Almost any room is an upgrade over the Room of Boredom, but the kitchen has worked out the best for Wilmette teenager Maya Ramaswamy. When Ramaswamy and her younger sister, Anya, visited their grandmother Rajee Subramanian — who Maya calls Ammamma — in India, the siblings would spend time in Ammamma’s sitting room as she did […]
Break up your everyday routine with a dose of summer merriment this August. With a number of inaugural events and others that support local organizations, it’s never too late to start new traditions that benefit you and the community. Whether it takes you to the suburbs or the heart of the city, you are sure […]
A key ingredient in the recipe for a happy family is time spent around the dinner table. To help your family prioritize family meals, we’ve started Better Family Dinners — a series of stories and recipes shared by chefs, cookbook authors, members of the community, and their families to help you have Better Family Dinners […]
Disclaimer: Some topics relating to mental health and violence are discussed within this article — readers sensitive to those topics, please be advised. As the country reels from the bombardment of recent gun violence — that has been rapidly normalized, despite public fear, as federal regulations have been decisively cut back — the public is […]
Summer is here and the heat is on with new restaurants and other businesses throwing open their doors. From a new Serena & Lily design outpost in Winnetka to a pizza spot slinging inventive Roman pies in Oak Brook and a rooftop cinema club in Fulton Market, there are a lot of must-visits on this […]
This year will mark the 37th year that the Printers Row Lit Fest has graced the charming streets of the South Loop. Among some of the city’s best preserved historic buildings, book worms can come to bask in the greatness of the Chicago literary scene — from Saturday, Sept. 10 to Sunday, Sept. 11, 10am […]
Maddie Pardue knew that rich kids weren’t supposed to have problems. And yet, in her early 20s, she was feeling stuck. She’d grown up in the shadow of parents who cared for needy patients through international medical aid work, and a grandfather who built the family business into a huge success. After college, however, she […]
Father’s Day is approaching fast! If you are still searching for the perfect gift for your father or father figure, check out these eight great gifts that you can pick up from local shops in Chicago and the North Shore. Backyard BBQ Store BBQ Rub and Spice Backyard Bundle, $89 Help the dad in your […]
Now that the gears of summer are finally in motion, the Chicagoland area is brimming with possibilities! This month we celebrate Pride Month, Juneteenth and Father’s Day — and we’ve got festivities surrounding all of those events and more covered in our round-up of the best things to do in Chicago and the North Shore […]
Some 200,000 to 600,000 people actively live with younger-onset Alzheimer’s — a category of Alzheimer’s disease reserved for those affected under the age of 65. A “sizeable niche” of the larger Alzheimer’s community, yet one that is devastatingly overlooked and under-represented, said Tessa Garcia McEwen, AM, LCSW from The Memory Center at UChicago Medicine during […]
