First editions: A rare present
Never mind the Morlocks. For a book lover, the most chilling scene in the 1960 screen adaptation of "The Time Machine" is the one in which the Time Traveler is...
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First editions: A rare present
Never mind the Morlocks. For a book lover, the most chilling scene in the 1960 screen adaptation of "The Time Machine" is the one in which the Time Traveler is...
Titles, Inc. was labor of love for Florence Shay, who died in August at 90
The bookstore Titles, Inc. is scheduled to close by the end of the year after four decades in Highland Park — a labor of love for its owner, Florence Shay,...
A focus as big as all outdoors
David Plowden's second-floor office in his Winnetka home is not the sanctuary that was his now-shuttered basement darkroom. It is more prone to distractions, but that is just one of...
A focus as big as all outdoors
David Plowden's second-floor office in his Winnetka home is not the sanctuary that was his now-shuttered basement darkroom. It is more prone to distractions, but that is just one of...
Highland Park considering regulations for parking permits
Highland Park's Transportation Commission is now considering regulations for parking permits on Leonard Wood North in Fort Sheridan, an area that has seen an increase in parking congestion from visitors...
Best literary bets Humanities Festival
The literary events at the Chicago Humanities Festival are illustrative of the festival's sprawling theme, "America." A diverse array of voices, perspectives and characters will illuminate the American experience. And...
‘Book Thief’ is stealing center stage
Like the 22 books that preceded it, Markus Zusak's "The Book Thief" was chosen for the Chicago Public Library's One Book, One Chicago fall selection based on its literary merit...
‘Book Thief’ is stealing center stage
Like the 22 books that preceded it, Markus Zusak's "The Book Thief" was chosen for the Chicago Public Library's One Book, One Chicago fall selection based on its literary merit...
Some Glencoe residents want to raise chickens
Kevin Q. Harvey was preaching to the converted and the curious on a recent evening as he presented his case for Glencoe allowing backyard chickens. He had hatched the idea...