Jodie Jacobs

Neighbors hailed one another like long-forgotten friends as children and grandchildren gobbled popcorn, giggled with Santa and hung homemade decorations on the trees and bushes outside the Highwood City Hall...

If you ever wanted to know how fast you can serve a tennis ball, College Park Athletic Club in Deerfield was the place to find out last weekend. But Prince...

Condell Medical Center auxiliary`s newest offshoot, the physicians` spouses group, roared into being and hospital history 1920s style last weekend with a Gatsby-glittery, black-tie bash that brought in a record-breaking...

Some of the more than 80 guests spoke English only. Others spoke Italian. A few conversed in both languages. But no matter the words, the sentiment pervading an exhibition opening...

About 1,000 Bears fans tackled the players last week, scoring hundreds of autographs. But the game-winning football, a $50,000 check, went to Northwestern Memorial Hospital to fund cancer research training....

The art of teaching: Art for art`s sake may be fine to purists. But when you talk about art for the sake of English, Spanish, math, history or other curricular...

Ooooooooo, scary: Shadowy graveyards, dense woods and ancient ruins send shivers down the spine the night goblins roam. But a schoolhouse? Who knows, however, what spirits will inhabit the toothy,...

Dozens of families went over the river and through the woods last weekend. But grandmother`s house was not the destination. After Lake County Forest Preserve President Andrea Moore and fellow...

When green turns to maple apricot and oak gold, it`s a sure sign it`s time for the annual Arts and Riverwoods walk. More than 2,500 pairs of shoes scrunched the...

A bigger bushel: Wanna buy a seat at one of the hottest young theaters in town? The Apple Tree Theatre Company, recipient of 12 Jeff nominations for last season`s performances,...