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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Deerfield
Learning In
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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Wizardry Of Iz
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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Garden Glow
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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Momma Strong
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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Entrepreneurialism Meets Eating Well
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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Sunday Breakfast: Rabbi Jacob Rosenberg
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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Sunday Breakfast: Elizabeth Garlovsky
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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United They Bond
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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