Brenda Butler

Lake Michigan is the next-door neighbor to this 22-room mansion at 419 Sheridan Rd. in Winnetka, completed in 1930 by architect Ernest Mayo. The home, which includes a solarium and...

Bissell, 24, will play Desdemona in "Othello" at Shakespeare on the Green in Lake Forest in July and August. She attended the University of Chicago's Lab School and graduated from...

In the late 19th Century, seeking to escape the soot, smoke and congestion of Chicago's Loop, a group of business magnates traveled more than 20 miles to southwestern Cook County...

The former registered nurse is about to go national with her 17-year-old diet business, Seattle Sutton's Healthy Eating, which delivers meals from 12 Chicago locations. How did you get started?...

Neck rubs feel great, but perhaps what you need is an ear massage. AcuBead Acupressure Strips were developed by Dr. Frederick Strobl, known for his Breathe Right nasal strips, and...

Event: The Apparel Industry Board Inc.'s third annual "CHICago . . . we're RED HOT!" fashion show/fundraiser, at the Chicago Hilton and Towers. To benefit: The board's scholarships and educational...

We were right there in their living rooms every week. Like clockwork. The TV dial a welcome mat. We were never in the way but as close as we could...

CDS YOU'RE LISTENING TO: Pink's new one, "Missundaztood," Craig David's "Born to Do It," Jay-Z's "MTV Unplugged," Outkast's greatest hits, and Linkin Park's debut album, "Hybrid Theory." PERSON YOU'D MOST...

Jeff Corwin recently was in town to lecture on environmental activism at Harper College in Palatine. WHAT'S THE CLOSEST CALL YOU'VE HAD WITH AN ANIMAL? Back in 1996 or 1997,...

The architecture of this two-story, 13-room house at 1150 N. Lake Rd. in Lake Forest, designed by I.W. Colburn and built in 1960, is certainly distinctive-from its pinkish brick exterior...