Sharon Stangenes

The camera-toting Japanese tourists who visit Chicago couldn`t compare with the picture-happy French at a recent party to celebrate the opening of Pavillon Christofle here. In an evening that shattered...

What builds community spirit? Nothing works better than a neighborly team effort, as a recent gathering to benefit the Oz Park playground proved. Billed as ''An Evening of Play and...

''You`ve actually tailored for Prince Charles?'' asked John Simms of Park Ridge as he peered into a three-way mirror at the tailor adjusting his jacket. ''Is he nice to work...

Talking with a teacher about a child`s unhappiness with school has all the charm of going to the dentist for a root canal. Still, such meetings can help a child...

The capsule review from the kid-size movie critic gave thumbs up to ''the movie where the girl looked like she was drowning, but her brother just laughed at those worried...

''Where are the movie stars?'' demanded one skeptical pint-sized guest as she arrived the other night at the opening of Chicago`s new California Pizza Kitchen, 414 N. Orleans St. ''Look,''...

Parental leave, one of the hottest topics inside the personnel offices of corporate America, is the subject of a growing number of proposals for federal, state and municipal legislation. Increasingly...

Jean Allard, 62. Lawyer, partner, Sonnenschein Carlin Nath & Rosenthal law firm. Bachelor`s degree in psychology, Culver-Stockton College, 1945; master`s in psychology, Washington University, 1947; law degree, University of Chicago,...

The 10 most powerful women in Chicago-who are they? This was the question tackled by a team of five Tribune reporters. First, of course, was determining whether Chicago, with its...

Mary L. Good, 56. President, Engineered Materials Research, Allied-Signal Inc., Des Plaines. Bachelor`s degree in chemistry, University of Central Arkansas; master`s and doctorate in chemistry, University of Arkansas. President of...