Nancy Maes

If you're looking for eco-friendly gear or gifts for a little one, you can do your shopping in just one spot. The shop: Charis Irving and her husband, Russell Rice,...

When 9-year-old Abigail Droeger was chosen to play Wicker, an orphan boy in the Lookingglass Theater's production of "The Wooden Breeks," she had to make some changes in her behavior....

QURIOUS CONSUMER If you saw the Gap ad for waiflike Audrey Hepburn's skinny black pants and knew that women your age would never be able to squeeze into them, you...

Lots of kids wish grown-ups were more committed to the idea of global peace. Recently, some Chicago-area kids put action behind their wishes. More than 300 students used colored pens,...

As wine consumption grows in the U.S. and the Chicago region, so does the number of shops popping up to cater to the audience. Here is a roundup up of...

Artsonia's Web site (www.artsonia.com) is like a global refrigerator door where parents and art teachers can post the creative works of youngsters of all ages at no charge. But this...

Prop: Five large dolls Appearing in: "The Abduction from the Seraglio," Chicago Opera Theater In Mozart's opera "The Abduction from the Seraglio," director Justin Way and production designers Andrew Hays...

Prop: Collages in glass jars Appearing in: "Still Life," Pegasus Players In Emily Mann's "Still Life," Mark (Juan Francisco Villa) makes still life works out of fragments that remind him...

Prop: 50-foot rope Appearing in: "Enemy in the Figure," Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Eleven members of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago perform in "Enemy in the Figure," but you might say...

Prop: 50-foot rope Appearing in: "Enemy in the Figure," Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Eleven members of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago perform in "Enemy in the Figure," but you might say...