For the past 25 years, North Shore children between the ages of 2 and 6 have been waking up and asking, “Is it Kid-Motion Day?” Mary Rogers and Kate Shapiro founded Kid-Motion in 1986. At that time they worked out of the Winnetka Community House as a subset of Pam Phillips Fitness. After 15 years, […]
Are you an artist? Before you jump to answer “no,” reflect on your day. Did you arrange flowers? Come up with a creative sales strategy at work? Play a game that made getting ready this morning fun for your kids? If so, Evanston resident Harvey Pranian thinks your answer should be “yes.” “You almost don’t […]
Gale Gand is royalty in the food world. She’s a successful cookbook author, Food Network personality and a rare female partner at a world-class restaurant. When President Hu of China recently came to Chicago, Mayor Daley asked Gale to cook dessert for the welcome dinner—she has the signed chef’s jacket as a souvenir. As […]
Before he became known for his barbecue sauce, Hecky Powell was the Executive Director of Neighbors at Work, a community economic development association in Evanston. But after years in social service, he felt he could do more for the community by giving local kids jobs and teaching them a trade. He bought the small restaurant […]
For Steve Schwartz, Heather Behm and Vince DiBattista, the two Ts in restaurant stand for team. Their trifecta of talents has made three restaurants successful in Evanston, and they’ve stayed on the pulse—if not one step ahead—of trends in the food world. “We have three sets of knowledge—that’s power,” Heather says. “Having a partnership is […]
The first thing John des Rosiers remembers cooking are pierogi. When he was seven, he started helping his Polish grandmother, and at Christmastime they would turn out thousands of the dumplings. By high school he had a part-time job at Gabriel’s Restaurant in Highwood. Even then, he says, “the school part meant less to me […]
Spend five minutes with Ron Bernardi and you’ll likely want to adopt him as your new favorite uncle. Ron radiates geniality, kindness and enthusiasm, all of which make him an excellent community liaison for the family-owned, community-centric company Sunset Foods. Ron loves serving the Rotary of Northbrook—where he’s been a member for 44 years, supporting […]
Here’s some North Shore trivia for you: How did Half Day Road get its name? Did you answer: Because it’s a half-day’s ride on horseback to Chicago? Bzzz, wrong. Geoffrey Baer, producer of the documentary “Chicago’s North Shore,” says almost everyone who grows up on the North Shore believes that story. But in fact, […]
The Northwestern University Dance Marathon, which took place recently at Norris University Center, raised a record $1,019,130. It’s the first time in the marathon’s 37-year history that it netted over $1 million. One of the largest student-run philanthropies in the nation, the 30-hour dance marathon benefitted The Children’s Heart Foundation (CHF) and the Evanston Community […]
On March 9th, more than 60 5th and 6th grade students from Chicago and its surrounding suburbs participated in an Anti-Bullying workshop entitled STAND UP! Youth Leadership Day at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center. The workshop included museum tours, group activities, and a presentation by a survivor of the war in Bosnia, Nadja […]
