Nancy Maes

Remember that old riddle "When is a door not a door? When it's ajar." Children can see a performance this weekend that asks the same kind of questions as part...

Choc of the town: Chocoholics rejoice! Imagine a day of diving into treats such as chocolate terrine with warm carmel sauce, chocolate papaya fantasia and strawberries emersed in ambrosia chocolate....

When the staff at the David Adler Cultural Center in Libertyville was asked to bring a hands-on activity to a children's art fair in the area this summer, Julia Morrisroe,...

Parents usually have a long list of "If onlys. . . ." If only I could go shopping without someone tugging at me and begging for sugar-laden snacks or running...

`Doing" is a great way for children to discover the world around them. So during a program called "Life on the Illinois Prairie," they will play a game similar to...

Telling stories at North Park Village Nature Center makes perfect sense because folklore tells us much about the world around us. "There are many stories that tell how natural wonders...

"Plants Do the Wildest Things" is the theme of family activities at the Chicago Botanic Garden in August, but children there have also been spotted doing some seemingly outrageous things....

Music has always been the soul mate of folk singer Ella Jenkins. When she was growing up during the late 1920s and the '30s, she was always beating out rhythms,...

Children who wonder "Who am I and where do I belong?" and "Who are they and why are they different?" will find a few answers to those questions when Navy...

On tap: The virtuosos of jazz tap dancing, including the legendary Jimmy Slyde and stars from Broadway productions, are converging on the city for a weeklong festival called Chicago on...