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Golf Mill Mall: Transformations in Niles, IL
Golf Mill Mall, or Golf Mill Shopping Center, opened on October 13, 1960, in Niles, Illinois. The mall’s design featured a distinct “mill” theme with ponds, bridges, and a functioning waterwheel. The architecture included an office tower, designed by Edo Belli, resembling the top of a golf ball, which became an iconic landmark.
Best Naperville Hole-in-the-Wall Restaurants in IL
Best Naperville Hole-in-the-Wall Restaurants in IL. We delve into three of the best Naperville Hole-in-the-Wall restaurants: Everdine’s Grilled Cheese Co., Nature’s Best Cafe, and Kogii Kogii Express. Naperville, Illinois, is home to a vibrant and diverse culinary scene, particularly when it comes to hidden gems. They are one of the best Hole-in-the-Wall restaurants in Naperville.
'It's a neighborhoody store': Local Mom-and-pop children's shoe shop marking 90 special years
Gotskind’s Shoes and Clothing opened in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood on the West Side in 1934. It eventually moved to Oak Park and then opened in Oakbrook Terrace and downtown Naperville, the only store that remains.
PHOTOS: Brookfield Zoo welcomes new animal residents
CHICAGO - Brookfield Zoo has announced the addition of several new animals, which includes emus, a sloth bear, and a puggle. In late June, three 3-month-old emus arrived at the Zoo. The one male and two females are adjusting to their outdoor habitat alongside kangaroos at Australia House. Emus, the second-largest birds in the world, are flightless and can sprint up to 30 mph, according to the zoo. The young emus have already gained 25% of their body weight in the past month.
Why the Heartland Animal Shelter needs your help and the best ways you can offer support
Just like that, one morning Heartland Animal Shelter, a premier shelter in Wheeling, IL, was literally underwater. Executive Director Jenny Schlueter explains why help is needed, either by fostering or adopting animals, and/or to give money. Insurance isn’t going to cover all this. All the animals survived, though Jenny tells the story that if it wasn’t for one sanitation worker, there may have been deaths. She explains how the shelter community and animal lovers have come to the rescue.
Water Street Fine Art & Fine Craft Fair adds “character” to Naperville
A pop of color and craft washed over the Water Street District in downtown Naperville on Sunday, July 14, with The post Water Street Fine Art & Fine Craft Fair adds “character” to Naperville appeared first on NCTV17.
Friday, July 19 | Naper Settlement “Naper Nights” Presents The Ultimate Garth Brooks Tribute
As part of its annual Naper Nights Community Concert Series, Naper Settlement presents The Ultimate Garth Brooks Tribute on Friday, July 19, preceded by an homage to country music by the ever-popular Hillbilly Rockstarz. The Ultimate Garth Brooks Tribute featuring Shawn Gerhard is a high energy show out of Nashville,...
Cotswold-style cottage calls the design shots
It wasn’t the biggest house on the block, or the most imposing, but there was a distinctive Englishness in the steeply pitched roofline, arched entryway and weeping mortar that spoke to her inner Anglophile. Anne Bodine, the RoundTable’s former community events editor, recalled admiring the residence at 2229 Central...
At This Time: Plein-air champs
Artist David R. Becker celebrates after winning best of show at the Evanston Plein Air Festival for his painting looking west on Noyes Street at the CTA viaduct. Becker, of Ingleside, painted all five days this week. He said he wasn’t sure what to enter, but a woman watching him work on Noyes told him: “You’re going to win the award,” as he was finishing this painting. “It’s all about the light,” Becker said. “I started at 8 a.m. on Friday. I love morning light.” He took the first-place judges’ award by besting 52 other painters at the grand finale of the fest sponsored by Evanston Made. (Photo by Richard Cahan)
New in Evanston: A first look at Lefty’s Righteous Bagels
First Mensch’s, now Lefty’s Righteous Bagels. Lovers of Jewish heritage foods are having a real moment in Evanston this month!. When it comes to bagels, what’s not to like? And yet, Lefty’s provides us with the capacity to love. It’s early days for Brad Nadborne (aka “Lefty”) and his team of intrepid bakers, but if today’s soft opening is any indication, these bagels do not disappoint. This is a Montreal-style bagel, meaning it’s been hand-rolled, kettle-boiled, then baked… but in a notoriously fussy wood-burning oven. It can be hard to get the bake just right, but when you do— as Lefty’s surely does — then it’s just the right ratio of crust to chew.
Picturing Evanston: From ‘resist’ to ‘sister’
Evanston’s Wordle of the day – someone reacted quickly to the presidential news and rearranged the “RESIST” yard sign on Asbury Avenue south of Greenleaf Street. (Photo by Joerg Metzner) Joerg Metzner is the creator and photographer behind "Picturing Evanston" (picturing-evanston.com), a community oriented project that...
Elmhurst Garden Club declares successful Garden Walk & Faire
Another successful Garden Walk & Faire has come and gone for the Elmhurst Garden Club, and it appears to be a rousing success. It was perfect “garden” weather, albeit a little warm, temperatures creeping toward the 90s by mid-afternoon. Members were stationed at the various homes to assist...
Art student wins last ‘paint out’
Lucy Clary won Friday’s paint out at the Evanston Plein Art Festival. Nineteen artists painted scenes around the Noyes Cultural Center, 927 Noyes St. Clary, 19, raised in Chicago, is a summer intern for Evanston Made, the organization that sponsors the event. She is starting her second year at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. “I chose the scene with all the foliage and the quiet train tracks,” she said. The festival’s grand finale will run from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday at the Rotary International, 1560 Sherman Ave. Sixty plein-air painters will display one work for judging and sell their art. (Photo by Lisa Degliantoni.)
Oak Park musician Kara Jackson to take the stage at Pitchfork
Oak Park-born musician Kara Jackson is taking the stage at Pitchfork Music Festival for the first time. Vocalo’s Nudia Hernandez spoke with her ahead of her performance, and asked her how she would describe her sound. “While the foundation feels like folk – and I really just write songs...
Photos: Families watch ‘Luca’ under the sunset at Lee Street Beach
Hundreds of kids and adults alike enjoyed the city’s latest Starlight Series Movie in the Park event Friday night, when they set up blankets and folding chairs at Lee Street Beach for a showing of the Pixar film “Luca.” See more photos of the gathering by the RoundTable’s Joerg Metzner below.
Allison Springer: From Pony Club to Changing the Eventing World
This article originally appeared in the April 2024 issue of Sidelines Magazine. Bribery can get you far, but for young Allison Springer, it led to a lifetime of horse-crazy pursuits at the highest level of the eventing sport. Raised in the outskirts of Chicago in Barrington, Illinois, Allison and her city-grown parents were enjoying their new life in the country when she had the opportunity to ride a neighbor’s pony one day after school—and, as she describes it, “that’s how the disease begins for a little girl.”
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