Jodie Jacobs

Actor Sam Samuelson, a Deerfield native who has appeared in musicals across the United States and Japan, recently traded the Big Apple for the Windy City. Curious about moving this...

Every month, the North Shore has its own version of "Antiques Roadshow," a popular PBS series that tells people if Aunt Millie's old Chinese vase dates back to an important...

Poster girl: Conservation, not fame, is the goal of 7-year-old Maggie Breen of Bannockburn. Maggie's drawing of animals and recycling symbols won the 2nd grade division of the National Council...

The universal language: In case shoppers at Gurnee Mills were wondering about the strings of foreign flags there over the Memorial Day weekend, the banners were welcoming about 100 foreign...

More than 25,000 bibliophiles from across the United States soon will descend on a parking lot at the Old Orchard Center in Skokie for the humongous 40th Annual Brandeis Used...

Centennial madness: Things really started hopping in 1898 for Lake Forest. We know this because three quite different organizations are staging centennial celebrations this year. Ragdale, a 21-year-old nationally renowned...

Fire moves in: Those are not slimmed-down Chicago Bears strutting into the old Halas Hall on the Lake Forest College campus. Now that the Bears have hauled the last of...

Together again: Meeting in Chicago recently made sense for California Grammy-winning singer Bonnie Raitt and her brother, Minnesota surround-sound expert Steve Raitt. Bonnie was taping a show with Oprah Winfrey...

That's the spirit: Bill Sugars, co-owner of Mickey Finn's Brewery in Libertyville, believes that the wheat ale produced by the brew-pub's offshoot, Libertyville Brewing Co., has a gusto worthy of...

Oh, baby: Looks as if Beanie Babies haven't worn out their welcome. At the recent Long Grove Confectionery's annual chocolate factory open house, youngsters were at least as interested in...