When the Museum of Science and Industry opens its doors today, it will be decked out in its annual holiday splendor -- but with a special treat. Opening alongside "Christmas Around the World" and "Holidays of Lights" will be "The White House: A Look Inside."
After two adoptions fell apart leaving Julie and Bud Felichio devastated, the couple wondered whether they would ever bring a child home in their arms. In a matter of weeks, they had two -- a boy and a girl - one for each arm. Up to that point, the Felichios had tried to adopt for three years.
Though Jill Barron has “pork!” tattooed on her inner lip, she’s one of Chicago’s best vegetarian chefs. It’s precisely this kind of revelry in contradiction that also has the chef and owner of Wicker Park restaurant MANA Food Bar indulging in the tough feat of cooking for 60-plus people every Thanksgiving. She has done it for the last 15 years in her tiny Logan Square condo.
As the winter holidays approach, curtains at local theaters are rising on seasonal family favorites. Chief among them is the perennial "A Christmas Carol," opening today at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theater, and Wednesday at the Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace.
The shortened days and chill in the air are reminders that it's time to prepare my backyard garden for winter. Unlike my 4-year-old son, who insists, "Going to bed is no fun," putting your garden to bed can be relatively simple and straightforward. Best of all, if done correctly, it can make your springtime planting easier and more affordable.
Big Bird is leaving Sesame Street! Big Bird — that towering, yellow-feathered 6-year-old — has been calling Sesame Street home for four decades, ever since the show premiered on Nov. 10, 1969. Now, as it marks its 40th anniversary (10 a.m. and noon Tuesday on WTTW-Channel 11), he remains an essential member of the flock.
For many children -- and those young at heart -- the circus has always been a magical thing. This year's edition of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus just got a bit more so as magic and illusions take the center ring this season under the watchful eye of award-winning magician Alex Ramon.
The author of more than 30 books, Newbery Medal-winning Lois Lowry, had never tackled a play until two children's theaters asked her to adapt her 2006 novel Gossamer for the stage.
Once upon a time, the ideal for a child's room was a cozy haven filled with sturdy push-pull toys, handmade dolls and a few baskets of dress-up clothes.
Seventy-eight percent of home remodeling professionals witnessed an argument between a couple in the last year, according to a new survey. The disagreements were either in the planning stage or during the remodeling work.
Moms are cutting back on household spending, making more home-cooked meals, sacrificing quality for everyday value for themselves and making special shopping trips to save money, according to a survey on how the recession is changing family habits. While mom is buying herself lower-quality clothes -- if she's buying any at all -- and cutting back on the quality of cosmetics and health products she buys for herself, she's not scrimping on the quality of food or clothing for her kids, the survey showed.
"The Spirit of All-Hallows Eve," a family-oriented Halloween show with "no blood and no gore," will be staged today and Sunday at the Bolingbrook Performing Arts Center in the southwest suburb. Presented by Theatre-on-the-Hill, the colorful show tells four eerie traditional Halloween tales that have been updated to include morals from stories lifted from the daily news.
Although the Children's Farm in Palos Park winds up its annual Halloween activities this weekend, there's plenty families can do on weekends at the farm through the end of November, before the farm takes a three-month hiatus until reopening in March.
Don't let safety fall to the wayside in the excitement of Halloween.
For the past two Halloweens, Julie Bonn Heath has gotten into a few battles with her son. It wasn't that he was eating too much candy -- he was just eating the wrong kind.
Dave Hoekstra: Baseball historians often read between the lines to grasp the essence of the Negro Leagues. They were formed out of necessity in 1920 in Chicago when black players were excluded from the Major Leagues because of racial discrimination. After Jackie Robinson broke the color line in 1947, the leagues continued until 1955.
Best Buy is selling a transmitting device that lets parents keep track of their children. Parents can place the device in a child's backpack or lunch box, for example.
