Naperville Diary

A Naperville parent's review: how Bear Paddle swim school's patient instructors and small classes turned a terrified beginner into an eager swimmer.

Romance author Sonali Dev shares seven rules for keeping the love alive when you're losing your mind — from holding hands to yelling it out.

WDSRA has served western DuPage County residents with special needs since 1976, running 1,500+ recreation programs a year for 4,500 participants.

Sreepathy's Retro Reel on Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men (1957): a single jury room, twelve men, and a masterclass in power, prejudice, and reasonable doubt.

A Naperville book club takes on Aravind Adiga's Booker-winning 'The White Tiger' — and splits three ways over its brutal portrait of class and caste.

Naperville's 'Chai, Chat with Books' club brings eight women together over chai and chaat to talk books. A diary note on why book clubs endure.

Back in 2012, a 99-cent Android app promised to rescue Thanksgiving with tandoori turkey, kalakand, and five more fusion recipes. The idea outlived the app.

In October 2012, Elzbieta Plackowska killed her 7-year-old son and the 5-year-old girl she was babysitting in a Naperville townhome.

This book column looks at Lawrence Anthony's The Elephant Whisperer: a rogue elephant herd, a Zululand reserve, and a bond that crossed species.

Chai, Chat With Books is a small suburban book club of eight women who share a love of reading over tea, chaat, and lively conversation.

The 3rd annual Chicago South Asian Film Festival opens with the North American premiere of Heroine and a world-premiere lineup, Sept 20–23, 2012.

Master Stephen Co — personal student of Pranic Healing founder Grandmaster Choa Kok Sui and bestselling co-author — brought his teaching to Aurora, Illinois.

The One of a Kind artisan exhibition in Naperville brought together dozens of Midwestern makers — ceramics, jewelry, textiles — with a growing South Asian

MONEY magazine named Naperville one of America’s best places to live in 2012 — top schools, Ribfest, Centennial Beach, and the famous Riverwalk.

An introductory pranic healing workshop with Chandan Parameswara was held in Oswego on August 29, 2012 — a look at the no-touch energy healing practice.

An evening of Indian classical music comes to Naperville on Sunday, August 5 — a rare chance for Chicagoland listeners to hear a living tradition up close.

The 2012 Summer Writing Program in Naperville wraps up on July 26 — with the possibility of year-round lessons, and student work to be published.

Chicago earned its meat-city reputation — but by 2012 its best kitchens were quietly serving plant-based dishes worth ordering on their own terms.

A Mother's Day poem by fifth-grader Shlok Sharma of Naperville: Mom, you are an eagle... a rose... the great ocean — a child's tribute in verse.

Naperville students brought science experiments to the Late Show with David Letterman in 2012 — a small win for the idea that the lab can be a path to prime