Skies were overcast Saturday, but the wind conditions were perfect as hundreds of people gathered on the vast lawns of Homer Glen’s Heritage Park for the village’s annual kite festival. Families ...

The 75-year-old Zhang Xiaodong, an inheritor of the kite-making technique, is also ready to appear with his kites at the festival for the 42nd time. On Zhang's workshop table lies a notebook, in which ...

The 74-year-old Abdul Rauf’s butterfly and batman train kites, Team Mangalore’s Kathakali, and Cat Kite team’s inflatable kites on cats and other animals will be among the kites that will soar during ...