What’s Next?

Contributed by bturner@highlightsofchicago.com A few years ago I was deciding what I would like to do when I retired from my educational publishing job. One idea was to go back to school and the other idea was to volunteer at the Chicago History Museum. Little did I...

Bringing Dreams to Life

Contributed by villagegirl92 I was born in Brooklyn, NY but moved to Florida shortly before my ninth birthday. In my forties, I moved to Manhattan for an amazing eleven years.  For one year, I lived near Gramercy Park, later I moved to mid-town, just blocks from Grand...

The Art of Exquisite Design

“One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.” Oscar Wilde   Have you ever seen something so beautifully or playfully designed that it exceeded its functionality and could be viewed as a work of art? Wearing an item that has these qualities can...

Opera that Rocks!

Submitted by Donna Marie  “When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.”Henry David Thoreau Experiencing the voice or instrumentation of a musician or the movement of a finely...