Getting sick this winter isn’t inevitable. We may not be doctors, and these suggestions are based on personal experience only, but we’ve found that warm drinks and those with certain superfoods keep our bodies in prime condition. Get your buzz on with these flu-fighting cocktails available at local restaurants. Sometimes a stiff drink is just […]
Grab your magnifying glass and put on your deerstalker because a classic whodunit has come to the North Shore. Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap,” the world’s longest-running play, begins on a snowy evening (an appropriate setting) as a couple celebrating their one-year wedding anniversary opens their guest house, Monkswell Manor. They soon realize that all of their […]
George and Ira Gershwin and Dubose Hayward’s “Porgy and Bess” is both a spectacle and a love story. It portrays a tight-knit community and a doomed couple, its focus careening back and forth between those opposite poles. Lyric Opera of Chicago brought that tale of African Americans on Catfish Row in South Carolina to pulsating […]
Take a break from your Thanksgiving preparations with these fun events. If you can believe it, it’s already time for another Christkindlmarket. Looking to shop closer to home? Don’t miss the Woman’s Club of Evanston’s Cornucopia Holiday Gift Show. You can also get in the holiday spirit with a mini road trip to see Illumination […]
What: Donate a box or a bag of groceries to low-income families at Good News Partners in Rogers Park. Where: 1600 W. Jonquil Terrace, Chicago When: Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 27, anytime between 9 a.m. and noon. How: Collect and donate Thanksgiving baskets or bags consisting of canned goods, canned meats, fruits and vegetables and drop them […]
Getting pumpkined out? Then sink your teeth into some crispy, juicy apples, the other bountiful crop of the season. The culinary possibilities for this versatile fruit range from traditional ciders and pies to apple butter on burgers. Here’s what chefs around town are doing with bushels of America’s favorite fruit. Chicago Enolo Wine Cafe With […]
On Nov. 1, celebrities like Jane Lynch, Renée Flemingand Ramsey Lewis convened in Chicago to celebrate 60 years of the Lyric Opera. But the party isn’t over. Northwestern’s Alice Millar Chapel will host the Lyric Opera Chorus on Nov. 22 for “A Wondrous Sound,” a concert filled with highlights from the company’s 60th anniversary season, […]
This weekend is all about shopping. Start checking items off of your holiday gift list (or find a little something for yourself!) at a faire and a bazaar, or find something sparkly at a local jewelry studio. Or, you can leave all of that shopping for another day and enjoy a night out with Stevie […]
A glorious trip to Hungary and the Czech Republic last fall opened my eyes and taste buds to the food of Central Europe. It’s not just pretzels, beer and knackwurst—though they are all, of course, delicious—but a world of flavors and textures, from the sweetness of root vegetables to the tang of dark sourdough breads […]
By the time Thanksgiving rolls around, expect a blizzard of holiday entertainment. But while Santa, Scrooge and George Bailey are waiting in the wings, November offers other sorts of theater: classic stories by Agatha Christie, Louisa May Alcott and Lewis Carroll, as well as a dramatic new perspective on the Virgin Mary. Lookingglass Alice Opens […]
