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Rhoda Perlman founded Lakeside Realty in Highland Park. She served as the president of the Highland Park Chamber of Commerce, the first woman in that role, where she initiated the sidewalk sale and other business district initiatives.
According to Perlman's obituary in the Chicago Tribune, her "great passion was the theater" as a supporter and participant. She was a founding board member of Steppenwolf and Apple Tree Theaters. She was active in "Senior Producers" where she hosted Cuisine Scene. a
Perlman was born in Chicago and graduated from the University of Chicago. She and her family, husband Harry and daughters Barbara and Joan, moved to Highland Park mid-century.

The Highland Park Baseball Club, is Highland Park's amateur baseball team. They played against other North Shore Teams and had many home games at Sunset Woods Park. The teams had a manager and a mascot. Mascots in the early years of Highland Park would be a young boy. In the 1930s attention shifted away from adult amateur leagues and began focusing on local youth teams. Today both adult and youth leagues can be found in Highland Park.