Girl Scouts celebrate 100 years at DuPage exhibit
When Juliette Gordon Low was growing up in Savannah, Ga., in the late 1800s, a woman's role was to be a homemaker and a homebody. But Low had no intention...
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Sonic Sensation exhibit opens at the Kohl Children’s Museum
Children learn to make the sounds of animals and vehicles, and they learn the difference between their indoor voices and the whoops and hollers, screeches and yelps they can make...
Yes, we have many bananas
Americans have long enjoyed bananas as a part of favorites such as the banana split, bananas Foster and the household staple of banana bread. Today chefs are turning out novel...
Ice cream — It’s what’s for winter
Defying the notion that ice cream is a treat best left to the long, hot days of summer, chefs are creating frozen desserts in flavors that are synonymous with the...
Art naturally reflects arboretum’s mission
Trees are such an integral part of our surroundings that we tend to ignore their significance and their magnificence. "We talk about how people can become 'green blind,'" says Leslie...
Tour’s a sweet deal
Some people pronounce the first syllable of caramel to rhyme with "care," others so it rhymes with "car," but no matter how you say the word, Chicago can claim to...
Tour’s a sweet deal
Some people pronounce the first syllable of caramel to rhyme with "care," others so it rhymes with "car," but no matter how you say the word, Chicago can claim to...
‘Big Meal’ cooks up a challenge
Food plays a major role in the stage production of "The Big Meal" at American Theater Company. Eight members from five generations of a family experience life-altering moments while they...
French connection
I had an ulterior motive when I studied French in college. My purpose, which I achieved, was to escape the confines of life in the Midwest by moving to France....
Cinema scene gets festive
Port Clinton Film Festival This local cinema event launches with more than 75 shorts from around the world. Creative director Nicolas DeGrazia says the offerings range from an animated film...