Local sidewalk sales are a great way to get to know the nonprofit organizations in your community, and learn how you can get involved. It might even be as simple as adopting a pet, or donating your spare change. If you didn’t get a chance to walk the sidewalk sale in Glenview this past weekend, […]
Like the glittering jewels she’s known for wearing, the glamorous Sherrill Bodine is a writer with many facets. Her 17 novels are filled with romance and thrilling twists, so it comes as no surprise that Sherrill herself has had some drama in her life. She grew up in her grandparents’ house in Lafayette, Ind., caring […]
Jenniffer Weigel just wanted to have a chat with her dad, sportscaster Tim Weigel. Only problem: He had died six months earlier. But that didn’t stop her from getting in touch with him. The Emmy-Award-winning CBS broadcaster headed to Chicago-based intuitive Therese Rowley, who recounted an entire conversation that happened between Weigel and her father […]
The Justin Wynn Fund, which has been making a difference in the lives of Evanston and Skokie kids for 23 years through its youth leadership program, was awarded a grant of more than $40,000 from the Woman’s Club of Evanston recently. Named after Justin Wynn, who drowned at the age of 9 when he was […]
If Annette Turow seems somewhat reserved in person, it might be because her emotions spill onto the canvas in her mixed-media art. Layering acrylic paint, oils, pastels, sand, pigments and oil sticks with nostalgic collage pieces such as old paper dolls and dress patterns, the rich texture of her pieces takes the viewer back in […]
You’ve seen the haunting pictures of oil covered birds and heard the tales of damage to fragile wetlands. Now you can help with the cleanup of the tragic BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico with out leaving the northern suburbs. The Northfield-based North Shore Senior Center is collecting specific materials from that are […]
John Reilly looks the part of an artistic, intellectual Parisian for cause.
She couldn’t have timed it better. Just as “Sex and the City 2” hit the screens, North Shore author Jackie Pilossoph’s first book, “Hook, Line and Sink Him,” hit bookstores. We recently caught up with Pilossoph to find out how this Chicagoan-turned–North-Shore-resident survived commitment-phobic men in the city and lived to write about it: I […]
On Sunday, Alan Brint of Highland Park will swim a half mile in the rough waters of Lake Geneva, ride his bike across 12.5 miles of winding country roads, and run 3.1 miles through the rolling forest preserve trails. His older brother, Zack, 15, will be Alan’s sighted guide. The pair will complete their first […]
When words can’t describe the pain or fear, try painting a picture. Art therapy helps patients and victims of all ages show their true feelings. “Art therapy is based on the premise that we think in images, although most communication is in words,” says Dr. Harriet Wadeson, head of the Art Therapy Certificate Program at […]
