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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by Bill McLean •
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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by Mitch Hurst •
Data about the learning loss that students suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic is starting to come in, and the results are startling. Worldwide, studies are showing significant levels of learning…
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by Bill McLean •
Izzy Kharasch didn’t wait very long to propose to his future wife, Kaye. Izzy popped the question before the end of their first date more than 30 years ago. A…
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by Mitch Hurst •
There are light shows. Then there are light shows. For the third consecutive year, the Chicago Botanic Garden (CBG) will stage Lightscape, a holiday show that lights up a 1.25-mile trail…
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by Mitch Hurst •
Karen Nochimowski of Deerfield was lying in bed at 3 a.m. one morning in June 2018 and an idea popped into her head. Nochimowski, founder of the popular Momma Chef…
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by Bill McLean •
Good thing Alex Rodriguez—the former Wauconda High School shortstop, not the former Major League Baseball shortstop—wasn’t a shy guy in high school. His outgoing personality forced his chemistry teacher to…
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by Debbie Lee •
When Susie Hultquist’s daughter Natalie was just a year old, she did what any naturally curious baby would, and took a lick of peanut butter from her mom’s spoon. Hultquist…
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by Monica Kass Rogers •
Rabbi Jacob Rosenberg is used to it. Strangers meeting him for the first time hear his title, see his bright, bearded face, and the yarmulke perched on the back of…
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by Monica Kass Rogers •
When school board members of Township High School District 113 in Highland Park meet to discuss strategic plans, policies that govern the district, or any of the other initiatives necessary…
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by Jen Shea •
Eighth-grader Lindsey Apple didn’t know much about Parkinson’s disease when she signed up for Sidekicks, a four-week program of workshops that pairs local youths with adults living with Parkinson’s. Apple,…
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