The play's director, Ilknur River Ozgur, gives us the rundown on this weekend's production. Q. Briefly, what is this play about? A. Jennifer Marcus, adopted from China by a California couple, is a troubled genius who is trapped in her fortress bedro...

You'd think the first thing you'd notice about Linda Hari is the wheelchair. No. It's her voice, a rapturously low, raspy and sensuous sound punctuated with notes of inexplicable joy. Then, maybe, you notice the wheelchair. "I've been an entertainer...

"Why do eggs get hard when you boil them?," asked David Appelbaum, 14, an eighth-grader at Aptakisic Junior High School in Buffalo Grove. Cooking is basically a chemistry experiment. Everything is made up of atoms, and groups of atoms are molecules....

Schick Road Bridge closure: Drivers who use eastbound Schick Road in Bartlett should prepare for detours over the next three months, as the Schick Road bridge will be closed for construction next week. The bridge, at South Bartlett and Gerber roads,...

After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Paul Wallace couldn't even sit on an exercise ball with his feet on the floor without falling over. Now he can curl over the top of the ball and balance on it without touching the ground. For someone wi...