Nancy Maes

Package tours can be an economical way to travel to Europe, but travelers should buy with caution. - First, ask whether the quoted price is guaranteed. Some companies do guarantee...

Children can suffer from ''museum fatigue,'' says Ronne Hartfield, executive director of the Art Institute`s Department of Museum Education. To alleviate the symptoms, the museum`s new Kraft General Foods Education...

We tend to think of writers as recluses who hole up alone with their muses, but that`s only part of their story. Sometimes authors who write for children are particularly...

People do the doggonedest things. When Beth Dougherty and Randy Parker of Evanston were married a few weeks ago, their dog Walker served as the ringbearer. ''People who don`t have...

The original tomb of Khety II is now in ruins, but in a new exhibit at the Kohl Children`s Museum, young archeologists need go no farther than Wilmette to explore...

The Baby Boomers have done it again. Now that they have moved into a new age bracket and are settling in and settling down, they are influencing trends again. Weary...

When you put some 20 young, budding architects in a room together, you get a little bit of chaos and a lot of creativity. That was the scene at Express-Ways...

Halloween is almost here, but it doesn`t have to be a time to rush out and spend a lot of money on a costume. With the help of Kathi Hoban,...

Children can act out that old adage ''monkey see, monkey do'' at the Brookfield Zoo. In ''Primary Primatology,'' one of many children`s classes at the zoo this summer, kindergarteners and...

While parents are discovering a whole new world of wonderful books for their children, sometimes they are buying books for the wrong reasons, says Andy Laties of Children`s Bookstore. ''For...