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Iris Huang (4) of Wilmette shows off her finds during the annual Bunny Brunch and Easter Egg Hunt hosted by the Wilmette Park District.

Rain didn’t stop egg hunters at the annual Bunny Brunch in Wilmette

April 4, 2023 at 2:59 p.m.

Torrential rains last weekend didn't dampen the appetite for a Spring celebration, brunch with the Easter Bunny on Saturday morning in Wilmette. Families gathered for an ode to Easter at...

Winnetka's Off Campus Writers' Workshop is releasing its third anthology series, "Meaningful Conflicts", which explores the art of friction and it's place in human lives.
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Winnetka Off Campus Writers’ Workshop launches new anthology, “Meaningful Conflicts”

April 4, 2023 at 8:29 p.m.

Writers express themselves through words and each word has the potential to become a step that leads the reader into the world of a story. At the Winnetka-based Off Campus...

Sunday's free program at The Grove National Historic Landmark, celebrated Grove Arrival Day, officially March 10th honoring the Kennicott family and their journey westward, as the first family to settle at The Grove.
Grove Arrival Day activities from 11:00 to 3:00 included pack-your-wagon interactive activities in the Program Barn, costumed interpreters, and tours of The Kennicott House. Here, Eamon Mentzer-Canta (7), Ciara Mentzer, Stefano Canta and Luna Mentzer-Canta (4) all from Skokie, take part in a history tour of the Kennicott house.

Visitors help celebrate Grove Arrival Day Sunday at The Grove National Historic Landmark in Glenview

March 27, 2023 at 3:41 p.m.

Imagine being part of a family of pioneers, packing the covered-wagon with objects necessary for settling into a new life, in an unfamiliar land. Participants were invited to pack-like-a-pioneer and...

Jerry Attere, naturalist, Cook County Forest Preserves, demonstrates tree-tapping techniques during the River Trail Nature Center's Maple Syrup Festival Sunday. The festival was free and included naturalist hikes into the woods, demonstrations on drilling and tapping trees, sap collection, and the old-fashioned cooking process of making sap into syrup, in the Center's sugar shack, a method using an iron cauldron for centuries.

Families enjoy annual ritual of tapping trees during the Maple Syrup Festival at River Trail Nature Center

March 20, 2023 at 3:12 p.m.

In Spring we celebrate changes in nature, and when sap starts rising in maple trees _ it's a first indication that Spring is right around the corner. Area families gathered...

The cast performs parodies of show tunes and popular songs that take on a variety of current topics ranging from working from home - to animals gone wild - to embracing questionable fashion choices.

Women’s Club of Evanston celebrates 70 years this Women’s History Month

March 7, 2023 at 3:53 p.m.

Woman's History Month came alive this weekend at the Woman's Club of Evanston where local women showcased their talents and passion for a cause. "The Revue is one of the...

Wilmette Winterfest held Saturday from noon until 4:00 p.m., featured activities on the Green including an ice sculpture demonstration by Nate Johnson Ice Sculpture Studios.

Wilmette kicks off second annual Winterfest on Village Green

February 27, 2023 at 4:32 p.m.

Snow covered the ground just in time this weekend to add a festive flair to the second annual Wilmette Winterfest. This community celebration brought neighbors and families out into the...

Bookends & Beginnings started a new chapter on Saturday, with a ribbon-cutting and grand opening event in their new location at 1620 Orrington Avenue in Evanston. Lynn Robinson Phillips, President, Robinson Rental and owner of the Hahn Building in Evanston in which Bookends & Beginnings is located, City of Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss, Nina Barrett, owner and founder of Bookends & Beginnings and First Ward, council member Clare Kelly, take part in the ribbon-cutting.

Bookends & Beginnings in Evanston celebrates relocation

February 20, 2023 at 3:36 p.m.

The story of a bookstore can be a captivating tale that sometimes begins again in a new home. Bookends & Beginnings started a new chapter on Saturday, with a ribbon-cutting and...

Maritza Garcia of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians performs during the opening reception of No Rest: The Epidemic of Stolen Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2Spirits, at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian in Evanston.

Mitchell Museum gives missing, murdered Indigenous people a voice in new exhibit

January 16, 2023 at 4:33 p.m.

Art and activism blend together in a new exhibit at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian where artist's works are as much creative expression, as a call for social...

A small gathering of community members braved single-digit temperatures Saturday evening for the 2nd annual menorah lighting ceremony, held at the northwest corner of Kenilworth Avenue and Green Bay Road.
The event, hosted by Chabad of Wilmette, and sponsored by the Village of Kenilworth, and the Kenilworth Park District, was originally the idea of Kenilworth residents, Amit and Joanna Naftali.

Kenilworth celebrates Hanukkah with Saturday night menorah lighting

December 26, 2022 at 11:25 a.m.

Out of cold and darkness the warmth of a flame. A small gathering of community members braved single-digit temperatures Saturday evening for the second annual menorah lighting ceremony, held at...

Music of the Baroque celebrates the holiday season with their Holiday
Brass & Choral Concerts, "A Rose in Winter," conducted by Andrew Megill and performed Saturday at Faith, Hope and Charity, Catholic Church on Linden
Street in Winnetka, featured a chorus of 26 and 8 brass musicians in an 80-
minute program with no interruption of applause from beginning to end.

Music of the Baroque celebrates with Holiday Brass & Choral Concert

December 23, 2022 at 8:30 a.m.

A sacred soundscape, highly energetic with dissonance and contemplative harmonies, and the ability to transport people to another dimension, as only music can do. Music of the Baroque celebrates the...

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