Community Calendar

Deadline for items for the Community Calendar is Wednesday at noon two weeks before desired publication date. Send information on fund-raisers, clubs, lectures, community events, reunions and support groups to Community Calendar, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026; fax (847) 486-7495; or e-mail to jmolitor@pioneerlocal.com. There is no charge for ...

BellissimoFavors.com Launches New Wedding & Baby Shower Favor e-Commerce Site

BellissimoFavors.com launches a new version of its e-Commerce web site devoted to wedding, bridal shower, baptism, anniversary, and baby shower party favors. New WYSIWYG personalized favor design tools revolutionize customized favor creation. The new website features over 3,300 specialty decoration and favor items including the industry’s best selection of baby shower favors, favor boxes, and ...

Jungle Party Line of Products Offers One Stop Shopping for Personalized Party Planning

Candles and Favors, the family-owned Party Authority and online retailer, announced today their adorable new Jungle Party line of baby shower products. The new line includes printed products such as baby shower invitations, thank you cards baby shower decorations, notes of advice and baby shower favors that can be fully customized with many options and as always with their wonderful candle ...

Death to Humans! Visions of the Apocalypse in Movies and Literature

All things must come to an end, but we humans have an endless fascination with the inevitable. Our September 2010 special issue and our web exclusives explore some of those endings. Writers and filmmakers, of course, have been tackling apocalyptic themes for decades, at times using them to highlight emotional aspects of sacrifice, heroism and dedication, to varying degrees of success. [More]

FYI Book Club | 'Netherland' is a novel of cricket and connections

Hans van den Broek is spectacularly alone in New York. It’s barely post-9/11 in Manhattan, and Hans’ wife, Rachel, has announced that she is decamping with their baby son to the relative safety of her parents’ home in London. Hans is not invited.