For those saving their Valentine's Day celebrations for Tuesday, Forest & Bluff has lined up a few events to pencil into your planner.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11
Venetian Masquerade
12th Annual Benefit
6 p.m.
Cuneo Mansion & Gardens, 1350 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Vernon Hills
$175 per person, and $1,750 for a table of 10
Join the Boys & Girls Club of Lake County's (BGCLC) Friends and Benefit Committee this Saturday night at the historic Cuneo Mansion & Gardens in Vernon Hills as they step back in time to the opulence of a Venetian Masquerade Ball. The evening will begin with cocktails and a tour of the magnificent turn of the century Italianate villa. Discover fine antiques, Renaissance paintings, tapestries, sculptures, silver, and porcelain. Dinner and dancing will follow with music by local favorite Maggie Speaks.
The Boys and Girls Club of Lake County supports more than 1,500 youth from Lake County who are served every day after school. Club members between the ages of 6 and 18 receive academic support, character and citizenship development and instruction on healthy lifestyles in Waukegan, North Chicago and Zion.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12
The Company Experience
12 p.m.
Lake Forest Dance Academy, 400 Hastings Rd. in Lake Forest
$50.00
Find out what it takes to be a member of Lake Forest Dance Academy's Performance Companies. “The Company Experience” includes a day with company directors so dancers can get an inside view of what company members get the chance to do each season.
—Stacy Flannery
