Feed the Hungry, Help Soldiers with Easy "Make a Difference" Activities

Here’s two easy ways to make a difference: The Buffalo Grove Area Chamber’s Community Outreach Committee offers two projects for you to help this month.  Take a look and see if you can help. Feed the Hungry–Fill the Pantry Once again the Chamber is reaching out for help.  On your next trip to the grocery […]

Your Guide to Renting in Michigan

Color yourself happy this summer with a rental in your ideal Michigan town. If you’re new to renting, where do you start? With a location, of course. We’ve picked a few prime spots within three hours of Chicago. Whether you like to spend your summer sunning, surfing, golfing or shopping – we’ve got you covered. […]

4 Wedding Cake Trends for 2011

A wedding isn’t complete without the perfect cake, but the stylish bride wants a cake just as trendsetting as she is! We asked Chicago and suburban bakeries to chime in on the latest wedding cake trends for this year: Back to butter cream Naomi Levine of Chicago’s Tipsycake notices there’s been resurgence in butter cream. […]

Happy Birthday, Dr. Suess!

Celebrate the author who created “The Cat in the Hat” and “Green Eggs and Ham” by curling up with a good book. American writer and cartoonist Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904. Better known to children ages 2 to 102 by his pen name Dr. Seuss, Geisel published 44 children’s books during […]

Apply for a Kohl's Cares Scholarship

Kohl’s seeks to honor more than 2,100 young volunteers, ages six to 18, who have made a positive impact on their communities through volunteerism. Only two weeks remain to nominate young volunteers for the Kohl’s Cares® Scholarship Program. Kids ages six to 18 who have made a positive impact on their communities can be awarded […]

Robots and Theater Mix in “Heddatron”

“Heddatron” is an imaginative romp that programs literature to interface with robots. Throw in a media cover-up, reality television and a school book report, and the output is laughable! With so much going on, this 1-and-a-half-hour, no-intermission show is a triple play well worth seeing. Using documentary-style film footage, the play chronicles the recent robot-led […]