Highland Park Art Center celebrates the opening of "The Magic Garden" public art show with Peacocks, Butterflies, Dragonflies, Mushrooms, and Ladybugs created by more than 45 chicagoland artists. Teacher at the Art Center, Rino Liberatore, paints the face of Zora Packard, age 3 of Rogers Park. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Highland Park Art Center celebrates the opening of "The Magic Garden" public art show with Peacocks, Butterflies, Dragonflies, Mushrooms, and Ladybugs created by more than 45 chicagoland artists. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Highland Park Art Center celebrates the opening of "The Magic Garden" public art show with Peacocks, Butterflies, Dragonflies, Mushrooms, and Ladybugs created by more than 45 chicagoland artists. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Artist, Kevin Lucero Less of Bloomsbury, England, poses with his dragonfly at the Highland Park Art Center's "The Magic Garden" public art show in downtown Highland Park. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Highland Park Art Center celebrates the opening of "The Magic Garden" public art show with Peacocks, Butterflies, Dragonflies, Mushrooms, and Ladybugs created by more than 45 chicagoland artists. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Artist Mary Seyfarth of Highland Park, poses with her "Modern Mushroom" at the Highland Park Art Center's, "Magic Garden" public art show in downtown Highland Park. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Artist, Karen Schuman of Riverwoods, poses with her Butterfly at "The Magic Garden" public art show in Downtown Highland Park. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Artist, Didier Nolet, originally from Paris, France, now lives in Chicago, unveiled his peacocks at "The Magic Garden" public art show in downtown Highland Park. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Artist, Peggy Shearn of Highland Park, watches as Efres Olivares sets up her butterfly at the Highland Park Art Center's "The Magic Garden" public art show in downtown highland Park. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Highland Park Art Center celebrates the opening of "The Magic Garden" public art show with Peacocks, Butterflies, Dragonflies, Mushrooms, and Ladybugs created by more than 45 chicagoland artists. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Highland Park Art Center celebrates the opening of "The Magic Garden" public art show with Peacocks, Butterflies, Dragonflies, Mushrooms, and Ladybugs created by more than 45 chicagoland artists. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Highland Park Art Center celebrates the opening of "The Magic Garden" public art show with Peacocks, Butterflies, Dragonflies, Mushrooms, and Ladybugs created by more than 45 chicagoland artists. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Catcher, Nick Berklan, age 12 plays on the newly improved Libertyville Little League AAA baseball field at Butler Lake Park in Libertyville. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

Antonio Colon-Ramos nails a triple at the newly improved Libertyville Little League AAA baseball field at Butler Lake Park in Libertyville. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

The Libertyville Little League receives major improvements to their AAA field including new sunken dugouts, back stop, PA box and other amenities. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

The Libertyville Little League receives major improvements to their AAA field including new sunken dugouts, back stop, PA box and other amenities. Liam Cooney, age 12 of Libertyville hanging out in the new dugouts. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

The Libertyville Little League receives major improvements to their AAA field including new sunken dugouts, back stop, PA box and other amenities. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

The Libertyville Little League receives major improvements to their AAA field including new sunken dugouts, back stop, PA box and other amenities. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media

The Libertyville Little League receives major improvements to their AAA field including new sunken dugouts, back stop, PA box and other amenities. | Mark Ukena~For Sun-Times Media