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Over 8,000 people attend the annual Art in Wilder Park, produced by the Elmhurst Art Museum, in partnership with the Elmhurst Park District. (Elmhurst Art Museum)

Elmhurst’s Art in Wilder Park to showcase new sculptures by Bernard Williams

April 22, 2025 at 10:58 a.m.

Thousands expected for Art in Wilder Park presented by the Elmhurst Art Museum, this year featuring Chicago artist Bernard Williams.

Each year between 500 and 700 people attend Chefs’ Night at the Lincolnshire Marriott Resort, which benefits the Center for Enriched Living in Deerfield. Pictured standing are 2023 cochairs CEL Board Emeritus Howard Diamond and CEL Board President Sue Bersh. The 2025 event will be on May 5. (Brad Cobalt)

Annual Chefs’ Night fundraiser for Deerfield-based Center for Enriched Living set for May 5

April 18, 2025 at 4:46 p.m.

A delicious assortment of food awaits everyone who attends the Center for Enriched Living’s annual Chefs’ Night, May 5 at the Lincolnshire Marriott Resort.

The 51-voice Hinsdale Chorale, led by artistic director Mary Hopper, will present its spring concert, “Better Together,” on April 26 and 27 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in La Grange. (Peter Welander)

Hinsdale Chorale recruits voices from throughout region for Better Together concert in La Grange

April 10, 2025 at 4:16 p.m.

Hinsdale Chorale sets Better Together concerts at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in La Grange with SoliVocé and Westmont Swing Choir.

Highland Park teenager Sumner Silver (center), pictured with Institute for Nonviolence Chicago’s Vice President of Development and Communications Shunda Collins (left) and Associate Director of Reentry and Support Services Les Jenkins (right), donated 170 Hope Kits to that organization. (Dana Silver)

Highland Park tragedy inspires HS student to create trauma response kits

April 7, 2025 at 4:25 p.m.

Sumner Silver was not at the July 4, 2022 parade in Highland Park, where a gunman killed 7 people and wounded 48 others, but she shared the grief of those...

Pastor Ausrele Stoniene opened Glory House International in Lemont a year ago after spending four years refurbishing a century-old building. (Ausrele Stoniene)

After leaving ‘dream job,’ Burr Ridge pianist restores century-old church in Lemont

April 1, 2025 at 12:21 p.m.

Lithuanian immigrant Ausrele Stoniene was a pianist for the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago, but left to "become a servant for God.”

The Executive Committee of the Lake Forest Chapter of the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago and scores of other volunteers have been hard at work planning the 2025 Lake Forest Showhouse & Gardens, which runs from April 26 to May 25. (Katrina Wittkamp)

20th biennial Lake Forest Showhouse & Gardens being held at 1895 Pembroke Lodge

March 31, 2025 at 5:31 p.m.

The creativity of dozens of interior designers and landscape designers will be on display at the 2025 Lake Forest Showhouse & Gardens, April 26-May 25.

Rebecca Carter-Chand, director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Programs on Ethics, Religion and the Holocaust, will speak about “Understanding Rescue During the Holocaust” on April 6 at Elmhurst University. (Rebecca Carter-Chand)

Elmhurst University’s Holocaust Service of Remembrance program focuses on helpers

March 26, 2025 at 1:11 p.m.

The lecture “Understanding Rescue During the Holocaust” is part of Elmhurst University’s 35th Annual Holocaust Service of Remembrance.

Rabbi Schachar Orenstein, the new rabbi at Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Synagogue in Wheeling, has many innovative plans for engaging congregants. (Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Synagogue)

Wheeling synagogue, after an exhaustive search, selects new rabbi to lead the congregation

March 24, 2025 at 5:52 a.m.

After an exhaustive search that included input from the entire congregation, Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Synagogue in Wheeling has selected Rabbi Schachar Orenstein as its new rabbi.

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre has new leadership as it celebrates 25th Anniversary

March 18, 2025 at 11:27 a.m.

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre is celebrating its 25th season with two new individuals in key positions.

Andres DeLeon (center) stars as Quasimodo in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame in Concert” by Highland Park Players, March 28-30, at McGrath Family Performing Arts Center in Wilmette. (Highland Park Players)

Highland Park Players performing Hunchback of Notre Dame musical in concert

March 18, 2025 at 11:25 a.m.

Victor Hugo’s novel about the deformed bell ringer Quasimodo, who longs for the beautiful Esmeralda, found new life in the 1999 musical, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” by Alan Menken...

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