lifestyles
A Valentine’s Day dinner your family will love
Warm, gooey pizza is the perfect Valentine’s Day treat. Keep the good times rolling with this sweet dessert: Strawberry Sushi.
Doings Calendar for Feb. 9
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Community
A partnership between Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana and the Chicago Zoological Society, which manages Brookfield Zoo, …
Teacher brings Yiddish music, stories into kids’ lives
They were playful songs she used to sing to her children in the car or at home, anywhere where she could put a smile on their faces. And anywhere where she could continue to teach them Yiddish. Dr. Khane-Faygl Turtletaub of Skokie always sang her …
Chocolate for your wardrobe
Chocolate has powers. It’s been a magical food flavor for millennia. It’s been a holy substance for religious rites, as well as payment for taxes and goods. In modern times, the sweet delight most often serves as an offering to attract the attention — or …
Community Calendar
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Community
Boy Scout Troop 12 of Western Springs will hold its annual Pancake Breakfast from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. …
Shadow dancing
It’s party time in Punxsutawney. On Feb. 2, Phil, the world’s most beloved groundhog, will let us know the prognosis for spring. If he sees his shadow when he ventures out of his hibernation burrow for the day, it’s cold and snow for six more …
Sendak world comes alive at library
It’s hard for families to get past the east side lobby of the Skokie Public Library these days. That’s where they’re greeted by the world of renowned illustrator Maurice Sendak. The national traveling exhibition, “The Worlds of Maurice Sendak,” will remain there through Feb. 26. …
Doings Calendar for Jan. 26
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Community
WDCB Jazz Salon at Mayslake — Enjoy an evening of jazz featuring Claudia Hommel and Bobby Schiff from 7:30-9 p.m. …
Art Institute of Chicago plans to increase docents
For the first time in three years, the Art Institute of Chicago is looking to add to its volunteer docent corps, part of a plan to increase the number of school groups visiting the museum.
Rice goes glam as risotto
Rice is the staple food for more than half of the human population. That’s according to the International Rice Research Institute. And chefs help us consume our share of that rice when they turn the humble staple into the gourmet delight known as risotto. “Risotto …
Next up for our book club is Skloot’s ‘Immortal Life’
The next book live chat for the Pioneer Page Turners online book club will take place at 7 p.m. Feb. 2 and will feature The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Henrietta Lacks, an African-American tobacco farmer in the south, played a vital …
Doings calendar for Jan. 19
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Community
Cantigny Golf will host the first-ever Cantigny Golf Show from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Feb. 2. The show will be the …
Here be dragons
Flashy costumes parading through brilliant streets of Chinatown. Dancing lions and that colorful, undulating dragon. Endless food. Chinese New Year is anything but a drag. So ushering in Chinese year 4710 during the third week of January certainly won’t be. From crimson-hued cocktails to dumplings …
Doings Health Calendar for Jan. 12
Blood Drive
Fitness
Aging Care Connections, 111 W. Harris, La Grange, offers Sensible Fitness, a movement and exercise class for seniors, as well as those with dementia/Alzheimer’s. Classes are from 9:30-10:20 a.m. Fridays, and taught by award-winning RightFit. Seven sessions for $56 or pay $10 …
Doings calendar for Jan. 12
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Community
Interfaith Career Network will host a program, Federal Jobs and how to Improve Your Chances, at 7 p.m. Jan. 19 …
