Is your approach to charitable giving more scattershot than specific? Do you wonder if the donations you make have impact? If so, you’re not alone. Experts in the philanthropic field recommend doing your research before writing a check to an organization. “Review charities using a three-legged stool approach,” says Sandra Miniutti, chief financial officer of […]
Check out one of the only Bikram Yoga studios north of Evanston. Each class is 90 minutes long in 105-degree heat, with classes scheduled all throughout the day, seven days a week. Certified instructors are there to help beginners, and the facility offers showers, relaxation areas and mat storage. bikram yoga 1926 Waukegan Rd. Glenview […]
Forget those five pounds—you promised your friend you were going to read that book, the one she recommended to you every time you see her. I recommend books to friends all the time, and now it’s my turn to listen to them. Here are some of the “must read” books I haven’t read yet. What […]
“SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody” has rolled into town and the Royal George Theatre might never be the same. Based loosely on the E L James bestselling novel, the play pokes fun at the “mommy porn” genre with song, dance, improvisation and even some audience participation (front row seats, you’ve been warned!) Written and directed […]
When you get called into the Director’s office in 1930s Russia, it probably isn’t to get good news. And from the first time the audience sees the nervous Anna, we know that she isn’t in her boss’ office to share a cup of tea and a little gossip. Yet when the Director, his only name […]
Full of comic characters enmeshed in concealed identities, secret trysts in the garden and one disastrous (fake) marriage, “Pasquale” plays out at the Civic Opera House with broad humor delivered in elegant taste. The title character is well into his 70s and wants Ernesto, his nephew and only heir, to wed a wealthy woman of […]
