Evanston Lifestyle
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Oakton’s Empty Bowls fundraiser SaturdayNov 29, 2012 3:57 pm - Oakton Community College will hold its annual Empty Bowls fundraiser Saturday, Dec. 1, benefiting area food pantries and soup kitchens. The event is 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m....
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Empty Bowl fundraiser at Oakton SaturdayNov 27, 2012 11:53 am - Oakton Community College’s Ninth Annual Empty Bowls fundraiser from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Des Plaines campus, 1600 East Golf Road, features hundr...
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Oakton students brave cold to experience homelessnessNov 27, 2012 11:24 am - With the sun rising behind them, a handful of Oakton Community College students huddled around a fire Wednesday morning to keep warm after spending a night out in the co...
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Book notes: Meet 'Wimpy Kid' author at signing eventNov 14, 2012 5:00 am - Ÿ Jeff Kinney, author of The New York Times best-selling “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series, signs copies of his newest title in the series, “The Third Wheel,” at 6 p.m. Frid...
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Jennifer McDermott, Evanston: ‘My main reason for walking is my 11-year-old daughter’Oct 09, 2012 11:03 am - My main reason for walking in Making Strides is my 11-year-old daughter. Both my grandmothers and two of my aunts had breast cancer. I want a cure found so that, as she ...
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Survivors and supporters are Making Strides Against Breast CancerOct 09, 2012 9:04 am - Editor’s note: This story was updated to reflect changes to one associated story. Last year, an estimated 288,130 American women began the battle of their lives when the...
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Book notes: Jamie Lee Curtis comes to Anderson'sSep 28, 2012 6:00 am - Ÿ “Those We Love Most” author Lee Woodruff reads from and signs copies of her new book at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at Anderson's Two Doors East, 111 W. Jefferson Ave., N...
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Women’s art exhibit at Oakton focuses on politicsSep 26, 2012 3:20 pm - It’s an election year — and women’s issues have been high on the political agenda. Gain a new perspective on some of the most controversial topics of our time at “The Pe...
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Book notes: David Finch speaks at Glen Ellyn BookFestJun 21, 2012 6:00 am - Ÿ The annual Downtown Glen Ellyn BookFest takes place at various venues in downtown Glen Ellyn starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 23. Authors and speakers will be on hand...
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Oil painting to be auctioned off during May 21 arts eventApr 28, 2011 11:00 pm - “Abstract Winter,” an oil painting by acclaimed Highland Park landscape artist Nina Weiss, will be among the art works auctioned off during the Evanston Art Center's pop...