both multiple file upload as well as progress meter. Uses flash as well. I just implimented it and love it. Also needs mootools. Sure its a workaround but does the job quite well. Sorry for misspellings, sent from my iPhone.
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Personally I would rather have a solution in PHP, because then it would work crossbrowser.
And despite the currrent lack of interest from php developers in making the upload hooks more available, I belive it is easier to get a solution for this within PHP since it is only one devteam that has to do something, not a bunch of browser dev-teams.
Another reason for wanting to have a solution within PHP is that then I could probably, while the upload is in progress read the status of the upload and do whatever I want during the upload…. such as abort the upload if needed…. In short… I would get more control of the upload process and I could also then have more control in the feedback to the client.
Galeon the gnome web browser has an option that show how much the data is loaded at the status bar. But it is not a progress bar
Some websites, like YouTube, have an upload progress bar. It never seems to work for me as well as I'd like it to. I would totally welcome a browser that has it. I'm surprised nobody's even made an add-on, extension, or plugin to do this.
I agree with you that this should just be a feature of the input type=file.
For now though, you can get your MooTools skills out of the closet and use FancyUpload, a great solution that uses a flash applet to handle all the uploading and progress combination hooked to javascript events. It also does multiple file @ once opening, etc.
I've implemented this successfully at 3 sites now and its just awesome.
Don't wait up for the browser-dudes! this works *now*
I can confirm APC and the ionCube loader will both exist in harmony on the same server. This is how my servers are configured (although one now uses XCache instead) and I wouldn't like to run without an optcode cache any more!
A browser-based upload bar would be a nice feature but… would they be able to make it any more accurate than the download bars, where the time for the download to finish doesn't match the actual time it takes?
I completely agree with you on the necessity of a file-upload meter. I think however for it to become a browser feature it needs to become part of the standards first.
The upcoming HTML5 specification has new API's to many techniques that are not supported by current browser directly, such as a notification API (ie – COMET).
Maybe you should propose a file upload progress API for the HTML5 draft
You strike at Firefox for publishing these kinds of things as extensions, critizicing it for depending on those to be innovative. Yet Firefox is not a browser only for developers, -who by the way use mostly ftp to upload seriously- so the file upload meter is not an urgent need for many.
I really don't see the 'need'. If you are a developer, you can do a back-o'-envelope calculation with file size and connection speed, hopefully known quantities. Or assume that uploading big files will take a while (the standard while is at the institute of weights and measures in Paris). Having an upload meter won't reduce the time needed to upload a big file, after all, it will only soothe you while doing it.
Actually Opera most of the times (not in Gmail) shows progress of file uploading (or at least it was doing so last time I checked)
I'm not sure if you're referring to the PECL extension I'm thinking of or not, but I know that Ben Ramsey worked on one for the same purpose. You might try pinging him on IRC or via his web site if you need help with it.
There's even an open ticket in Bugzilla to get it into Firefox but alas, no change. I agree, though. We have download progress, why can't we have upload progress?
He mentions that the browser knows how much of the file has been sent. Sure, but how do you know it's been received on the other end? Edit: Only the server knows that (right?), and for the browser to get that information and turn it into a progress bar, you'd need to redesign the whole uploading mechanism.
I agree with you that it would be best to just implement it in the browser. But have a look at lighHTTPD, the version soon to come out will have this feature supported. It also supports PHP with APC ofcourse, but the web server will have it built-in.
The PECL extension (uploadprogress) works, as described by some helpful commenter in the notes section. It does trash the data as soon as the upload is complete; I had the code receiving the POST set a session variable to indicate to the AJAX-powered GET side that the upload was completed, so I could distinguish "no data because PHP didn't feel like updating it yet" from "no data because the upload is done".
Even so, a hook exposed in JS so that you could just ask the browser how much was uploaded would be far preferable to the current situation. I don't think browsers are planning on supporting a common upload progress UI themselves, and even if they did, someone would want to skin it anyway.
Clever point, Michael. I hadn't thought of this, but of course you're right. It's about time.
Opera shows UL/DL progress in (surprise!) progress bar.
The tcp stack will throttle the uploads based on acks from the server. We can assume that bytes sent is pretty close to bytes received by the server, give or take a few packets.
This does seem like a client side issue. I mean the client knows exactly how big the file is and how much of it has been sent. Therefore the client has everything it needs to make a progress bar. It it just lacking in html/javascipt/browser, perhaps there needs to be an html element to output it or be available from the DOM. Call ISO… :O
Using php (or any other server side language) for this task is not best choice – files are sometimes cached before sending it to script so you have no chance to check progress.
There are upload progress modules for Nginx, Lighttpd and Apache.
I wrote an article about apache upload progress module. http://drogomir.com/blog/2008/6/18/upload-progress-bar-with-mod_passenger-and-apache
All you need is a bit of javascript. It can be used with any language/framework.
It's sad that we still have to code such things and there is no support from browsers (for example upload progress API), but with jQuery and those server modules implementation is pretty simple.
file transfer progress meters are actually based on the amount of data received by one party. when you download, it's your computer that counts the data.
when you upload, it's the server that counts the data. data packets might be lost on their way to the server, so the actual amount of data that has been uploaded by your browser is completely irrelevant.
so it's not really a browser problem. it's a server problem. apache can be extended to support this, but it's not in the default configuration. but apache is only one of the dozens of web servers avalaible out there. Web developers also have to tweak in with ajax or swf files to allow this. Don't also forget to factor in people who develop in .net, ruby, python etc.
Last time I checked, the APC upload progress meter was not thread safe…
Well unfortunatelly i have never seen a Upload function "from user view" which i really liked most of them doesn´t work that good even on large sites where upload is main business like youtube, googlevideo or flicker. Sometimes the ajax stuff crashs or just doesn´t work without reason.
Even it is not only a PHP problem it is a web problem specially if it comes to upload multiple files.
You always need a trick like extra programm, .exe or java solution.
The thing I wish is that firefox would not freeze and stop all other activity while you SAVE a page to your hard disk.
anyone know a work around for that? I can't believe all resources must be stop to support a simple "save page" command.
People saying that this is "a server problem" because the uploads are completed at the server site are totally missing the point.
1) It is extremely difficult to implement in the server
2) The users don't really care about the difference between how many bytes are sent and how many bytes are received
3) Making the difference between send and received is extremely pedantic. For instance, users consider their mails "delivered" when the client says they are "sent", even if the time difference is sometimes several minutes. It does not cause problems.
4) The difference between bytes sent and bytes received is very small, and negligible in case of big downloads (which is the interesting case for a progress meter)
5) The browser can easily pretend that the last bit of data isn't sent until the POST succeed, so, in practice the difference would be undetectable
That is not rocket science, and is just another case of developer hubris.
Given that 99% of the time I use scp to upload files, and .99% of the time I use WebDAV from a folder on the desktop (OS X does some strange things), I can't really say that the file upload meter issue is a significant one for me.
I agree, however, that it belongs as a feature of the browser. Not a JS hook, a flash hack, or a server-side feature. The browser has the information, and the browser has the user that is interested in the information, therefore the browser should do the work, rather than having the browser provide the information to the server and relying on the server to tell the browser to tell the user what the progress is.
I'll have to set up a file-upload target on a page somewhere, and then upload some sizable junk files to test various browsers, just to check 'em out for myself, even though it's not an issue that's anywhere in my top 10 problems with modern browsers.
"Yes, I know it is flash but it enables web developers to create a progress meter pretty easily. And it is supported on all modern browsers."
Uh, yeah. Sadly, Firefox 3 on my Core 2 Duo apparently isn't modern enough (unless I want to install a complete 32-bit system in parallel, but, uh, no thanks). But if I upgraded to a nice ol' Pentium II 800, that would work. Or if I went on ebay and got a G3 Mac with Safari 1.0, that would be "modern" enough, too.
When you claim that something is "supported on all modern browsers", when in fact it's only supported on the set of platforms which Adobe Flash Player supports, you're screwing over some of your users.
Whether you know and/or care, that's a different question.
maybe I'm just stupid but when the server receives data doesn't it send an ACK? If the people who are saying "bu-bu-but the browser doesn't know when the file is received on the server" are right, then how can uploads EVER complete successfully?
I think this should be implemented by the browser vendors… all the these hacks create a unconsistent user experience for something so tied to the users browser.
Why do browsers still not have file upload progress meters?
Which reminds me of the fact that browsers don't have some kind of "volume control" either, which in fact should be there to have control over your multiple windows multimedia experience…
when you upload, it's the server that counts the data. data packets might be lost on their way to the server, so the actual amount of data that has been uploaded by your browser is completely irrelevant.
so it's not really a browser problem. it's a server problem. apache can be extended to support this, but it's not in the default configuration.
This is totally stupid. Your code does not have to resend TCP packets if they get lost in transit. That's handled by the network stack on both ends. Trust me, just a progress meter that shows the number of bytes returned by fwrite() would take care of the entire issue. fwrite does not count network overhead..
Any solution is better than no solution, or haphazard server side implementations. Nobody expects progress bars to be exact, in fact, I can't remember the last time a progress bar didn't hang at 99% or disappear right when hitting 100%. So, a requirement to be exact is just a red herring.
For all this talk about how easy it is to do with jquery + apache/php modules… I've still never seen it done. Where are the examples of this so touted "easy" technique?
Uh, yeah. Sadly, Firefox 3 on my Core 2 Duo apparently isn't modern enough (unless I want to install a complete 32-bit system in parallel, but, uh, no thanks). But if I upgraded to a nice ol' Pentium II 800, that would work. Or if I went on ebay and got a G3 Mac with Safari 1.0, that would be "modern" enough, too.
When you claim that something is "supported on all modern browsers", when in fact it's only supported on the set of platforms which Adobe Flash Player supports, you're screwing over some of your users.
Whether you know and/or care, that's a different question.
There's only 3% of you out there who don't have flash player…. get with the times!
Also, if it's impossible, why does IE do it? Nobody notices because it's just a tiny bar in the bottom right of the browser, but they do their best at an attempt. Personally, I think something bigger would be more useful. How come the download utility is it's own window with it's own set of controls, but upload is relegated to a tiny progress thumper bar…
Konqueror has one foot in the water. When you submit a form that has an upload it asks you in a confirmation dialog with the absolute path to the file just so you can know that some sort of file upload is going to happen, and that any long waiting period is not just a server timeout.
@heri Normally I'm not so blunt, but there is no room for interpretation here, you are flat out wrong. There is no way for some packets to be missing when you upload a file without the whole file transfer failing. This is the entire point of the TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) in TCP/IP. Without TCP the Internet as you know it wouldn't be possible. You could play Quake, but you couldn't download a file. You could listen to streaming radio, but you couldn't send an email. If you are suffering unrecoverable packet loss then the connection is nowhere near good enough for the server to send any information back to the client about upload progress anyway, thus nullifying any possible benefit of a server-side solution.
I've actually implemented one of the available AJAX polling-based upload progress bars. To make a long story short, it was unnecessarily complicated, had bad scalability characteristics (ajax polling?), and the resulting bar was not particularly smooth in the naive implementation.
Our team ended up implementing SWFUpload instead. Yes, using Flash is far from ideal, but it is by far the easiest implementation resulting in the best user experience. I'd rather give this experience to the 95% of people that can experience it and just have a dump HTML upload script with no javascript and no flash for the remaining 5%.
All that said, it is sort of shocking that browsers still don't have any kind of upload progress indicator after all these years.
Wow, I'm really surprised to see this discussion here. I implemented the upload progress functionality in PHP, about a year ago. I had no idea other people were still having problems with it. The only configuration I had to do was install the uploadprogress extension and enable it in php.ini. (extension=uploadprogress.so)
I think one of the trip-ups is that some people think that you can check the progress from the script that is handling the form/file upload. That is not the case. That script only starts execution once the file has finished uploading, just like it always has in version prior to PHP5.2. You have to check the status of the upload in PARALLEL to the actual file upload.
My particular implementation doesn't use AJAX but does use Javascript; it sets the form target to one hidden iframe, and on form submittal, it loads the 'progress monitor' script in another iframe. The 'progress monitor' script uses the uploadprogress_get_info() function every 0.5s and spits out a javascript command (followed by a flush() ) which updates the progress bar on the parent/main page. Works great. It's actually possible to get the update interval down to 0.2s without any additional load on the server.
But in any case, good article, bringing up an interesting point.
If you ever bothered to look, most websites have the progress bar done for you.
Then look further below. See that "progress bar" at the bottom right corner? That does a fairly good job of telling you when everything you're doing is completed.
So, in reality, it's been there since Windows 3.1, you're just not looking hard enough.
I totally agree, this is something that should be done in all browsers. The browser knows how big the file is, and how much it has sent. It could be almost identical to the current download panels, or a modal upload box.
The other ability browsers should have, which would not be as simple to implement, is to upload multiple files at once eg. a directory of images for a gallery.
It seems so obvious.
Using software based uploaders is not a good longterm solution, it makes all sites inconsistent, and they require the use of flash for the good ones.
He means that the normal "page progress" bar works for both upload and download. When the bar reaches 100% your file has been sent.
@olli – it's not there on browsers I use. I've seen that little 'page progress' thing move around in years past on some versions of some browsers, but it gets overridden by other events, is not standard or consistent, is not readily apparent at all as to what it's doing, and – oh yeah – did I mention inconsistent?
If it was "there" and I was just "not looking hard enough" as Alex states, why do 20+ other people on this thread seem to agree that it's not there? If 30 people had all written and said "you're stupid, it's there, wake up, etc" I might think differently. Considering I've been doing web app development since 1995, I think I know enough about browsers and how they work to know that this isn't a useful, standard feature, nor is it "there" in most browsers.
Please everyone, email me screenshots of browsers with the feature in action (email@example.com).
on this screenshot anyone can see opera's indication of upload progress. I'm uploading 30MB of data and 14MB are already sent.
According to comments in bug 249338, it used to work in Firefox, and stopped working some time in 2004.
Firefox's networking code has been under-owned for some time since Darin Fisher was absorbed into Google. Hopefully someone will step up and start fixing networking bugs soon.
This toolbar is called "Progress bar" and can be displayed in 3 ways: inside address bar, popup at bottom, and "Simple". I believe "Simple" is on by default to reduce information overflow for inadvanced users, and in this case it displays lesser amount of data.
I tend to agree with my esteemed former colleague. It is surprising that a standard, built-in mechanism has not emerged from the technological jungle (or is it a swamp?) that is the Internet. A related question might be, why is there apparently no standard server-side implementation of RFC 1867?
I guess the reason this feature has not become de-rigeur in all modern web browsers is because it requires some sort of standard "handshake" between client and server. This has led to the evolution (?) of products like SWFUpload, aurigma 's ImageUploader and apache's FileUpload java package. At this point, most users have become so accustomed to these sorts of upload solutions that building one into a browser might actually confuse them. And often, one needs an upload interface tailored to the needs of one's application. Even so, it would be nice if we didn't have to keep re-inventing this particular wheel. There are much bigger and more interesting fish to fry.
I use to upload pictures to a host called iimmgg.com that has some kind of feature to enable this browsers upload progress bars, so it seems like browsers DO have support for upload progress, the problem is that it is not well documented and that's why nobody is making use of it.
Also some video uploading sites make use of this feature.
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I guess since it's Thursday, I'll post a few "throwback" photos ^_^
So this morning I woke up to a text from Erin, who I'd been dying to photograph for some time now. We decided that today was as good a day as any and within a couple of hours, I was headed out the door with my usual cameras and a few rolls of film. As I was warming up my car, I checked to make sure I had everything and that's when it hit me… my little ole Leica M8 has been sitting on my shelf, unused for the past several months! I ran back inside, popped a memory card in and off I went. Anyway, here are a few shots from today. I guess I forgot how much I loved my M8!
Model - Erin
Photographed by Q. Oliver
Leica M8 + Carl Zeiss C Biogon T* 2,8/35 ZM
It was really nice to be able to catch up with Diana. It sucks that people grow up and grow apart simply because of time and distance. This was the first time we had seen each other in several years but she's just as beautiful as she ever was! ^_^
Model - Diana
Photographer - Q. Oliver
Leica M8 + Leica 50mm Summarit f/2.5 & Voigtlander Bessa R4a + Carl Zeiss 35mm C Biogon f/2.8 + Ilford Delta 3200
This girl is a liar! You just can't trust people these days! She's wearing the UK Flag… But guess what! She's not from the UK! She's from Africa!
…Okay. Yeah, flag… Big deal lol. I love this woman to death! She is one of the most laid back and intellectually intriguing models I've ever worked with. I met her at a con (that's nerd slang for "convention" ^__^) last year and we've worked together several times since then- Those of you who follow my work may recognize her as the model formerly known as Darth Vader. Anyway, here are a few shots from last week's shoot with her. Enjoy!
Model - White
Photographer - Q. Oliver
Leica M8 + Carl Zeiss C Biogon 35mm f/2.8
Update: In about two weeks, I'll finally have my online store open! Items for sale include posters, polaroids, and even one of a kind hand developed dark room prints signed by myself and my models. Also, within the next month or so, I will begin shipping body suits, bags, skateboards, canvas prints and other items with photos printed on them. Certain photos of models will only be available in limited quantities and will be first come first serve. once they are gone, that's it!
I'll be sure to keep everyone updated on the store's status… Until then, Enjoy this shot of Rae and Molly!
…Or this one of Brittney!
Maybe I'll post some shots from this weekend later, too- shot quite a few rolls of film off with a couple of new models and went through several bottles of wine in the process.
Model - Brittney
Photographer - Q. Oliver
Leica M8 + Carl Zeiss 35mm C Biogon f/2.8
Rainy Days
Model - Frankiee
Photographer - Q. Oliver
Leica M8 + Carl Zeiss 35mm C Biogon f/2.8
Brittney is the most popular model I've ever worked with - Most views of Flickr and Tumblr ^_^ I'm not surprised at all lol
Model - Brittney
Photographer - Q. Oliver
Leica M8 + Leica 50mm Summicron f/2


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but like what if Blaine was proposing that Christmas and he doesn't know about Rachel and Finn because they didn't tell everyone until Valentine's day right???
And so he proposes but he's like:
"This engagement can last five hours, long enough for us to get to New York, or it can last five years. I just know I want to marry you, Kurt Hummel. You are the love of my life and it doesn't matter that you're going to be in another state next year. I will love you then, probably even more than I love you now."
"Yes," said Kurt. "Yes."
"Yes?" said Blaine, barely believing it.
"Of course."
Blaine slips the ring on his finger - an admittedly less expensive ring, but it was a nice silver with small engravings on it and it was what Blaine could afford. One day, he will get Kurt a nicer ring. They leaned forward in a passionate kiss, thankful that they had slipped into an empty classroom.
"So," said Kurt, breathlessly. "About the engagement length…"
"I'll wait however long you want, Kurt," said Blaine.
"Good," said Kurt. "Because - there are some things I need to tell you. About, well, Rachel and Finn. They - they're engaged too and they have this crazy notion to get married right away and well - I don't think that's me. As much as Id want to run off and elope in New York right now… I want to wait. I want this to wait until you're out of high school and we're together in New York and we don't have to come back to Ohio where we aren't married. Is that - is that okay?"
Blaine smiled, reaching up to cup Kurt's cheek. "Kurt, I told you. We could wait the next ten years to get married. So long as I'm with you - it doesn't matter."
Kurt leaned forward, kissing Blaine again. They pulled back, resting their foreheads against each other.
"I - I have to tell my dad," said Kurt in a shocked whisper.
"Well - it's the Christmas season," said Blaine nervously. "He won't kill me right away, right?" Kurt laughed and shook his head. "He wouldn't. I think."


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I also think Schramm hit on the idea of progression. The hard modes are the built in progression of a raid. Instead of several areas of progression that are instanced seperately, you now have another tier of progression built into the game. It doens't hurt to try the hard modes after a few weeks of learning strats and downing bosses.
The responsibility falls to the raid leader. If your raid isn't even coming close on a couple tries, then maybe you need to go back to the basic kill and try the attempt next week when everyone's gear has improved with a drop or 2.


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FALL ARTS Fall may no long bring with it the nervous anticipation of entering a new classroom, clutching a shiny lunch box to your chest. But for those of us hooked on live performance, September brings its own thrills, as theaters, studios, and lofts reopen their doors. If dance happens to be your particular bag, you can't do much better than the here and now. Few other places in the country can beat the Bay Area for the sheer variety with which nude, slippered, and high-heeled feet take the stage.
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CounterPULSE's Performing Diaspora explores the state (and states) of ethnic dance in the Bay Area
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ODC/Dance's 2013 "Summer Sampler" was a smash. The theater was completely packed, and it looked like the entire staff was present to greet audience members on the way to their seats, glasses in hand without spilling a drop. You couldn't even get mad at latecomers, because theater director Christy Bolingbroke accomodated them so graciously. This was a party before the first performer even set foot on the Marley floor.
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DANCE Though only in its third incarnation, Amy Seiwert's wide-open "Sketch" has become a hit. The idea behind this annual summer project is to give acclaimed choreographers a chance to tread unfamiliar territory. One of the drawbacks of having a sizable repertoire to your credit is that you develop a comfort zone. You know what's worked for you in the past, but the world is not nearly as wide open as it used to be.Read more »
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McHenry County Fairgrounds
Site of Annual County Fair and other events.
CITY: Woodstock
Oney's Tree Farm
Enjoy a horse-drawn carriage ride to find your perfect Christmas tree and browse the gift shop.
CITY: Woodstock
Deer Run Golf Center
This golf center features a driving range, chipping green, putting green and adventure golf.
CITY: Woodstock
Craig Woods Golf Course
Take a swing at this challenging par 34, scenic nine-hole course.
CITY: Woodstock
Crystal Woods Golf Club
This beautiful par 72, 18-hole golf course in a scenic rural setting features a driving range and banquet facility.
CITY: Woodstock
Red Barn Market
It's spring and we are open 8 to 6 everyday. We now have a great selection of vegetable plants, herbs, annuals, perennials, and hanging baskets. New plans are coming in every week. As always there is pottery, outdoor furniture, and fountains. Also, we have fresh asparagus direct from or farm. Come today and check us out!
CITY: Woodstock
Loyola University Retreat & Ecology Center
Welcome to 100 acres of prairies, savannas, woodlands, wetlands, and ponds- otherwise known as Loyola University Chicago's Retreat and Ecology Campus. Located in beautiful Woodstock, Ill., our retreat facility welcomes guests to visit our ecologically friendly campus and experience the great outdoors through a multitude of interactive team building activities. The Retreat and Ecology Campus provides a serene setting for overnight conferences, retreats, workshops, classes, and special events, while allowing individuals to connect intellectually, spiritually, and through nature.
CITY: Woodstock
All Seasons Apple Orchard
Take a wagon ride to the orchard where you will be surrounded by thousands of apples trees and 12 varieties of apples and pears. Enjoy seasonal activities like pumpkin picking and the corn maze. There is also a cow train, goat bridge, corn crib, giant swings, a spider web, jumping pillow and a petting zoo. The weekends even have pig races and a magic show for the kids. Take your whole family down for some apple picking and make sure to stick around for the many other activities.
CITY: Woodstock
Randall Oaks Golf Course
With undulating and quick greens, the course's front nine rolls and winds through 200-year old oak trees, while the back side is longer, with more water and strong winds.
CITY: West Dundee
Honey Hill Orchard - Waterman
Honey Hill Orchard is a family-owned and operated orchard that was started as a hobby by Hawken Askelson in 1965. Today, the original orchard location has 2,100 apple trees, with an additional 500 trees at a second farm location. What started out as a simple farm stand has grown to include pick your own apples, raspberries and pumpkins, honey from Honey Hill's own bee hives, a bakery, the Apple Barn Country Store and some old-fashioned family activities. In addition to providing customers with quality products, Honey Hill Orchard gives families a chance to spend a relaxing time on the farm and create some great family memories and traditions.
CITY: Waterman
Chicago Northwest KOA Campground
Tent, vehicle, and cabin sites. Game room, pavilion, playground, and laundry facilities.
CITY: Union
Paddock Hills Equestrian Center
Imagine a golden ball of Midwestern sun breaking on the horizon. As the night dew still clings to the vines and the grass in the pastures, a farm comes to life with the sights and sounds of morning. Hot coffee steeps in the pot. Hard-working farm-hands begin the daily chores. Horses whinny as the cool rush of morning air fills their lungs. The gently rolling hills are aglow with another new day. This is the beauty of horses and the magic of a vineyard. Paddock Hills Equestrian Center is located with Prairie Orchard Farm vineyard in the majestic countryside of Union, IL, and is minutes from the I-90 expressway, but miles away from the hustle and bustle of the city and suburbs. Whether, attending one of our many horse shows, riding lessons, clinics, or programs, we are sure that your time with us will be well spent.
CITY: Union
Prairie Sky Orchard
Our small family-run business is celebrating over 20 years of bringing your family the delights of the autumn harvest. Apple picking is a great way to spend a crisp autumn day with friends and family. We planted our first 100 apple trees in 1996. Since then we have planted an additional 1900 trees.
CITY: Union
Sycamore Family Sports Center
Enjoy family fun at the Sports Center with a golf driving range, an 18-hole mini golf course, six batting cages from Little League to professional, go-karts and soccer kicking cages.
CITY: Sycamore
Sycamore Golf Club
This par 71, 18-hole golf club offers watered bent grass fairways, a putting green, swimming pool, tennis courts and horse shoes.
CITY: Sycamore
Great Western Trail
This 17-mile trail replaces the abandoned main line of the Chicago Great Western Railroad. It is a flat easy ride connecting the communities of St. Charles and Sycamore.
CITY: St. Charles
River View Miniature Golf Course
Most challenging course in the Fox Valley Area! Naturally landscaped greens - multiple obstacles - sand traps - waterfall and babbling brook - windmill - lighthouse - bridges. Daily specials & discounts. Scenic views along the Fox River.
CITY: St. Charles
Fox River Trail
32 miles of biking, hiking and cross-country skiing featuring some of the most scenic trails of the Fox River. Points of interest include Carpenters Dam, Fox River Shores, Tyler Creek, Voyageur Landing, Shoemaker Nature Center and Fabyan Forest Preserve.
CITY: St. Charles
Pottawatomie Park Golf
This nine-hole course was designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr.
CITY: St. Charles
Ferson Creek Park
Beautiful park along the Fox River & Ferson Creek offers picnic sites, shelter, playground, fishing and and canoe launch.
CITY: St. Charles
Pheasant Run Resort
With 473 luxurious guest rooms, two championship golf courses, a renowned spa, award-winning dining and entertainment, three pools and extensive meeting and conference facilities, Pheasant Run hotel in St Charles IL is the perfect setting. And, while you're getting that special spa treatment or enjoying a romantic dinner or play, your children can have a great time in our Kid's Klub. This special program offers supervised activities for children ages 3 to 11 years. Activities include playing games, watching movies, and making crafts to take home. Plus, every Saturday you can visit the craft corner where Mom and Dad can join in on the fun and make some seasonal themed crafts with their kids. Board games are also available for check-out through the Activity Desk.
CITY: St. Charles
Canoe & Pedal Boat Rentals: Pottawatomie Park
Enjoy the scenery from the waters of the Fox River! Rentals Mid-May through Mid-August. All rentals launch from the River View Miniature Golf Complex within Pottawatomie Park. Deposit required. Children age 15 and younger must be accompanied by an adult (age 18+). All rentals are subject to safe river & weather conditions. Sorry, no boat rentals on July 4th.
CITY: St. Charles
East Side Sports Complex
A public park with lighted softball/baseball fields, basketball courts, playground, skateboard park, volleyball courts, tennis courts, dog park, fishing pond with a pier, shelter, walking trail, restroom.
CITY: St. Charles
Mt. St. Mary Park
Riverside park offering paved bike trails, fishing, picnic areas, shelter & tennis courts, outdoor arboretum, skateboard park, playground, canoe launch, picturesque pond and waterfall. Located on the Fox River Trail.
CITY: St. Charles
Pottawatomie Park
Historic park offers swimming pools, picnic areas, shelters, playgrounds, sand volleyball court, seasonal canoe and pedal boat rentals. Nine-hole golf course, 18 hole miniature golf course. Multi-use community center, paddlewheel riverboat cruises, tennis courts, native plant demonstration garden, paved bike trails, fishing. Located only the Fox River Trail.
CITY: St. Charles
Splash Park at Campton Hills Park
The splash park has many interactive water play features for children of all ages to enjoy. Some features include spray columns, spray loops, dumping buckets, spray cannons, bubblers, geysers and water wheels. These water features are constructed on top of a safety surface. The facility has a sand play area with water and sand play toys. This facility also has deck chairs and shade structures.
CITY: St. Charles
Primrose Farm Park
Park has ball fields, sand volleyball courts, basketball courts, tennis courts, soccer goal posts, playground, benches & picnic tables, parking lot, pavilion and restrooms. A great family and group park.
CITY: St. Charles
Kane County Fairgrounds
Open area with both indoor buildings and outdoor displays. Special events are held here nearly every weekend, including the famous Kane County Flea Market.
CITY: St. Charles
Great Western Trail
The western-most, and older, section of the Great Western Trail is located between St. Charles in Kane County and eastern Sycamore in DeKalb County. This section of right-of-way was abandoned in 1977. The 18-mile (20km) crushed-stone path traverses unincorporated rural townships, natural wetlands, some restored prairie and farmland. The trail also passes through Virgil and Lily Lake and parallels Illinois Route 64,
CITY: St. Charles
St. Charles Paddlewheel River Boats
Cruise the scenic Fox River from Pottawatomie Park in St. Charles on the Fox River Queen or the St. Charles Belle paddlewheel riverboats. Daily afternoon sightseeing trips or private charter cruises May 1-October 15.
CITY: St. Charles
Norton Farm
Open May through October, the farm offers home-grown produce and fruits, flowers and bedding plants, and a petting zoo. Visit Norton Hollow October 1-31 for free hayrides, a straw maze and a corn tunnel.
CITY: St. Charles
Kane County Flea Market
Browse the wares of hundreds of dealers at the Kane County Flea Market in St. Charles, held the first weekend of each month (rain or shine) at the Kane County Fairgrounds.
CITY: St. Charles
Primrose Farm
This 1930s living history farm features a farmhouse, barns, livestock, farm discovery trails, fruit orchard, garden plots and a picnic pavilion.
CITY: St. Charles
Fox River Canoe & Kayak
This is self guided river trips with canoe or kayak. The St. Charles trip takes about 2 1/2 hours.
CITY: St. Charles
Creek Bend Nature Center
Creek Bend Nature Center features interpretive displays and hands-on exhibits. All the exhibits you loved at Tekakwitha Woods have been relocated here, including Prairie Ecology, with the bison and biodiversity components, and the ever-popular Clams-Eye View of the Fox River. There are separate rooms for classes and a lab. There's something for any nature lover at Creek Bend Nature Center, from bird watching to guided nature hikes, nature programs and self-guided activities.
CITY: St. Charles
Hickory Knolls Discovery Center
A destination unlike any other features Fox Valley's natural treasures. Indoor turtle pond, wetland exhibit, live animal displays. Great for birthday parties or facility rentals.
CITY: St. Charles
Otter Cove Aquatic Park
Splash park features interactive children's water play area with safety surface.Lazy River, tube and body slides, lap pool, zero-depth entry pool, toddler pool, diving boards, concessions, sand play area.
CITY: St. Charles
Shabbona Lake State Park
Shabbona Lake State Park has 1,550 acres of rolling prairie and features a 318 acre man-made fishing lake. Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area provides a convenient, natural haven from the hustle and bustle of daily life. With facilities for picnicking, camping, hiking, fishing, hunting and winter sports, Shabbona Lake is a convenient and comfortable retreat where you can refresh and reinvigorate yourself in a rare, unspoiled environment.
CITY: Shabbona
Rockford Park District
Explore endless recreational opportunities, including some of the finest, most affordable golf courses in the nation, ice skating, hiking/biking paths and much more.
CITY: Rockford
CoCo Key Water Resort - Rockford
CoCo Key, one of Illinois' largest indoor water parks, is Rockford's home for any-weather family water park fun. Attached to the Best Western Clock Tower Resort and Conference Center, CoCo Key Water Resort makes for a perfect tropical family getaway. Explore over 60,000 square feet of indoor water park fun with three giant waterslides, Coconut Grove Adventure River, Parrot's Perch interactive Play Island, indoor/outdoor spa, kiddie pool with zero depth entry, 10,000 square foot Key Quest Arcade, private cabanas, birthday party rooms, and more
CITY: Rockford
Anderson Japanese Gardens
Anderson Japanese Gardens has been named one of the highest quality Japanese gardens in North America by Sukiya Living Magazine since 2004. Inspired by calm and tranquility, this 12 acre award winning landscape is comprised of koi-filled ponds, winding paths, gentle streams, cascading waterfalls, raked gravel gardens, beautifully trained pines, and more. Master craftsmanship and 16th century traditional architecture is found throughout the garden.
CITY: Rockford
Forest City Queen Riverboat
The Forest City Queen gives you an up close and personal glimpse of some of the most stately homes gracing the banks of the Rock River. You will hear about Rockford's humble beginnings on the Rock River and its continuing influence today. A variety of cruise options are available, from hourly narration tours, private rentals, family-style picnics, Ski Broncs performances, to elegant dining.
CITY: Rockford
Trolley Car #36
Trolley Car #36 is a turn-of-the-century, open-air trolley, the kind your grandparents might have taken to work, except you don't have to go to work. Board the Trolley at the Trolley Station in Riverview Park (on Thursdays, board at Nicholas Conservatory), ride along Madison Street beside the scenic Rock River Recreation Path, stop for a brief visit to the Eclipse Lagoon and Gardens, travel to the Symbol, then turn around and return to the Trolley Station. Trolley Car #36 is wheelchair accessible; however, the trolley is limited to 2 wheelchairs per ride.
CITY: Rockford
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden is a 155-acre living museum filled with spectacular gardens and rare trees. There's beauty in every season from fragrant magnolia trees in spring and a butterfly garden in summer to the brilliant colors of fall and snow-capped evergreens in winter, when trails are cleared for walkers, cross-country skiers and snowshoeing. A 1.8 mile, handicapped-accessible paved path winds through the arboretum plus many secondary, chipped trails. Kids will have fun navigating the maze in the Children's Garden. Klehm is dog-friendly and any leashed dog is welcome. Filled with four season beauty, Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden is waiting for you to explore.
CITY: Rockford
Midway Village Museum
The museum campus consists of a Victorian village with 26 historical buildings filled with artifacts of the era as well as several beautiful 19th century gardens that depict life in northern Illinois from 1890 to 1910. Interpreters in authentic period dress are available seasonally for guided tours. The main museum building holds large group meeting rooms and exhibit space with a number of permanent exhibits reflecting Rockford's history and culture. Special events throughout the year include a World War II re-enatment, Sock Monkey and Scarecrow Harvest Festivals, and more. Free recreational path located on property.
CITY: Rockford
Winnebago County Forest Preserve District
There are 41 individual forest preserves for the purpose of protecting the natural beauty of Winnebago County, as well as for education and recreation. The forest preserves provide over 9,700 acres of property for the use and enjoyment of the general public. Lush woods, picturesque streams, dramatic cliffs and dells, unspoiled prairies and native wildlife are treasures to be enjoyed by residents and visitors of all ages. Hiking, camping, canoeing, picnicking, fishing, bird watching and cross-country skiing are recreational activities available at sites throughout the county.
CITY: Rockford
Lockwood Park Trailside Equestrian Centre and Children's Farm
Forty acres of woods and meadows for riders eight years old and up; trail rides--excellent for first-time or occasional riders--offered on weekends. Also in Lockwood Park: pony ring, wagon rides, hayrides, petting farm and riding lessons. Special season opening activities in the spring and Halloween hayrides in the fall. Call for hours, rates and group outing opportunities.
CITY: Rockford
Curran's Orchard
If you prefer apples raised without a lot of chemicals, Curran's Orchard is the place to find them. More than a dozen varieties, pre-picked or you-pick: Gala, McIntosh, Cortland, Jonathan, Empire, Yellow Delicious, Red Delicious, Jonagold, Northern Spy, Blushing Gold, Rome Beauty, HoneyCrisp and Granny Smith. Apple pies, awesome apple donuts, fresh-pressed award-winning apple cider (state and national awards), raspberries, pumpkins, apple butter, real maple syrup. Also featured: a glass-sided beehive, petting corral, autumn crafts, apple slingshot, corn tunnel, straw tunnel and straw bale pyramid. Hay rides on weekends.
CITY: Rockford
Aldeen Golf Club & Practice Centre
Considered a "must play" course in the Midwest, Aldeen has an impressive list of accolades, including being voted best municipal course in Illinois by Golf Digest, and ranking number 38 in Golf Magazine's Thrifty 50 list.
CITY: Rockford
Elliot Golf Course
Located on Rockford's far east side, Elliot is an 18-hole course with 6,443 yards of rolling terrain, large trees and spacious greens. A smattering of water hazards and sand bunkers make Elliot a challenging course for any golfer.
CITY: Rockford
Sandy Hollow Golf Course
A popular 18-hole course on Rockford's south side, Sandy Hollow is a tree-lined fairway course with strategically placed fairway bunkers. One of the more challenging holes on the 6,228-yard course is No. 11, which requires a tee shot over a pond.
CITY: Rockford
Sinnissippi Golf Course
This nine-hole course, located in Sinnissippi Park, offers challenges for advanced golfers and novices. The 3,230-yard course is best known for its hilly layout and tree-lined fairways.
CITY: Rockford
Beattie Park
Downtown park on the banks of the Rock River. Site of several Native American "Effigy Mounds," which have been preserved.
CITY: Rockford
Severson Dells Nature Center
Nature lovers will enjoy 369 unspoiled acres with an unusual 90% concentration of native wildflowers, a paved path and 2.5 miles of trails. The Nature Center features a butterfly garden, gift shop, aquarium and library.
CITY: Rockford
Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens
Situated along the banks of the beautiful Rock River in Sinnissippi Gardens, the Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens brings the tropics to the Midwest. The entire facility is the third largest conservatory in Illinois with a total of 22,000 square feet, and at the highest point stands 52 feet. A tropical setting includes an 11,000 square foot plant exhibition area complete with water features, seating areas, and sculptures, all in a tropical plant setting. Changing seasonal floral displays, a gift shop and special events; educational programs where children can learn the importance of plants; special workshops and lecture series for adults; the perfect place to host your event--small weddings, receptions, business meetings.
CITY: Rockford
Rochelle Country Club
Our 18-hole golf course provides a serene backdrop to many of the course's lush fairways and manicured greens. There is a practice bunker, chipping-putting greens and well-equipped pro shop. Private and group lessons available from our PGA Professional. Clubhouse restaurant serves lunch and dinner from 11am–9pm.
CITY: Rochelle
Chicagoland Skydiving Center
Jump with the best skydiving school in the United States - Chicagoland Skydiving Center now located at Koritz Field in Rochelle! Come see why more people from the Chicago area choose tandem skydiving at CSC. We service more first-time skydivers than any other skydiving center in Chicago and the Midwest. At CSC, our priority is on safety and customer service. Check out our skydive center and book your tandem parachute jump online. Chicagoland Skydiving Center in Rochelle, Illinois (formerly in Hinckley, IL) is your safest source for skydiving - period! Check out our brand new skydive aircraft and see how we maintain our safety record and reputation as the BEST!
CITY: Rochelle
Fairways Golf Course
The Fairways Golf Course is a serene 18-hole golf course designed by Perry Maxwell, ASGCA, which is open to the public and cherished by those in the Rochelle area since 1929. We are host to immaculate tree-lined fairways and an exceptional restaurant, Beacon on The Green, for lunch, dinners and banquets.
CITY: Rochelle
Golf Club at Timber Pointe
This 18-hole golf course is open to the public, and includes a practice facility and full-service clubhouse.
CITY: Poplar Grove
Edwards Orchard
Open August through November, come visit our farm this fall to share in our rustic culture and enjoy a taste of the season. Many varieties of apples to taste. Also available, in season, are raspberries, pumpkins, home-made goodies, and our famous apple cider donuts. Take a horse drawn ride out to the orchard to pick your own apples too. Family tradition starts here! There's a petting zoo too.
CITY: Poplar Grove
Lils Acres
Eight acres of beautiful landscaping and flower gardens include the Life of Christ Memorial Garden, featuring life-sized sculptures tracing the life of Christ from birth to ascension.
CITY: Monroe Center
A campground nestled in Marengo.
CITY: Marengo
Marengo Ridge Golf Club
Built in 1985, this 18-hole golf course offers a clubhouse, driving range, golf lessons, pro shop and a putting green.
CITY: Marengo
Marengo Ridge - McHenry County Conservation District
The major glacial feature at Marengo Ridge Conservation area is the Marengo Ridge, from which the site derives its name. Left by the retreating Wisconsin glacier, the Marengo Ridge moraine is 40 miles long and 3 miles wide, creating one of the steepest vertical moraines in Illinois, at 1,050 feet above sea level. This rugged, fire-protected topography supported wooded communities dominated by oak species. Site features hiking trails, campground, picnic shelters, scenic views, x-country skiing, and fishing.
CITY: Marengo
Coral Woods - McHenry County Conservation District
This sugar maple forest provides the sweet sap necessary for annual maple sugar programs, and is also known for its magnificent display of spring wildflowers. Activities include hiking, x-country skiing, picnic shelters and scenic views.
CITY: Marengo
Kuipers Family Farm
Kuipers Family Farm is a 230 acre entertainment farm. U-Pick Apple Orchard September thru October. Orchard Store is open thru Mid December offering apples, pasteurized apple cider, our famous cider donuts, home baked pies, cream & butter fudge & country gifts and goodies. Have we grown a challenge for you at The Amazing Maize Maze open weekends only thru October. U-Pick Pumpkin Farm Mid September thru October features Scarecrow Acres where customers can enjoy hay wagon and pony rides, the Haunted Forest, a petting corral and much more down-on-the-farm fun! U-Cut or precut Christmas Trees Nov. thru Mid Dec.
CITY: Maple Park
Jonamac Orchard and Corn Maze
Bring your family out to our 65 acre site for a day of fall fun this harvest season! Open from August 31st through November, enjoy the horse drawn hay rides, 10 acre corn maze (Beginning Labor Day Weekend), kid's activity area with a barn, bale pile, tractor cab and more. Pick your own apples from any of our nearly 5,000 trees (Begins late August). Stop in our store and visit the bakery for apple donuts, pies, caramel apples and fresh baked bread, and fudge. Pony rides and a petting zoo will be available in the beginning of September. Apples: Akane, Mollies Delicious, Jonamac, Jonagold, Crispin, Empire, Stabrite, Braeburn, Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, Granny Smith, Red and Golden Delicious, Ginger Gold, Cortland, Blushing Gold, Fuji, Haralson, Red Free, Prima, Gala, Spartan, Melrose, Rome, Cameo, Tsugaru, Gold Rush. Jonamac Orchard is your family's fall tradition.
CITY: Malta
Lincoln Highway Seedling Mile and Interpretive Gazebo
Malta is home to the "first seedling mile" on the Lincoln Highway. As one of the 16 Interpretive Gazebos located along the Lincoln Highway, the Malta gazebo offers a unique way for visitors to enjoy stories of the early Lincoln Highway and its Illinois communities.
CITY: Malta
Lincoln Highway Interpretive Mural -- Malta
The Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition has produced Interpretive Murals along the Illinois Lincoln Highway National Scenic Byway and its corridor in northern Illinois. The Malta mural depicts the history, heritage, and events of the highway and its impact in Malta and on the communities in Illinois.
CITY: Malta
Volcano Falls Adventure Park
Play miniature golf on the ground-shaking Volcano Course under the shadow of a three-story erupting volcano or take it easy on the nine-hole Palm Course. Sharpen your sports skills in batting cages and the area's only soccer cages; enjoy "combat" with your friends in the Laser Zone; and race around the Go-Kart track.
CITY: Loves Park
Rockford Speedway
See top-name NASCAR racing on a quarter-mile, high-banked track. From Kid's nights to monster trucks, fireworks, fantastic NASCAR racing action, you will enjoy an exciting night of affordable family fun at Rockford Speedway.
CITY: Loves Park
Rockford Ski Broncs Water Ski Show
This world-class water ski team gives free shows from early June until Labor Day at Shorewood Park.
CITY: Loves Park
Sportscore Two/Indoor Sports Center
124-acre sports complex at I-90/Riverside Blvd. intersection. Includes Wedgbury Stadium, Indoor Sports Center and outdoor sports fields for soccer, rugby, football, volleyball, basketball, in-line hockey, badminton and adapted and wheelchair sports.
CITY: Loves Park
Keeling-Puri Peace Plaza
This 2.5-acre park is dedicated to promoting peace and celebrating diversity. The plaza is located at the head of Rockford's 20-mile Perryville Path network of bicycle and recreational trails.
CITY: Loves Park
Carlson Ice Arena and Sapora Playworld
Located near the I-90 tollway at Riverside Boulevard and Perryville Road, the Carlson Ice Arena features a 200 x 85 feet ice rink with seating for 600 spectators. This facility is also home to the Sapora Playworld, a three-level soft play structure designed for children ages 5-12 and a Tiny Tots Playspace designed for children 4 and under. For fun, family-friendly-priced recreation, Rockford Park District's Sapora Playworld at Carlson Ice Arena offers discounted rates weekly on "Half-Price Tuesdays and Thursdays" at the three-level indoor soft play structure for ages 5-12.
CITY: Loves Park
Rock Cut State Park
With over 3,000 acres of rolling plains and two lakes, Rock Cut State Park is a hiker's paradise. It's also home to some of the best mountain biking in northeastern Illinois, offering 10 miles of dirt and sand terrain, doubletrack and singletrack trails. One of the loops is 4.25-miles, the Main Trail, which runs around Pierce Lake. Another loop snakes around the northeast corner of the park and leads through dense trees and hills.
CITY: Loves Park
Walcamp Outdoor Ministries Family Campground
Walcamp Outdoor Ministries Family Camp would like to invite you and your family to come camping with us! Can host family reunions, company or church picnics, and many themed weekends! Situated on 177 acres of woods, fields, streams and ponds!
CITY: Kingston
Bowl - Hi Lanes
Enjoy bowling as well as karaoke every Friday and Saturday.
CITY: Huntley
Pinecrest Golf Course
This course includes a restaurant and pro shop, and hosts the McHenry Senior Amateur (a Pinecrest special event).
CITY: Huntley
Whisper Creek Golf Course
This beautiful course is set on 240 acres rich in bluegrass, protected wetland environments, and even magnificent rock formations with casading waterfalls.
CITY: Huntley
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
Apple Orchard
CITY: Harvard
Royal Oak Farm Fruit Orchard
Enjoy 22 varieties of pick-your-own and pre-picked apples from August through October, breakfast or lunch in the Country Restaurant, a miniature train ride, carousel, petting zoo, gift shop and bakery, and seasonal events that include Applefest and Pumpkinfest.
CITY: Harvard
Brook Farm
Brook Farm is your stop for local produce this season. We grow a wide variety of fresh vegetables, popcorn kernels and produce delicious flavored popcorn products.
CITY: Harvard
Country Lanes
Good old-fashioned family fun.
CITY: Hampshire
Oak Club Genoa
This picturesque, 18-hole watered course winds through wooded and lowland areas along the meandering Kishwaukee River. Oak Club is rated among the region's top 20 courses by Chicagoland Golf.
CITY: Genoa
Lincoln Highway Interpretive Mural - Genoa
The Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition has produced many Interpretive Murals along the Illinois Lincoln Highway National Scenic Byway and its corridor in northern Illinois. The Genoa mural depicts the history, heritage, and events of the highway and its impact on Genoa and the other communities along the Illinois route.
CITY: Genoa
Natural Resource Center
The Natural Resource Center is located at Russell Preserve, and is open to the public on weekends. The Center offers a great stop for exploration and live animal viewing for all members of the family. The Center can be reserved by school groups and other organizations for outdoor educational field trips. While there, take a walk through Russell Preserve, beneath mature oaks and hickories, surrounded by woodland wildflowers. In the winter, Russell Preserve is a great place for tobogganning.
CITY: Genoa
Fox Valley Ice Arena & Fitness Club
Year-round sports complex with 3 ice surfaces, full-service pro shop, full-service fitness club, and on-site restaurant. Also home of The Chicago Freeze Junior A Hockey Team.
CITY: Geneva
Settler's Hill Golf Course
This unique 18-hole course was built on the site of the old County Farm and Home; the dairy barn has been remodeled and is now used as a clubhouse. The course is 6,449 yards, par 72.
CITY: Geneva
Mill Creek Golf Club
This 18-hole championship golf course, featuring wildflowers and elevated tees, offers spectacular views of the Fox Valley region.
CITY: Geneva
Galena Cellars Vineyard & Winery
You're in good company. Experience the charm of Galena in suburban Geneva. The newest addition to the Galena Cellars Family, the Geneva Wine Tasting Room & Gift Shop hosts a beautiful oak bar in a light, airy setting. In the warmer months, enjoy live music with wine and cheese on the outdoor patio. Sit. Swirl. Sip & Savor. Relax on our beautiful Wine Patio after shopping Geneva's historic district.
CITY: Geneva
Fabyan Japanese Garden
A tranquil oasis where history melds with nature and design. This historic garden affords the opportunity to experience the uniqueness of Japanese gardening and enjoy a moment of harmony with nature.
CITY: Geneva
Schmidt's Canoeing Service
Camping, trips, outfitting and instructions.
CITY: Elgin
Wing Park Golf Course
Accessible and perfect for a quick nine, Wing Park's greens are small and hard to hit. The course is a manageable length for beginners and seniors.
CITY: Elgin
Spartan Meadows Golf Club
This course is a challenge for all levels, with competitive rates and a friendly staff.
CITY: Elgin
Rolling Knolls Country Club
This 18-hole course is tree-lined, with 10 water holes.
CITY: Elgin


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