Our Kind of Town
The Village of Glencoe is celebrating its 150-year anniversary this year, and what better way to kick off the festivities than with a musical tribute mixing old songs with fresh…
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by Libby Elliott •
The Village of Glencoe is celebrating its 150-year anniversary this year, and what better way to kick off the festivities than with a musical tribute mixing old songs with fresh…
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by Bill McLean •
Ella Joy Won can’t stop laughing in the video. Eight years old at the time and playing Heads Up!—the game that Ellen DeGeneres plays on her TV show—Ella Joy had…
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by Kemmie Ryan •
The Woman’s Board of the Chicago Horticultural Society celebrated its 13th annual gala, All Aboard!, at the beautiful Chicago Botanic Garden in November. More than 340 guests raised $310,000 for…
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by Bill McLean •
Matthew Broderick was ailing. The actor who portrayed the titular character in the 1986 movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was in no shape to perform in a scene, set in…
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by Bill McLean •
Boys Hope Girls Hope (BHGH) of Illinois Chairman Jamie Baisley stood in a back yard in Evanston not too long ago, observing sheer joy emanating from teenagers and their proud…
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by Elaine Doremus •
Experience endless summer in the dead of winter in Glencoe. “In the Tropics: The Orchid Show” runs from February 9 through March 24 at Chicago Botanic Garden (CBG). The eye-popping…
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by Libby Elliott •
When a well-run, locally owned business opens on the North Shore, news travels fast. It’s been just two months since Glencoe’s Hometown Coffee and Juice launched in its corner location…
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by Bill McLean •
Third-generation restaurateur Doug Roth has a college-aged stepdaughter named Hunter. But he has never been a fan of the word “stepdaughter.” “I call her my bonus daughter or daughter 2.0,”…
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by Karina Kavanagh •
The North Shore always celebrates in style, and the Fourth of July is no exception. Events aren’t exclusive to parades and fireworks, with full schedules of activities before and after…
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by Bill McLean •
In late May former PGA Tour professional Fred Funk got his first eyeful of Exmoor Country Club in Highland Park. The view accelerated his heartbeat. The 61-year-old’s adrenaline flow practically…
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