Some might say that the sky's the limit when it comes to education, and that couldn't be more true for Krysti Scotti. In just two years' time, the 30-year-old married mother of two will have made the leap from contemplating getting her college degre...

The artist sits before her blank canvas, contemplating the first brush stroke of a portrait of DuPage County in 2011. Her brow is furrowed. Where to start? How to capture the true nature of our communities? How to share our courage and our sadness, ...

When you step back and remember some of the DuPage County residents who lost their lives in 2011, you can't help but marvel at how much some of them accomplished and to ache at the thought of how much others could have done, given just a little more...

Not many can say their uncle was Conde Nast, creator of Vogue magazine, and their aunt was Nancy Talbots, founder of Talbot's clothing stores. Ellen Stirling of Lake Forest can, but she'd rather brag about other things, like The Lake Forest Shop...

Lauren Lawson's words are inspiring thousands across the world. She says she knows this. She's seen the reactions of people from every continent to the short, motivational phrases she's displayed while spending weekend afternoons on Chicago street c...

Austria had the von Trapp Family Singers of “The Sound of Music” fame. The talented Osmond brothers and their sister, Marie, hailed from Utah. The Sliva family of Naperville has a musical tradition of its own. The children of Vladimir and Renata...

Creepy & kooky “The Addams Family” returns to Chicago starting Tuesday in a newly retooled tour that presents this ghoulish Broadway musical in its final version at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St., Chicago. (800) 775-2000 or br...