Masha’s Mandolin
It could be said that musical talent helped the late Masha Pietkowski survive the Holocaust. She played the mandolin in an all-female orchestra at the Auschwitz concentration camp for nearly…
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Cards, Coffee, And The Joy Of Snail Mail
Challenging times often inspire reflection on important touchstones, reminding us of loved ones we’ve lost and the importance of people in our lives. The recent pandemic emphasized our need to…
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Woodlands Lands Wooden Disciple
Three-time UCLA men’s basketball champion Larry Farmer sits in a conference room at his new employer—Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest—and recalls the moment he turned down…
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Labor Of Love
ON MY NIGHTSTAND One year ago, my nightstand was essentially a simple shelving unit with one tiny drawer and open shelves—open shelves which drove my husband crazy with the menagerie…
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Marcia On Her Mind
Mary Anne Ehlert still hears her younger sister Marcia’s laugh, more than 27 years after Marcia— born with an umbilical cord wrapped around her tiny neck, and cerebral palsy—died at…
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Root For Nat
Natalie Pelletier and Maddie McCormick were fifth graders and rookie actors when they appeared together on the Children’s Theatre of Winnetka stage in 2001. Pelletier portrayed a cheerleader in the…
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To Preserve And Protect
Arthur Miller’s 1988 Volvo never had a chance. Miller—a resident of Lake Forest since 1972, Lake Forest College’s emeritus Archivist and Librarian for Special Collections, and a man whose knowledge…
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Guidance Is Golder
Former New Trier East High School JV wrestler of the year David Golder isn’t a hard man to pin down off the mats. Named the chair of the Jewish United…
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Her Pin-erary For Success
For a first date on the 4th of July in Colorado years ago, Annie Pezza watched fireworks from a spot on the roof of a parking garage. Sparks must have…
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