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Mila Magnani, 4, Julie Magnani and Sloane Magnani, 1, all from Wilmette, pick out a white pumpkin.

Patch of orange pumpkins greets visitors to Wilmette’s Trinity United Methodist Church

October 7, 2019 at 4:20 p.m.

The delivery of hundreds of pumpkins marked the opening of the Trinity United Methodist Church's 21st Annual Pumpkin Patch, its largest annual fundraiser. Carol Meynen, mission chair and pumpkin patch...

Brad Temkin captures light shining into a sewer. His work is part of a new book titled, "The State of Water."

Skokie-based photographer aims to capture the magic and mystery of water management

October 1, 2019 at 4:37 p.m.

Photographer Brad Temkin says he has always been interested in the natural life source of water and the transformative qualities it provokes. Simple acts like listening to water, feeling it...

Gustav Sobolak takes part in learning the old fashioned process for doing laundry during Pioneer Day on Sept. 22, 2019, in Winnetka.

Winnetka concludes 150th anniversary celebration with Pioneer Day

September 24, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

The prairie setting of Crow Island Woods and the Schmidt-Burnham Log House provided visitors an opportunity to travel back to pioneer times in Winnetka. Winnetka's Pioneer Day and Sesquicentennial Closing...

Arthur Murray Dance organized polka lessons for Oktoberfest.

Highland Park ‘takes step’ toward entertainment district with Oktoberfest

September 23, 2019 at 2:07 p.m.

The show must go on, say entertainers, and Highland Park's first Oktoberfest, designed to help spur development of an entertainment district, did just that despite heavy rain and thunderstorms. Hal...

The Northwestern Marching Band performs during Evanston's Kits, Cats and Kids Block Party on Sept. 12, 2019.

School pride on display at Evanston’s Kits, Cats and Kids

September 17, 2019 at 10:38 a.m.

In a blur of marching bands and school colors, Evanston community members gathered Sept. 12 in Fountain Square for Kits, Cats, and Kids, a pep rally-style block party celebrating city...

Highland Park residents Jessie Eldridge, 12, Ella Weisbart, 12, Blake Eldridge, 5, Dillon Eldridge, 9, and Charlie Weisbart, 10, hang out in front of Stupey Cabin during Harvest Fest.

Highland Park celebrates its history at Stupey Log Cabin

September 16, 2019 at 1:35 p.m.

With Stupey Log Cabin now restored and its grounds newly landscaped, the Highland Park Historical Society hosted a fall festival to show off its potential for programming and events. A...

A Skokie native hosted a block party Aug. 31, 2019, to encourage residents to get to know each other.

A businessman from Skokie wanted to meet new neighbors, so he threw a giant block party

September 10, 2019 at 5:05 p.m.

When Michael Patel, of the family-owned Patel Brothers grocery chain, decided to host a block party for his friends and neighbors on the 5100 block of Farwell Avenue, few were...

Members of the Guadalajara Folkloric Ballet from the University of Guadalajara perform the dances of Jalisco during the 8th annual Jalisco en Evanston celebration Aug. 29, 2019.

Evanston celebrates start of Hispanic Heritage Month at Jalisco en Evanston

September 10, 2019 at 3:33 p.m.

In a colorful swirl of the sights and sounds of Mexico, hundreds gathered for a prelude to Hispanic Heritage Month Aug. 29 at the Jalisco en Evanston celebration at the...

Highland Park Players tackles ‘Mamma Mia!

September 10, 2019 at 2:58 p.m.

North Shore audiences will be whisked away to the Greek Islands for the musical sensation, "Mamma Mia!" presented by the Highland Park Players, Sept. 13 through Sept. 22, at the...

Kathryn O'Day of Skokie attends "The Truth Can Be a Great Story: Turning Nonfiction into Narrative" during the the Northwestern Summer Writers' Conference Aug 15, 2019.

North Shore writers look to hone their craft at Northwestern institute

August 27, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

Writers from across the North Shore and Chicago area gathered this month at the Lake Shore Campus of Northwestern University for a three-day institute on writing fiction, nonfiction and poetry....

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