Quarantine Week 4: Here Are 5 Things To Keep You Sane

Why yes, that is snow out your window. It’s week four of our stay-at-home order, and cabin fever is at an all-time high with this weather. Here are five things to keep yourself busy, and sane. Virtual Cinema: Stream Indie Films at Home Lakeview’s historic Music Box Theater may be closed due to Covid-19, but […]

Introducing the 2020 Red Cross Class of Heroes: Blood Services Heroes

Patty Gonzalez and Maricela Wesby’s niece, AnaVictoria, was 13 years old when she was diagnosed with leukemia.  It took truly copious amounts of blood, donated by others, to keep her alive for the following two years. Inspired by this, Gonzalez, Wesby and their Northern Trust colleague Georgina Adan started blood drives in AnaVictoria’s memory after […]

These Bay Area Movie Theaters Are Offering Content to Stream at Home

With boredom setting in amidst shelter-in-place orders, we’re really starting to miss some of our favorite tried-and-true ways to stay entertained—like seeing a new release at your local movie theater. There’s nothing like seeing a great movie for the first time on the big screen, surrounded by an audience. The power of this experience was […]

You Said It: A Healthcare Expert and ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Alum Team Up to Create Million Masks MOVEment

A national healthcare expert based in suburban Chicago and a “Dancing with the Stars” alum have partnered with the dance industry’s ballroom dressmakers to help hospitals get the respiratory masks healthcare workers so desperately need. Lyndean Brick, President and CEO of Advis, Inc. and Tony Dovolani, former “Dancing with the Stars” dance professional and current […]

Better Chicago’s April Dog of the Month: Ellie

Meet Ellie, a therapy dog at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital and Ronald McDonald House, who lives in Lakeshore East and is polite as can be. Ellie’s mom, Emily, answered some questions we had about Ellie, and the good work she is doing. Who: Eleanor (Ellie) Roosevelt About: 5-year-old Goldendoodle Lives In: Chicago born […]

These Bay Area Organizations Need Your Help Right Now

If there is any silver living to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s that we have seen our community come together like never before. Neighbors have helped one another, healthcare heroes have been celebrated and reports of good news bring smiles to our faces during this scary time. So why not use our time and privilege to help […]

These Chicago Organizations Need Your Help Right Now

If there is any silver living to the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s that we have seen our community come together like never before. Neighbors have helped one another, healthcare heroes have been celebrated and reports of good news bring smiles to our faces during this scary time. So why not use our time and privilege to help […]