I am a professional artist with a studio in Wilmette and Anita Ivy Miller Studio Gallery in the Fine Arts Building in Chicago. I was selected for Channel 32, Wilmette TV, Five Faves segment this summer. I am a member of the Wilmette Arts Guild and a member of the Wilmette Disabilities Commission.

Evanston artist, Amy O. Woodbury will exhibit her artwork at her Eighth Annual Front Yard Art Sale where her colorful canvases will dance in the breeze as they are suspended from the limbs of a tree at their new home in Evanston, 1931 Colfax Street, on Saturday, October 11, from 8 AM – 4 PM, in conjunction with Evanston Arts Week.

Peer Jury, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, has helped guide area youth by providing juvenile offenders with a meaningful and remedial alternative program to juvenile court since it was started in 1998.
“By all accounts it has been one of the more successful programs that New Trier Township has offered to its residents,” said Patricia B. Cantor, New Trier Township Supervisor. Since the program inception, Peer Jury has heard over 430 cases resulting in more than 13,000 hours of community service. Cantor noted that better than 95% of the offenders in the program complete their sentence and avoid the consequences of a juvenile record.

Jordan Belga’s favorite subject in school is history.

That chill in the air is more than just a change in the weather. October is here, which means Halloween is on the way, promising tricks, treats, and all manner of community events for every thing that goes bump in the night. So get ready for some spooky fun for all the mummies, daddies and chillin' children in the North Shore with our special Halloween guide.

From a Village of Wilmette press release: