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Willowbrook's Dell Rhea Chicken Basket Cocktail Lounge at 645 Joliet Road is also featured.

Nick Freeman offers look at Chicago signage in ‘Good Old Neon’

May 9, 2019 at 5:09 p.m.

With the exception of an abandoned drive-in movie theater, there may be nothing more wistful, architecturally speaking, than a neon sign gone dark. Neon is the most alluring siren song...

Baking brings congregants together

June 16, 2018 at 3:53 a.m.

Congregation Solel's upcoming challah-baking workshop is a tantalizing example of how congregations gather outside of religious observations to build and strengthen community. In what has become something of an annual...

Highland Park kids honor retiring teacher with Paddington movie

June 16, 2018 at 3:27 a.m.

After roughly three decades of teaching at Braeside Elementary School in Highland Park, Dan LaCosse will retire after this year. Many in the school's extended family cannot bear that, and...

Kenan Heise releases autobiography

May 9, 2019 at 5:08 p.m.

A few hours before an interview to talk about his just-published autobiography, "He Writes About Us," Kenan Heise sent an email that framed the conversation. "You cannot keep a job...

Sermons at Deerfield church focus on ‘Keeping Love Alive’

June 16, 2018 at 3:42 a.m.

The Rev. Brian Roots, pastor at the Christ United Methodist Church in Deerfield, thinks it's about time to discuss sex. And love, commitment, communication and all the other myriad things...

These HOGS help those in need

June 16, 2018 at 4:33 a.m.

Those handy with hammers — or not — can team up with a group of volunteers affiliated with Christ Church in Lake Forest and help winterize some homes for the...

Parents tackle – and commiserate – on tough topics

June 16, 2018 at 8:24 p.m.

The upcoming "Jewish Parenting 101" sessions at Congregation Solel in Highland Park will tackle some challenges universal to anyone raising a child: What is good enough when it comes to...

If starting a book club or improving your current one is a goal you have for 2015, consider these tips from book discussion experts.

How to build a better book club

May 9, 2019 at 5:05 p.m.

The new year is a time when people turn the page and begin a new chapter in their lives. What better time to consider joining or starting a book club?...

Charlie's Garden, a group of kindred spirits who share their love of poetry, meet the first Sunday every month at the North Shore Unitarian Church in Deerfield.

Unitarian church in Deerfield hosts poetry gatherings

June 18, 2018 at 2:24 a.m.

Charlie's Garden is a group not large in number, but they are kindred spirits who gather the first Sunday of every month at the North Shore Unitarian Church in Deerfield...

Actor, voice artist JoBe Cerny launches audiobook line

May 9, 2019 at 5:03 p.m.

Maggie Pill, a Michigan-based mystery writer who uses a pseudonym, recently marked a first in her career: Her book "The Sleuth Sisters" was adapted for an audiobook. "I used to...

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