New owners, same barbershop atmosphere
Ravinia Barber Shop at 584 Roger Williams Ave. in Highland Park is under new management with familiar faces. Tanya Zayats, who for 15 years cut hair alongside recently-retired former owner...
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Brooksday to honor Gwendolyn Brooks June 7
We sometimes take our cultural treasures for granted. We pay lip service to their honors and accolades but let their actual work languish unexamined or unexplored. Brooksday, an annual celebration...
Retiring rabbi personalized the Torah
Senior Rabbi Steven Mason is stepping down after leading North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe for 18 years, and while he'll enjoy the retirement party feting him, he's not going...
Church program promotes healing after divorce
When Sondra Mount got a divorce after being married for nearly 25 years, she formed an informal single parent support group at North Suburban Church in Deerfield, where she is...
Printers Row Lit Fest preview: Good Eating Stage
At Printer's Row Lit Fest, the Good Eating Stage is a celebration of food culture featuring a full menu of local and national chefs and food and drink artisans. The...
St. James begins countdown of final days
The weekend's Big Plant Sale celebrates the deep roots – 90 years strong – of St. James School in Highwood, but the annual event is under the shadow this year...
Evanston goes big for first literary festival
The first annual Evanston Literary Festival, to be held May 11-18, is one of those, "How come no one thought of this sooner?" ideas. The free series of author appearances,...
Newly bereaved offered comfort
A 90-minute. workshop on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Lakeside Congregation, 1221 Lake Cook Rd., Highland Park, will offer community and comfort for those who have lost a loved one...
Joan Kramer on ‘In the Company of Legends’
When documentary filmmaker Joan Kramer was growing up in Rogers Park, she didn't realize that she would one day work with many of the beloved movie stars who thrilled her...
St. James School in Highwood thanks seniors before closing
The second — and last — senior brunch next week at St. James School in Highwood will be bittersweet. The event was created in 2014 to thank parish and community...