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Winnetka Park District's Recreation Manager Toby Ross said the Memorial Day the observance is meant to be a more somber program, a smaller parade not to match the fanfare of the Fourth of July.

Winnetka holds somber event remembering those lost this Memorial Day

May 30, 2023 at 2:34 p.m.

Under skies striped with blue and sunshine, the memory of local heroes fighting for freedom was at the center of Winnetka's quintessential small-town Memorial Day celebration. Philip Hoza, Winnetka resident...

Residents come out to the Evanston Garden Fair to buy native plants, vegetables, herbs and potted plant arrangements all grown in members' gardens.

Evanston Garden Fair brings out locals hoping to exercise their green thumbs

May 25, 2023 at 4:18 p.m.

Sometimes the greatest beauty is found right in your own backyard. The ladies of the Evanston Garden Club are sharing the best of their perennial plantings and gardening advice right...

Dancers performed during the Chicago Ballet Arts annual concert where dancers performed to the music of Mozart, Strauss and Tchaikovsky with new and re-staged works, presented with professional lighting, classical music, and elaborate costumes, with many of the dancers making their first stage debut.

Wilmette’s Chicago Ballet Arts hosts annual concert

May 22, 2023 at 1:22 p.m.

There is more than one way to pursue the dream of dance and at Chicago Ballet Arts they have been nurturing the passion of dancers, ages 5 to 18, for...

The rummage sale tradition started by church founders in 1902, has grown into an annual sale now featuring over twenty departments from furniture, to children's clothing, housewares, books, holiday décor, designer wear, sporting goods and more.

Winnetka Congregational Church hosts annual charity rummage sale

May 16, 2023 at 12:24 p.m.

Who ever imagined that cleaning out your closet could be good for your community and for the environment? The Winnetka Congregational Church has put this philosophy to the test, throughout...

Dancers Mya Yee Nandar and Nyi Mar Tun share the Burmese Peacock Dance of Peace during the annual Umbrella Arts Festival 2023 held in Fountain Square in celebration of Asian Pacific heritage month on Saturday May 13.

Evanston hosts 3rd annual Umbrella Arts Festival for Asian American Pacific Islander Month

May 16, 2023 at 12:18 p.m.

Evanston celebrated Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month with the annual Umbrella Arts Festival was held in Fountain Square earlier this month on May 13. Attendees took part in the...

Wyatt Vanderbilt (6) and Owen Vanderbilt (8) both from Wilmette, explore the Lost Wilmette, exhibit at the Wilmette Historical Museum on Sunday, during the Wilmette Historical Museum and the Wilmette Police Department's preeminent community joint open house and annual Village celebration.

Wilmette open house shows off best of police department and local history

May 8, 2023 at 3:50 p.m.

The sun shone on Ridge Road on Sunday during a celebratory gathering of community, past and present. The Wilmette Historical Museum and the Wilmette Police Department each hosted their preeminent...

Rain clouds moved in over the farm on Saturday morning, but a little drizzle couldn't dampen the limits of a child's imagination. The Alliance for Early Childhood partnered with Historic Wagner Farm for Let's Play at the Farm, a special event offering a morning of springtime exploration at the farm.

Drizzle doesn’t dampen the fun for attendees Lets Play at the Farm at Historic Wagner Farm in Glenview Saturday

May 1, 2023 at 4:41 p.m.

Rain clouds moved in over the farm on Saturday morning, but a little drizzle couldn't dampen the limits of a child's imagination. The Alliance for Early Childhood partnered with Historic...

Senior Services Librarian Jillian McKeown and Communications & Events Manager Sarah Beth Brown discuss "Now is Not the Time to Panic",
the selection for One Book, Everyone Reads. An exuberant, bighearted novel about two teenage misfits who spectacularly collide one fateful summer, and the art they make that changes their lives forever.

Wilmette Library launches 17th Annual One Book, Everyone Reads program

April 25, 2023 at 2:33 p.m.

With summer fast approaching, the Wilmette Public Library is offering their 17th annual One Book, Everyone Reads selection, "Now is Not the Time to Panic" by Kevin Wilson, a bold,...

The wow factor comes to life through special effects that include original short films as theater backdrops, music and vocal tracks incorporated into live performances and PVC piping that allows it to rain on stage. First Row: Ellie Agnew, Charlie Moran, Finley Baisley, Mimi Cox, Second Row: Reese Vanderlaan, Manuela Gelfi, Henry Allport.

Winnetka Children’s Theater features “Singin’ in the Rain” this weekend

April 24, 2023 at 5:10 p.m.

The Children's Theatre of Winnetka is making it rain, literally, with their spring production at the Winnetka Community House. The wow factor comes to life through special effects that include...

Kids try out additions to the existing pond, waterfall, foot-bridge, and hard dirt path walkway at Keay Nature Center, where seven natural play areas were added and walkways were repaired using dead or declining trees from our other area parks to create balance beams, tables and walking stumps.

Wilmette celebrates Earth Day with reopening of Keay Nature Learning Center

April 24, 2023 at 4:41 p.m.

Morning snow showers didn't prevent area families from gathering to honor planet earth in a local celebration of environmental protection. Saturday's Earth Day event coincided with the grand reopening of...

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