DuPage County Lifestyle
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‘Farm-grown skin care’: Wheaton’s MION makes soap from the ‘best things’ nature providesFeb 14, 2024 10:54 am - Editor’s note: This story is part of an occasional series focusing on local businesses inducted into the Illinois Made program by the Illinois Office of Tourism. As ...
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Don’t be intimidated by the sommelier, wine is funFeb 14, 2024 10:15 am - “A lot of people think of sommeliers as stuffy, with the white cloth draped over their arm, trying to upsell you a $1,000 bottle of wine,” sommelier Marsha Wright said. “That’s not what it’s about. We like to have conversations, find out what you like. I make it fun.”
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Batavia brewery to host Pub Theology conversation Feb. 29Feb 14, 2024 12:40 am - Sturdy Shelter Brewing Co., 10 Shumway Ave. in Batavia, will host a faith conversation Thursday, Feb. 29. The fifth in a Pub Theology monthly series of informal discussio...
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Puppy love: How the friendship between a suburban postal carrier and a Chihuahua became a social media sensationFeb 13, 2024 7:00 pm - This is the story of how best pals Frannie, a long-haired chihuahua, and Hoffman Estates postal carrier Dan Larsen sparked a social media sensation that has attracted more than 730,000 followers and whose online videos have garnered hundreds of millions of views.
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French market may set up shop in ElmhurstFeb 13, 2024 5:06 pm - Elmhurst could say “bonjour” to a French market this summer. City officials have drafted an agreement to allow Bensidoun USA to operate a new weekly market near the Elmhurst Art Museum.
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Lincoln State Cat Club to hold 62nd annual show at DuPage County FairgroundsFeb 13, 2024 10:13 am - The Lincoln State Cat Club will hold its 62nd annual benefit show on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 24 and 25, at the DuPage County Fairgrounds.
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Centennial Beach preseason memberships availableFeb 13, 2024 6:38 am - Want to head to Centennial Beach in Naperville this summer and save a few bucks? Buy your beach membership now. Memberships will be offered at a preseason membership di...
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Learn spiritual practices at Wheaton’s Gary UMCFeb 12, 2024 11:36 pm - In a series on the spiritual practices of Jesus, members of Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton share their own experience with disciplines like prayer, fasting, read...
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GPS Parent Series speaker to discuss solutions for meltdowns and tantrumsFeb 12, 2024 6:33 pm - On Tuesday, Feb. 27, the Glenbard Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present “Parenting Your Young Child Through Tantrums, Misbehavior and Meltdowns” with p...
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Neighbors in the News: Districts 21 and 59 hire joint director of School Safety and SecurityFeb 12, 2024 3:37 pm - • Following the approval of an intergovernmental agreement with Elk Grove-based Community Consolidated School District 59, the Community Consolidated School District 21 B...