The day before Wilmette-based PolarExplorers’s 100th polar expedition was to start, founder Rick Sweitzer was feeling the usual mix of anticipatory thrill and hyper-focused sobriety that always precedes his journeys….
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When 55-year-old educator William A. Hadley lost his sight due to a detached retina in 1915, the challenges he faced were enormous. One by one, Hadley met them, teaching himself…
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By the time the Louis Gillson family moved into the Colonial Revival house in east Wilmette that they would occupy for many years, they were already established as one of…
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The Woman’s Board of Northwestern Memorial Hospital co-chairs are excited to be kicking off the third annual Chicago Antiques + Art + Design Show this month. Held on Thursday, May…
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Writing novels is devilishly difficult. As Rosellen Brown has proven, even brilliant writers with scads of admirers nationally and hefty resumes get no easy trip up the hill. Just because…
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The WK Living Expo’s upcoming free event promises to be informative and fun for the whole family. Get out and mingle with community members and local business owners while the…
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Could you blame Jack Howard’s club volleyball teammates for their disruptive behavior in a theater during a musical last fall? The Vernon Hills-based Adversity Adidas 18 spikers had clustered themselves…
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All eyes were on a 23-year-old Bill Hansen, a first-year teacher on his first day of a summer Head Start program circa 1980.The wide orbs belonged to the preschool children…
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