A Spanish-speaking autism expert will answer questions from Chicago families at a special event next week, the latest from a special outreach project of the Chicago Children's Theater.  Read more...

Derrick Sanders is the grandson of a Negro Leagues baseball player and a new father to a 19-month-old boy. Both roles influenced his decision to join "Jackie and Me," the Chicago Children's Theater's newest show, premiering Feb. 8.  Read more...

Remember Eddy, the adorable little lion who won our Halloween photo contest?  Read more...

If you were planning to ride out the impending storm with polar bears, you're out of luck. For just the second time in its 76-year history, the Brookfield Zoo will be closed Wednesday.  Read more...

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We've got "America's Next Top Model" and "America's Next Great Restaurant"...How about "America's Top Young Scientist?"  Read more...

Our New Year is a distant memory by now, but keep the party going with Chinese New Year festivities at Big Bowl, an Asian fusion family restaurant with two Chicagoland locations.  Read more...

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Chicago is a long way from the ocean, but this spring, a pair of exhibits will be bringing creatures of the deep to the city.  Read more...

This week, Feb. 6-12, if Burn Awareness Week, and Shriners Hospital for Children is sounding the alarm with tips for home safety and a free coloring book for kids.  Read more...

Want to shake your booty with King Julien? You're in luck Feb. 17 and 18 at two Chicago-area events.  Read more...

Since it opened to wide acclaim in 1986, Les Miserables is a show you experience, rather than just see, and the Chicago run, at the Cadillac Palace Theater through Feb. 27, is no different.  Read more...

This year, why not take a week or two this summer to nurture your child's budding talents? Here are five specialty camps in Chicago we wish had been around when we were kids.  Read more...

That Kleenex-filled, juice-stained, cracker-crumb-covered car you're driving around could be The Dirtiest Car in Chicago.  Read more...

Kids at Namaste Charter School eat tilapia for lunch and have an hour of gym every day. This week, the school became the second in the Midwest to get top government honors for its health focus.  Read more...

Most experts agree recess is important and should be returned to Chicago public schools. Now the debate is: How?  Read more...

Chicago-area parents looking to get their questions about vaccines answered have an opportunity to do just that later this month, when the nation's top pediatricians group holds a public forum.  Read more...

You may remember Ryne and Logan from our "Lookin' Sweet on Santa's Lap" photo contest over the the holidays. Photographer Naomi Epstein went out in the snow with the Bartling Family, of Monee, and captured these stunning shots.  Read more...

"Jackie and Me," the world premiere show from the Chicago Children's Theatre, is about much more than baseball.  Read more...

The new show from an Evanston-based circus arts ensemble finds a use for old socks and other recycled goods, and takes eco-friendliness to its artistic extreme.  Read more...

The Field Museum 's newest exhibit, The Horse, running Feb. 16-Aug. 14, explores the bond between humans and horses through artifacts, some 3-D animation wizardry, and no fewer than nine (we counted) life-sized horses.  Read more...

The Berghoff is a family restaurant in the truest sense, updated and kid-friendlier these days, but still serving up a helping of Chicago history and culture.  Read more...

'Stars on Ice' makes its landing in Chicago March 12, but we caught up with two of the parent performers show to talk about skating, raising kids and living on the road.  Read more...

Illinois kids, especially those from low-income families, are falling behind in terms of reading achievement and the state’s fiscal crisis means that gap may grow as funding for important programs is lost.  Read more...

Candy corn, Lincoln Logs and the Happy Meal: Chicago's a great place to be a kid, and it's also responsible for some of the most enduring contributions to childhood.  Read more...

Contribute your brick to a monster-sized Buzz Lightyear that's being built at the LEGO store at Northbrook Court this weekend.  Read more...

On Feb. 22, the Deerfield Parents Network will host best-selling author Barbara Coloroso for two sessions on bullying and parenting issues, both free and open to the public.  Read more...

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It’s ISAT time, so sharpen the No. 2 pencils and give these tips for test success a read.  Read more...

Anyone who's seen Edgar Degas' statues of ballerinas knows that dance can inspire art. But Evanston Dance Ensemble's new show says the reverse is also true.  Read more...

Last year, the legendary—and raucous—South Side parade was replaced with a two-day fest, letting the over-21 crowd have their fun on Friday and Saturday nights and reserving daytime Saturday for families.  Read more...

The Lincoln Park Zoo welcomed a baby sloth on Feb. 15, the latest in a string of new arrivals at Chicago's two zoos.  Read more...

The American Academy of Pediatrics released its 2011 vaccination schedule Tuesday and while the changes aren't sweeping, for most kids, they'll mean a few more shots.  Read more...

A pair of nutty number holidays this month will try to make math fun for Chicagoland students, though state testing may dampen the fun.  Read more...