Summer sounds: A guide to 2017 outdoor concerts
The hills (and the village greens and the main streets and the parks) are alive this summer with the sounds of music for all ages and in all genres. Keep this guide to outdoor concerts in your area so...
View ArticleBatter up for some crafty fun
Score a homerun with these kid-friendly craft projects that celebrate America's pastime.Home Plate Door SignWelcome guests "home" with this sign that also pays tribute to your favorite sport. It comes...
View ArticleReady, set, Ravinia: Season highlights and what's new at the festival
The Ravinia Festival's 2017 concert season begins June 10 with John Legend. At this point, so close to Opening Day, Ravinia Festival CEO Welz Kauffman feels not unlike a baseball manager anxious for...
View ArticleColumn: Five months later and warrantied builder issues still not resolved
Unfortunately, as much as I was hoping this would be a column documenting progress, alas, it is not to be. Many regular Help Squad readers are likely familiar by now with the saga of a group of...
View ArticleColumn: 4 tips for recognizing and controlling a controlling spouse
I've always been a little bit of a nervous flyer. So when I'm on a plane, it helps if the window shade stays open. For some reason, looking out the window at 35,000 feet gives me a sense of calm,...
View ArticleShout Out: Marilyn Weisberg, an oil painter from Buffalo Grove
Buffalo Grove resident Marilyn Weisberg recently welcomed dozens of visitors, who came to the Buffalo Grove Art Festival earlier this month, into her "alternate reality," she said.After spending the...
View ArticleGala raises $500,000 for CASA Lake County
Event: CASA Lake County 2017 Gala Benefiting: CASA Lake County, which advocates in court, schools and community for children who have been abused and neglected, and works to find them permanent and...
View ArticleColumn: Celebrating your late father on Father's Day
For as long as I can remember, in the days preceding Father's Day, I'd find myself in a department store shopping either for a shirt or a bottle of cologne or some other gift for my dad. The funny...
View ArticleColumn: Confirmed and proposed changes to health insurance you may not know...
I recently heard from a middle-income family with three minor children who, for the first time ever, opted to go without health insurance due to cost. I also heard from a self-employed single woman...
View ArticleMarriott's 'Bridges of Madison County' takes on love, loss and the roads not...
Growing up in tiny Sumner, Iowa , Nick Bowling felt forever the outsider."There wasn't a single out gay person in the entire town," he recalls. "Growing up as gay kid in this town of only 2,000...
View ArticleFamily fun is free during Mundelein Community Picnic
An entire day of free family fun awaits at the Mundelein Park and Recreation District's Community Picnic, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. June 17 at Diamond Lake Beach, 1016 Diamond Lake Road."Starting at 10 a.m., we...
View ArticleColumn: With First Amendment, media outlets need to put their money where...
Follow the money.The famous line from actor Hal Holbrook in the movie "All The President's Men" still bears heavy political meaning as we mark the 45th anniversary of the Watergate break-in this...
View ArticleShout Out: Tim Kanold, former superintendent of Stevenson High School
Following his career at Stevenson High School, former superintendent Tim Kanold still is focused on education, composing a book in his semi-retirement about teaching.And as the 2016-17 school year...
View ArticleBenefit raises $700,000 to support Facing History and Ourselves
The Event: To celebrate the critical impact that Facing History and Ourselves' curriculum makes on young minds, 600 guests gathered for a benefit dinner at the Hyatt Regency Chicago on April 26. FHO...
View ArticleHadassah Chicago-North Shore welcomes 300 to annual Power Lunch
Event: 'You've Come a Long Way Maybe,' Annual Hadassah Power Lunch Hosted by: Hadassah Chicago-North Shore Honoring: Gitta Fajerstein of Wilmette, a long-term volunteer Guest speaker: Writer an...
View ArticleColumn: Tracking your spouse's phone - peace of mind or lack of trust?
I'm the kind of mom who wants to know where my kids are at all times. Try not to judge me. When I was a kid, my parents were the same way. In my family, you had to call home when you got to your...
View ArticleShout Out: Jennifer Tani, new board member at Community Consolidated School...
Buffalo Grove resident Jennifer Tani has seen many changes during the past month.Earlier this month, Tani, 40, was appointed to the Community Consolidated School District 21 board in Wheeling,...
View ArticleHelp Squad: Loved one dies, nursing home not forthcoming with room and board...
As the executor of my uncle's estate, I am attempting to recover the unused portion of his nursing home room and board from Courtyard Healthcare Center in Berwyn, which required him to prepay for each...
View ArticleParty with a splash at Hidden Creek
Take the plunge with your kids at the Hidden Creek Summer Bash, 2-5 p.m. June 24 at Hidden Creek AquaPark, 1220 Fredrickson Place, Highland Park. The event, which is included with regular pool...
View ArticleColumn: Advice for couples sleeping in separate bedrooms
Maybe it's because I'm a relationship columnist (plus a true romantic at heart), but when my girlfriend told me that she and her husband recently started sleeping in separate bedrooms, I felt really,...
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