When given a second chance in life after a serious hit-and-run car accident, Misa Art accepted an internal calling to use her creative and intuitive gifts to help in-need youth express themselves. Today, the Misa For Love Foundation provides at-risk children with a form of art therapy, facilitating emotional and physical healing through painting. Launched […]
There are enough health scares in the news today to cause anxiety in just about everyone: Ebola and enterovirus strain D68, to name just a couple. But while Ebola is still (and hopefully will remain) an unlikely epidemic, the potentially virulent D68 has set off alarms among parents and health-care providers. Enteroviruses, which are common […]
Today’s students and their families are facing soaring college costs and potentially huge amounts of student debt. The cost of college is up about 42 percent from 10 years ago, and continues to rise at more than two-and-a-half times the rate of inflation. Thankfully, aid comes in many forms. You don’t have to be an […]
Feeling like you could use some kale in your diet, but can’t quite stomach the dark green leaves? Juicing, the latest nutritional fad to sweep across the country, might be for you. Fortunately for newbie and veteran juicers alike, the North Shore is home to a slew of new juice bars: True Juice in Winnetka, […]
For students at three Chicago Public Schools, learning about the muscular skeletal system is now a welcome experience, thanks to dancers from Giordano Dance Chicago. With its inception eight years ago at Helen C. Peirce School of International Studies, the Giordano Dance Chicago’s Jazz Dance/Science & Health program teaches anatomy, nutrition and health through dance-centric […]
Any parent can imagine my horror upon discovering after a visit to my brother-in-law’s, that not only did we provide them with memories of our toddlers’ tantrums, but we also left them with another gift: head lice. Yes, I’m that mother who didn’t regularly check her children’s heads before sleepovers, travel and any of the […]
Just a couple months into the school year and my sixth-grader’s backpack was like a black abyss of crumpled papers and wrappers. I knew we had an organizational challenge on our hands. Apparently, according to experts who understand the way middle schoolers operate, my son and I weren’t alone. “The organization of material and time management are the two […]
For 93-year-old Mary Evelyn Sundlof, “movie director” wasn’t a title she would have ever assumed for herself. But that’s just how her art therapist, Caroline Edasis, refers to her as the two of them put together animated videos based on figurines that Sundlof has knit over the years. Sundlof, a resident at Mather Pavilion, a […]
Barbara Page had reached a point of despair when she decided to send her then 16-year-old daughter Jessica to the wilderness for 27 days. For Jessica, who struggled for years, those 27 days would be followed by 18 months at a therapeutic boarding school for emotionally troubled teens. “It was the hardest thing I’ve ever […]
Beyond the wrought-iron gates of Highland Park’s Ravinia Festival beckons a thriving neighborhood worthy of a day trip (and most definitely a pre-concert visit)! Ravinia’s small business district, anchored by the Ravinia Metra train station on Roger Williams Avenue, boasts a number of worthwhile restaurants, eclectic shops and beauty salons. SoShee Boutique Enjoy browsing the […]
