Fresh: A Smarter Backyard

If you have ever wanted to grow healthy foods in your backyard, here is your chance.   Smart Gardener, an online service that makes it easy to plan the perfect garden, is now introducing Smart Backyard. Smart Backyard works with you to create a one of a kind backyard garden full of your favorite food. […]

An Unforgettable Performance

The Watoto Children’s Choir is bringing inspiring song and dance to the North Shore.   Since the first choir was created in 1994, 55 Watoto Children’s Choirs have toured the world to raise awareness for the nearly 50 million orphaned children in Africa. These tours give the children, who have lost one or both parents, […]

100 Years of Service

The Junior League of Chicago (JLC) has promoted voluntarism and the potential of women in the community since it was founded 100 years ago.   When Lucy McCormick Blair Linn and twelve of her friends founded JLC in 1912, their first projects addressed the problems that women were having in the workplace. Their very first […]

Memorial Day Celebrations Around the North Shore

Enjoy the beautiful weather and celebrate our millitary heros by heading out to your town’s Memorial Day celebration.   Take your family to some of these parades and ceremonies taking place all around the North Shore this Memorial Day. Barrington Memorial Services will take place at the following places: White Cemetary on Cuba Rd. at […]

Fresh: For the Busy Mom

After a long day, creating the perfect family meal might be the last thing on your mind.   Meez Meals is taking the work out of cooking. Each week they introduce a new menu, featuring five dinner options and you pick out which meals you want. They will deliver all of the ingredients to your […]

Calling All Performers!

Do you love to sing? This is the perfect opportunity for you to get back on stage. The Wilmette Theatre is holding open auditions to cast singers for a salute to movie music from The Jazz Singer to All That Jazz. They are inviting performers between the ages of 9 and 19 and over the […]

Music Institute of Chicago

The Music Institute of Chicago has been bringing music to the North Shore for 82 years.   The month of March is Celebrating Music in our Schools Month. The Music Institute of Chicago (MIC) will be hosting several events on Saturday, March 17th, to help highlight the importance of music education for children of all […]

Designer Fashions and Delicious Food

Always on the lookout for high-end designer clothing at bargain prices? Check this event out.   The brainchild of longtime friends Brielle Buchberg and Lindsay Segal, Luxury Garage Sale is an upscale consignment service based in Chicago. They take care of everything, from helping you sort through your clothing to marketing and selling it in […]

Quick and Easy: Give Back on National Pancake Day

Celebrate National Pancake Day at IHOP and benefit Children’s Memorial Hospital.   On Tuesday February 28th, IHOP will be offering every customer a free short stack of famous buttermilk pancakes in honor of National Pancake Day. In return, guests will be asked to give a donation to Children’s Memorial Hospital. This is the seventh year […]

Style Network Stars Advice for Holiday Guests

Let’s face it, between hosting out-of-town guests and decking the halls, this time of year can be stressful.   Nina Ferrer and Michael Moeller, hosts of Style Network’s “Clean House: New York”, share some tips on how to enjoy a stress-free holiday. Create a Guest Room Finding space for visiting family members can be a […]