Mother's Day: Fan favorites celebrate Mom
In honor of Mother's day, we've asked readers, bloggers and social media friends to share their favorite gift ideas. Paper Flower Bouquet Julie Gordon fell in love with the Bloomatini flower bouquets...
View ArticleCelebrate Cinco de Mayo Mexican style
The celebration of Cinco de Mayo starts early at Sunset Woods Park, 1801 Sunset Road, Highland Park. The Park District of Highland Park is hosting "Festeja Con Nostoros," 5-7 p.m. Friday, April...
View ArticleWriters Theatre's latest a mashup comedy of four classic American plays
Willy Loman, Blanche DuBois, Stanley Kowalski and combatants George and Martha find themselves thrown together in a New Orleans room. Toss in a Stage Manager lifted from "Our Town" and you have what...
View ArticleShout Out: Blake Sherwood, Stevenson junior and aspiring banker, venture...
Stevenson High School junior Blake Sherwood will achieve a goal this summer when the U.S. Department of State will send him and 599 other students overseas to study foreign languages in the nations...
View ArticleMother's Day covered: Books that capture what it means to be a mom
"M" is for the many books she read me.Which is why books make an ideal Mother's Day gift. "Books convey that you really care, and everyone wants to show their mothers that they really care," said Alli...
View ArticleHolocaust Museum raises record $3M at Awards Dinner
Event: 2016 Humanitarian Awards Dinner Hosted by: Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center Honoring: Harvey L. Miller of Riverwoods with the Survivor Legacy Award and Terrence A. Duffy with...
View ArticleOpen calls for 'Mario, Make Me a Model' June 13-15
"Mario, Make Me A Model 2016," sponsored by Mario Tricoci Hair Salons & Day Spas, kicks off with open model calls at 4 p.m. Monday June 13 at Mario Tricoci, 900 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago....
View ArticleShout Out: Jennifer Bott, a Forward4Tobi founder from Lincolnshire
For most people with a life-threatening disease, words such as normal and abnormal often can lose meaning.Lincolnshire resident Jennifer Bott learned that while watching her friend Tobi Klonecki, who...
View ArticleTrumpeter Rex Richardson to play piece written just for him
When asked to compose a concerto for world-renowned trumpet player Rex Richardson, James Stephenson knew just what to do. He wrote a ridiculously difficult piece that combines jazz and classical style...
View ArticleArthur Murray dance gala raises $251,000 to fight breast cancer
Website: www.amdwcc.org Event: Arthur Murray Presents: Dancing with Chicago CelebritiesCelebrating: 11 years of fighting breast cancerTop dancers: The 2016 Celebrity Superstar trophies went to...
View ArticleHelp Squad: Even in death, a person's digital footprint lives on
This column grew from a request for help I received from a reader named Angie. Angie's husband died in October, and she has struggled with the various government agencies and financial institutions...
View ArticleLove Essentially: Happy Mother's Day to all the hot moms out there
I grew up with one of those really attractive moms, the kind where you bring your boyfriend home and his jaw drops when he sees her for the first time, leaving you standing there feeling like an ugly...
View ArticlePaul Sassone: Tease abuse seems to be a rampant problem lately
Tease.The word has many meanings and implications (hubba hubba).Now, don't get all bothered.I'm talking about journalism teases.In the news business, a tease is a brief statement or question about a...
View ArticleRandy Blaser: The rise of Trump and how it happened
How in the world did he do it?In the aftermath of the Indiana primary, it is clear that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for president. How did it happen? Can someone explain the rise of...
View ArticlePuppet shows sets fairy tale characters' stories straight
Tales of characters from familiar fables are intertwined in the "Lost in Storyland Puppet Show" by The Village Puppeteers, 11 am.-noon Saturday, May 7 at Vernon Area Public Library, 300 Olde Half Day...
View ArticleWomen's Guild raises $15,000 for Lake Forest Symphony
Event: Mad Hatter Spring Luncheon Hosted by: Lake Forest Symphony Women's Guild Benefiting: Programs of the Lake Forest Symphony Special guest: Netanel Draiblate, violinist and Lake Forest Symphony...
View ArticleFerris Fest celebrates 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' 30th with tours, throwback...
When Ferris Fest creator David Blanchard started dating his now wife, he discovered she loved visiting famous movie locations as much as he did. So much so that the two of them — both major John...
View ArticleFacing History and Ourselves marks 25 years of teaching in Chicago
The Event: More than 700 guests gathered to celebrate a quarter of a century of impact that the Facing History and Ourselves curriculum has made in the lives of young people in Chicago and around the...
View ArticleEdie McClurg looks back on making 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'
Veteran comic character actress Edie McClurg ended up clicking so well with the late writer-director John Hughes that she appeared in four of his movies: "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (as ditzily cheery...
View ArticleSiddons Society honors for Brian D'Arcy James, Sutton Foster
Two of Broadway's brightest lights will be honored with Actor of the Year Awards at Northwestern University's Pick-Staiger Concert Hall on May 16.Sutton Foster's Broadway roles includes, "Thoroughly...
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