The Best Free or Low-Cost Online Courses to Take Right Now

As long as you are sitting at home, you might as well learn something. Brush up on your art, science, math or computer skills, or learn a new language: it’s all available through free and low-cost online courses you can take right now. Many of the free classes are through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), […]

Pawgust : Hundreds of Dogs Frolic Leash-Free for a Day

Take 21 acres of open land, add a pool, ponds and a couple hundred happy, leash-free dogs, and you have Pawgust Fest.   Pawgust is a single summer day when Libertyville resident Mitzi Heytow opens her sprawling estate for a one-of-a-kind annual fundraiser that lets dogs run free and have their day in the sun, […]