Within minutes, the nearly 400 listeners from all across Chicagoland were transported to the Green Town, Ill., in the year 1928. In this sm

Florence said in the 1800s nursing was considered a vile occupation and hospitals were where one went to die rather than be healed. Nursing

Mrs. Roosevelt was in good spirits and happy to share her reflections about her life as the wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the mother o

Ms. Goddard scrupulously researches each portrayal and the resulting performance did not disappoint: It helped the viewer to understand Mrs.

The popular virtual Levy Lecture Series continues in June with five new living history Zoom presentations featuring storyteller and trained

The multi-talented Leslie Goddard combines her skills as public speaker, actor, author and historian into presentations and portrayals about

Author, actress, and historian Leslie Goddard transformed into biologist, ecologist, and science writer Rachel Carson on Tuesday, April 28 a

Curious elements contributed to the mystique, including the question of why the kidnappers would send a ransom note after the murder had alr

Fruteland Jackson spoke to a sellout crowd at the Levy Center on March 10. A Chicago native, Jackson,whose motto is “Try, Trust and...

Chicago’s own Dee Alexander and her band played to an at-capacity crowd Friday, March 6 at the Levy Center.

December 6, Rosie and the Rivets performed a retro concert, complete with vintage clothing and instruments

There is a numerical imbalance between Black men and Black women of marriageable age in the U.S. The marriage squeeze is real.

Three special bus tours last month highlighted the Evanston locations depicted in work by renowned artist Walter Burt Adams.

Residents and music enthusiasts packed the Levy Senior Center in Evanston on a rainy night Sept. 27 to hear local favorite South Boulevard B