Steve Mullins eschewed the sweets at a summer camp for boys in Canada and then found out he had a taste for collecting figural ceramic pitcher—or small Toby and Character…
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Primary Countdown
The book, Juggling for the Complete Klutz, came with three beanbags. State Sen. Daniel Biss (9th district)—an Evanstonian since 2006, a former state representative (17th district) and a Democratic gubernatorial…
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Spot On
Dan Noonan has written a play, Blue Over You, and it seeks to answer the question, “Where’s Mitzi?” Mitzi’s husband, high school drama teacher Francis, comes home one day. Mitzi…
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It’s Mueller Time
Paid? To laugh constantly with other cast members and portray a silly character in a musical with multiple endings? Actress and singer Jessie Mueller, a 2001 Evanston Township High School…
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Ring Leader
Decades ago, the homecoming theme of “Holiday” stirred the creative students at Forest Hills Northern High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. One of the students was Jeffrey Meeuwsen, now 48…
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Meet Rick Boynton
A cabaret singer at the Inn at Whitefield in New Hampshire had lost his voice in the late 1970s. A fill-in was needed, pronto. The artistic director at the Weathervane…
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