The first Standdown event took place in 1988 in San Diego, CA. The Standdowns have since spread across the country, including Chicago, where two events are held every year.
Creative minds from around the country send in work to College of Lake County every year to be published in Willow Review, a nonprofit journal published once a year.
Creative minds from around the country send in work to College of Lake County (CLC) every year to be published in Willow Review, a non-profit journal published once a year.
As one of the busiest times of the year, there s no shortage of entertaining events happening across the suburbs, from Christmas at Cantigny to WinterFest to Brookfield Zoo s Holiday Magic to Jane Lynch s "A Swingin Little Christmas" and more.