Recently added articles from Highland Park News (IL):
Pet of the week
May 07, 2009 ... Tara is proof that more is not better. This sweet dog should be around 95 to 100 pounds, but here she is in all her glory, all 165 pounds. Here is the challenge, all you weight watchers -- adopt Tara and let's see her "after" picture. Her "before" picture is here. Seriously, Tara ...
Film clips
May 07, 2009 ... What's playing at the cineplex and in your neighborhood. OPENING STAR TREK Director J.J. Abrams (creator of TV's "Lost") reboots the 1960s sci-fi franchise with an adventure about the maiden voyage of the USS Enterprise. Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto are featured as young ...
Playwright's show about knowing when people's time is up
May 07, 2009; ... Three years ago, a co-worker confided to Tommy Lee Johnston that she could read auras -- people's invisible emanations. Instead of being skeptical, the Deerfield playwright and actor was inspired. His latest play, "Aura," runs through May 23 at Chicago's Redtwist Theatre, where the playwright ...
Outstanding acrobatics, circus skills coming to Evanston
May 07, 2009; ... We won't reveal how it happens -- don't want to spoil the surprise -- but an usher is transported to the magical world of the circus in "Dream: A Circus in One Act." The Actors Gymnasium presents the family show at 7:30 p.m. Fridays, 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, and 2:30 p.m. Sundays, ...
Author, publisher wants kids to love Earth first
May 07, 2009; ... It's the time of year when gardeners start noticing holes and piles of castings that indicate some very busy invertebrates have been at work. It is here that children's writer and publisher Tim Magner found inspiration for the unlikely protagonist in the recently released picture book, ...