Magic Tree Bookstore is hosting The 8th Annual Student Art Auction to benefit the Oak Park Education Foundation (OPEF), running May 14th - June 1st. 

There's a saying about parenthood that I've always found rather humorous, "Life begins when the kids go away to college and the dog dies."

What you should know; what you should do!

As parents we spend countless hours tryig to please, cajole, fix or talk our child out of unhappiness, reaping limited results. Our most powerful resopnse? Choosing to feel good. . . 

Which do you prefer - face to face or Facebook? We might fool ourselves, but social media connects us only superficially to others. What provides real, meaningful connection is our live, in-person interactions.

In anticipation of the ReelAbilities Chicago Disabilities Film Festival, running from April 25-29 at the Lake Theatre, I spoke with River Forest couple Barb Smith and Tom Hazinski about their remarkable efforts parenting their third child, Michael, a 22-year-old who lives with multiple disabilities, both mental and physical. 

Thirty-two 4^th and 5^th grade PING! students rocked Beye School with a drumming workshop on Saturday April 7.

Oak Park River Forest Robotics Club students Tom Jozefowicz, Jesse Cornman, and Luisa Vasquez have refined their myoelectric (muscle voltage), thought-controlled robotic arm that won both regional and state competitions last year, and they are moving onto the prestigious International Google Science Fair!

Adopt1 is a new philanthropic group helping grow families in the Oak Park/River Forest area through adoption.

We all have differences, each and everyone of us. Yet we share one thing in common, our human experience.