For most people, there's nothing relaxing about waiting in a doctor's office. If you're worried you might get bad news, even reading a magazine can be a futile endeavor. For Gayl Walder, who knows all too well how stressful the setting can be, the doctor's office is the perfect place for yoga. The 45-year-old yoga instructor, who teaches at Equinox and Healing Power Yoga in Highland Park, recently produced a DVD titled Healing in Motion. The unconventional project features Walder going through a series of yoga poses in a doctor's office wearing everyday street clothes. Throughout the video, …

Henry McDaniel was not quite two years old when his mother suspected he would become a drummer. Lots of kids beat on pots and pans, but Lynette Wright said one day she found her toddler Henry keeping a meticulous beat on a large upside-down Garrett's Popcorn tin. The next Christmas, he received a three-year-old-sized drum set for Christmas, and he has been practicing every day ever since. "Every single day," said Bobby Wright, McDaniel's stepfather, his voice half awed, half weary – the kind of tone you might expect from someone who has lived more than a dozen years with a drummer under his …

Before Lorry Werhane Jr. joined the park district of Highland Park, he protested against it. When he was a junior at Marquette University, Werhane returned home to Highland Park to find that the park district had closed off the Port Clinton baseball field where he'd played pickup games growing up. A house had gone up in left field and its owners weren't keen on fixing broken windows or waiting for the next one to break. They complained to the park district and a sign was put up: No Baseball in the Park. So Werhane gathered as many people as he could and went to the field. The group played …

Update 10/13: KemperSports, the current operators of the Highland Park Theater, explained yesterday why they replaced Ray Ahlgrim, who managed the theater for almost 25 years. "After a lengthy interview process that included outside candidates, KemperSports selected Kevin Anderson due to his significant experience in the facility management field," said KemperSports Regional Operations Executive Terry Hanley. "Kevin is the right manager to take Highland Park Theater to the next level by improving conditions and restoring the pride in one of Highland Park's most historic buildings." According …