Naperville

In the pandemic winter of 2020, Naperville outdid itself with holiday lights — and one friend's hand-drawn maps turned it into a family touring tradition.

A personal interview with Dr. Patel and Dr. Shah of PASHA Orthodontics in Naperville — on the name, their paths to orthodontics, and advice for small

After the Feb 14, 2019 Pulwama attack killed 40 CRPF personnel, the Chicago-area Indian community held a candlelight peace march in Naperville.

Naperville's Power of Choice coalition reported 82% of District 203/204 students alcohol-free in 2018 — and flagged the rise of teen vaping.

Archived 2018 listing: YA-MA Learning's all-day summer camps at Waubonsie Valley and Metea Valley high schools — LEGO robotics, coding, Python, STEM, and

A 2017 review of LABS, a Naperville gym with group classes like Catalyst and Force — plus its 2017 pricing and a $14-for-14-days promo (now expired).

Substance abuse can touch any family — including Indian-American families in Naperville. 360 Youth Services' Power of Choice offers prevention and counseling.

YA-MA Learning's LEGO robotics and engineering STEM classes for ages 4–13 in Naperville — programming, engineering builds, coding, and competition prep,

Kidz Learn STEM robotics and engineering classes for ages 5–13 in Naperville and Aurora — Lego robotics, coding through storyboards, and summer workshops

ParentsMatterToo: free 6-week Parent Conversation Circles in Naperville starting April 4 — trained facilitators, practical strategies for resilient kids.

WotNow — a social local calendar app built by Naperville residents Deepa Salem, Anand Sivaraman, and Vidhya Iyer — launched in 2015.

A March 2015 Naperville crash at 75th Street and Modaff Road injured a bicyclist — a reminder to share the road as riding season returns.

In September 2014, six Naperville women opened Janani Inc., a Vastu-compliant Indian grocery on 95th Street. A TI community notice, from the archives.

In 2014, 18-year-old Ravi Jagadeesan of Naperville won a $50,000 Davidson Fellow Laureate award for original mathematics research on Galois invariants.

From the 2014 Naperville Diary: a free introductory Art of Living talk on the Happiness Program, breathwork, and meditation, held in Willowbrook, Illinois.

ThinkGlobal Arts Foundation's 2014 family theatre production 'Around the World in 8 Folk Tales' brought folk stories from eight countries to Naperville.

School of Rock Naperville's 'Old Skool' program had parents and kids rocking out together — a look back at the 2013 feature.

Char Desmond's Cambridge Closets offered Chicago-area custom closets at about 25% below the big franchises — a local business profile from Naperville.

Amish Tripathi, author of the bestselling Shiva Trilogy, appeared at Wentz Hall, North Central College, Naperville on June 30, 2013 — archived event.

WDSRA Girl Scout Troop 200 sponsored the Naperville Municipal Band's Ice Cream Social at the June 13, 2013 concert in Central Park, Naperville.

A community appeal from March 2013, when Vasavi Chakka ran for the Indian Prairie District 204 Board of Education in the April 9 election.

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

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.

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

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.

Bookwallah, a Naperville-area children's book nonprofit, held a fundraiser on May 25, 2012 at the White Eagle Clubhouse to build orphanage libraries.

A grade-5 story by Shlok Sharma of Naperville: Joe's mom is disappointed in his writing scores and buys him a diary. What happens when he starts his journal?

A poem by Shlok Sharma, then a fifth-grader in Naperville, on the mistakes he made — from punching Justin Bieber to falling into a tributary. Childhood humor.

How a Naperville car dealership became an unlikely social hub for the area's South Asian community — and what it says about how luxury really sells.

A poem by fifth-grader Shlok Sharma of Naperville — kung-fu dogs, heroes, and a monkey that sings. Kids' writing from the Thoughtful India archive.

Naperville's Simply Vedic hosted a singing talent hunt celebrating Indian classical music — giving young diaspora performers a stage and a community.

Don't bank calories, savor what's special, and build in movement: practical, non-guilt-laden guidance for navigating the season's abundance.

The crisis is over; the harder work begins. On resisting the rush to restore, and asking after the storm not where we were, but where we want to go.