Sheryl DeVore

Brushwood Center celebrates Mother’s Day weekend with art, nature, yoga, music

April 18, 2022 at 3:38 p.m.

On Mother's Day weekend, consider taking your favorite mom to Brushwood Center in Riverwoods to take a yoga class, paint outdoors, listen to music and view and purchase nature-related art....

Grammy winner performs Celtic music on Mother’s Day

April 18, 2022 at 9:58 a.m.

Grammy Award winner Eileen Ivers grew up enmeshed in her heritage. Her Irish immigrant parents gently guided her and her sister to pursue activities reflecting their culture, she said. "I...

A double-crested cormorant circles around about 20 feet from the edge of Baker's Lake on April 13, 2022.

Hundreds of birds found dead, likely from avian flu, at Baker’s Lake near Barrington: ‘I’ve never seen anything like this’

April 14, 2022 at 3:02 p.m.

Avian flu has likely killed hundreds of double-crested cormorants nesting at Baker's Lake near Barrington. Wildlife biologist Chris Anchor said this is the largest outbreak of disease in wild birds...

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Brushwood Center celebrates Mother’s Day weekend with art, nature, yoga, music

Grammy winner performs Celtic music on Mother’s Day

Hundreds of birds found dead, likely from avian flu, at Baker’s Lake near Barrington: ‘I’ve never seen anything like this’

New center at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum aims to demystify sustainability

Outdoors column: Frog concerts begin in early spring

Hiplet Ballerinas perform hip-hop on pointe at James Lumber Center

Citadel stages Steve Martin’s ‘Picasso at the Lapin Agile’

Sock Monkey Museum highlights stuffed toys made from footwear

Outdoors column: Nature plays April Fools’ Day tricks in the wild all year long

PM&L presents Tennessee Williams classic ‘Glass Menagerie’ for the 1st time