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New this year to the Wilmette garden Walk was the highly-acclaimed gardens of the Bahá'í Temple, attracting visitors from all over the world since the building and gardens opened in 1953.

Wilmette Garden Walk adds Bahá’í Temple to roster of historic gardens

March 12, 2024 at 12:01 p.m.

The most beautiful gardens often tell a story, but what can a garden with its roots in the past tell us about history? The Wilmette Historical Society hopes to answer...

Hailey Whitters perform during the 7th annual Winnetka Music Festival.

Winnetka Music Fest shines in its 7th year with Evanston’s SPACE partnership

June 19, 2023 at 4:47 p.m.

Winnetka resident and Winnetka Music Festival founder Val Haller has always been interested in helping busy adults experience music, mainly by acting as a filter and tastemaker, in fulfilling her...

Family members Lauren Hammond, from left, Alejandro Hubbard, Able Simmons, Paris Demarit, and British Grace, during the third annual Skokie Community Juneteenth event, a celebration of Emancipation or Freedom Day, at Oakton Park, June 17, 2023.

Juneteenth celebrants in Skokie say it’s important to note the day’s meaning

June 19, 2023 at 1:17 p.m.

In equal measure, celebration and reflection were at the heart of this weekend's Juneteenth event in Skokie. Brian Williams, a founding member of Skokie United, said organizers were excited to...

Ensign Matthew D. Lindstrom earned a B.A. in Mathematics and a B.A. in Economics from Northwestern University and shares his NROTC Officer commissioning certificate with family members during Tuesday's ceremony.

Northwestern student celebrates Naval commission alongside graduation

June 14, 2023 at 5:43 p.m.

Amid the season of graduation and commencement ceremonies, families join with students in celebration to mark these important milestones. At Northwestern University, in addition to college graduation, the Naval Reserve...

Blake Moen, 5, and Quinn Moen 2, take a ride at the 76th annual Winnetka Community Nursery School Children's Fair.

76th Annual Winnetka Children’s Fair kicks off summer celebrations

June 13, 2023 at 1:52 p.m.

The Winnetka Children's Fair has become part of what makes summer, summer — a time-honored tradition now in its 76th year — and the largest fundraiser for the Winnetka Community...

Sunday's concert was the first of four in a community concert series in the Chicago Metropolitan area, featuring performances by Dr. William Herzog, professor of violin at Northern Kentucky University, and acclaimed Russian American violinist Aviva Chertok.

Violins of Hope holds first of four Chicagoland concerts in Wilmette

June 5, 2023 at 5:46 p.m.

Musicians have a relationship to their instrument, their audience and to the music they play. The Violins of Hope concert, hosted by Chabad of Wilmette on June 4, connected audience...

Formal remarks were followed by break-out sessions that invited brainstorming amongst residents and advocates for
innovative solutions-based strategies for addressing environmental injustice.

First Environmental Justice Awareness Day comes to Evanston

June 5, 2023 at 5:21 p.m.

Evanston Environmental Justice Coalition presented their first ever Environmental Justice Awareness Day on June 3 following the formation of a coalition to encourage residents to think about environmental justice. The...

Families take part in the 2nd annual Evanston Lantern Festival on May 30, 2023 at Arrington Lagoon at the Evanston Lakefront, held in honor of South Asian, Pacific Islander American Heritage Month and Memorial Day.

2nd Annual Lantern Festival in Evanston wraps up AAPI Heritage Month

June 1, 2023 at 5:18 p.m.

In the waning light as the sun sets over Lake Michigan, lanterns are lit and floated out into the lagoon, each lantern representing a memory of something lost. The 2nd...

Winnetka Park District's Recreation Manager Toby Ross said the Memorial Day the observance is meant to be a more somber program, a smaller parade not to match the fanfare of the Fourth of July.

Winnetka holds somber event remembering those lost this Memorial Day

May 30, 2023 at 2:34 p.m.

Under skies striped with blue and sunshine, the memory of local heroes fighting for freedom was at the center of Winnetka's quintessential small-town Memorial Day celebration. Philip Hoza, Winnetka resident...

Residents come out to the Evanston Garden Fair to buy native plants, vegetables, herbs and potted plant arrangements all grown in members' gardens.

Evanston Garden Fair brings out locals hoping to exercise their green thumbs

May 25, 2023 at 4:18 p.m.

Sometimes the greatest beauty is found right in your own backyard. The ladies of the Evanston Garden Club are sharing the best of their perennial plantings and gardening advice right...

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