Beaming
A gymnast’s routine on the balance beam usually lasts 90 seconds. People typically spend more time than that brushing their teeth in the morning. New Trier High School senior gymnast…
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Ageless camp counselor
He runs around and around at one end of a soccer pitch before every New Trier High School varsity girls soccer match in the springtime, camping under corner kicks, jumping…
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‘Fractured Follies’ Tales’ sure …
North Shore youngsters of all ages and abilities have myriad opportunities to perform in amateur theatrical productions, whether it be through schools, community centers or acting studios. Those outlets, sadly,…
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Vital Gathering
Kevin Joseph Smith Burke’s life ended tragically at the age of 23 in the summer of 2017, but the Wilmette native’s memory lives on through a local blood drive held…
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Tasting for a Cause
Here’s a fun challenge for North Shore wine aficionados: Think of a vintner-ish question smart enough to challenge a sommelier but crowd-pleasing enough to pique the general public’s interest, and…
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Classrooms Without Walls
It’s a mid-November morning, and I’m in Poland, shivering in the dark and hearing a medley of haphazard animal noises at the Warsaw Zoo. OK, not really. I’m actually in…
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UCCRFAB Dinner Discussion — Your Microbiome
Carl and Carolyn Rutstein hosted members of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation Auxiliary Board (UCCRFAB) for an intimate discussion with two world-renowned doctors that are a part of…
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Mentalist ‘minds’ your business
Christopher Carter is coming to Winnetka — and he’s ready to BLOW. YOUR. MIND. The well-known Chicago-based illusionist, mind reader and mentalist will appear at the Winnetka Community House (WCH)…
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East Elm Wine Walk
The merchants on East Elm Street in Winnetka hosted the fourth annual East Elm Wine Walk benefitting Boys Hope Girls Hope of Illinois in late September. The nearly 145 people…
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