Dishing and Scoring
Collin Leider was 12 years old when he first attempted to bake at home. He made cheesecake on that day. It didn’t turn out very well. “Horrible, horrible, horrible,” Leider,…
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Wilmette
Working the ‘Night’ shift
Like Carl Sandburg, Nelson Algren and Gwendolyn Brooks, the Chicago writers Jessica Hopper references in her new memoir, Night Moves (University of Texas Press, 2018), she makes the “neon wilderness”…
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Cooking Maven Owns Recipe for Vibrant Writing
Mary Jo McMillin knew she wanted to work in a commercial kitchen. She wrote letters to professionals in the industry, hoping the words would sing her passion for cooking and…
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Check Out the Librarian’s Book
Wilmette Public Library Youth Services librarian Lisa Bigelow began writing her second book more than a decade ago. This summer, when Drum Roll, Please finally came out, audiences were ready…
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Boos draws applause
Loyola Academy football fans eager to catch senior wideout’s Act II on varsity The double burger at Culver’s tasted great, hit the spot. Loyola Academy senior-to-be and Glenview resident Rory…
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Designer Kitchens of the North Shore
The Junior League of Evanston-North Shore (JLE-NS) welcomed more than 500 attendees during its widely popular “Designer Kitchens of the North Shore” Kitchen Tour. In its eighth year the event…
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Lifestyles of the North Shore
Guests from along the North Shore toured five spectacular homes during The Winnetka Club’s Lifestyles of the North Shore Housewalk. Co-chairs Marla Bagan and Rhonda Miller, President Meg Graham, President-Elect…
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Business Tips from Wilmette Entrepreneur
Wilmette resident Danny Schuman felt despair when he lost his job in advertising on December 1, 2008 — what he says was statistically the worst day in 75 years to…
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Meet Mrs. Maisel’s Marvelous Mentor
When Carole Dibo, founder of Actors Training Center (ATC) in Wilmette, first heard that her client Rachel Brosnahan was auditioning for the role of a 1950s stand-up comedienne in…
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North Shore to Catch The Dying of the Light
Robert Goolrick, #1 New York Times best-selling author of A Reliable Wife, will be the next author to be celebrated at this season’s BOOKS ‘n’ BOTTLES series in exclusive Chicagoland…
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