Jodie Jacobs

Listen up, folk music lovers. The Lake County Folk Club's 6th Annual Lake County Folk Festival will feature famed folk singer-writer Tom Paxton ("The Last Thing on My Mind"), not...

If a wise owl can draw and a trapped moon can eat stardust, then who knows what youngsters might dream up when given a chance to dabble in surrealism? Families...

Picnicking on the lawn to great jazz, pop and classical artists at Ravinia is a favorite summer activity for many families. But with lawn admission at $10 per adult and...

Strawberry lovers can get their favorite fruit in just about every form imaginable-from chocolate-coated or baked in a pie to mixed into donuts, ice cream and drinks-when the Long Grove...

A chance to sit on the porch and peek out the same bedroom windows where best-selling writers found inspiration comes on Saturday when Ragdale, a Lake Forest estate cum artist...

Chicago's famed cows have given birth in Highland Park, not to calves, but to 100 designer plates. Decorated, painted or built upon by such noted fine arts personalities as conductor...

NAME: Vivian Gussin Paley BACKGROUND: After writing nine books on hurtful school behaviors such as ethnic and gender discrimination, Chicago author, lecturer and former kindergarten teacher Vivian Gussin Paley turned...

The following organizations are looking for volunteers. They typically prefer high school age or older but some use younger volunteers depending on the activity and if accompanied by adults. -...

You don't have to be a kid to love dinosaurs. Just check out the crowds at the Rock Paleo Festival, Thursday through March 5 at Rockford's Burpee Museum. The festival,...

Money may not grow on trees, but chocolate does. Which is why chocolate givers and lovers who are looking for new and different sources for Valentine's Day can add the...