Music, theater and outside fun - if the rain holds off

Welcome to The Herald-News’ Will County Inside/Outside Guide. Each week, Features Editor Denise M. Baran-Unland (@Denise_Unland61) highlights a few ideas for you to enjoy your weekend in Will County.

So far, rain is forecast for later in the day Saturday - the perfect weather for catching some local music or enjoying a locally produced play.

Brad Jackson & Shades of Country will be playing at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday at Fireman Teds at Black Road and Infantry Drive in Joliet.

Also at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Struggle Jennings will be bringing his headlining Troubadour of Troubled Souls Tour to The Forge, 22 W. Cass St. in Joliet. Buy tickets at bit.ly/2RhMcWd.

Struggle Jennings (William Harness) is the grandson of country icons Jessie Colter and Waylon Jennings (his step-grandfather). He plays a fusion of hardcore rap, Southern instrumentation and “heart-on-your-sleeve writing,” according to a news release from his management company.

If you feel like heading over to Grundy County, Morris Theatre Guild’s show, “I Ought to be in Pictures,” runs May 14 to May16 and May 21 to May 23 with performances Friday and Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday at 2:30.

Synopsis: When Hollywood writer Herb Tucker is surprised by his estranged daughter Libby, life for Herb and his girlfriend, Steffy changes dramatically. Buy tickets at morristheatreguild.org for $15 each.

This Sunday, if the weather holds, visit the Frankfort Modified Country Market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1 N. White St. and Breidert Green parking lots. T

For more information and complete list of participating vendors, visit frankfortil.org.

Looking ahead:

Golf with your friends and raise money for people with disabilities

Trinity Services, Inc. is hosting its 27th Annual Tom O’Reilly Memorial Golf Classic on Thursday, May 20, at The Odyssey in Tinley Park.

The event will raise funds for people with disabilities who receive support from Trinity Services. It will be socially distanced for the safety of attendees and volunteers.

This year’s golf classic is themed “Through the Decades.” Attendees are encouraged to wear their favorite decade’s fashion.

Registration is $150 per person and includes a gift; a box lunch; a bucket of range balls; pop, beer and snacks on the course; a complimentary specialty drink and cigar on holes 5 and 16; and a virtual awards ceremony.

Can’t attend? A $1,000 cash raffle is also taking place. Raffle tickets are $5 for one or $20 for five, and the winner need not be present at the golf outing.

To purchase golf or raffle tickets, visit trinityservices.org/golf.

Walk, run or ride for foster and adoptive families

The LincolnWay Community Bank is sponsoring a 5K Walk/Run/Ride for LoveMoves.Us, an organization “dedicated to helping all foster and adoptive families flourish,” according to a news release from the bank.

The event is Friday, May 21 through Sunday, May 23. The goal is to raise $10,000.

All participants will receive a LoveMoves.Us T-shirt and prizes will be awarded. To learn more, including pledge lists and local 5K courses, visit lovemoves.us/5k.html.

Time to bike!

Warm weather and bicycling go together. With May being Bicycle Safety Month, now is a good time to review the Bicycle Rules of the Road with yourself and the children in your life.

In fact, my parents would not allow my sister and I ride our bikes in the street until our 10th birthday. But we first had to prove we understood the rules of the road and could ride our bikes safely off the sidewalk.

A news release from Illinois Secretary of State Jessie White said:

• The most serious type of injury and common cause of death for bicyclists are head injuries. Should a crash occur, bicycle helmets can reduce the risk of head and brain injury as much as 85%.

• In 2020, 28 cyclists were killed in Illinois, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT).

• Of the 846 cyclists killed nationwide in 2019, children under age 14 accounted for 5% of bicyclist fatalities, according to the most updated information from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

• In 2019, 78% of bicycle deaths occurred in urban areas, and 33% of bicycle deaths occurred in June, July and August, according to according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety,

Download a copy of the Bicycle Rules of the Road at bit.ly/33B3W1h.

Thoughts? Drop me a line at dunland@shawmedia.com.