Toots and the Brummies
Evanston RoundTable, Nov. 30, 2023 Note: Some of this story is true, some is made up. See the end for clarification. In the spring of — Read More
Author: Lester Jacobson
Shostakovich in Evanston
- Post Author By Lester Jacobson
- Post Date November 9, 2023
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Evanston RoundTable, Nov. 8, 2023 Fifty years ago, in June 1973, the great Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich came to Evanston to receive an honorary degree — Read More
Sarkis still going strong after half a century
- Post Author By Lester Jacobson
- Post Date November 9, 2023
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Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 26, 2023 Is there a more iconic eating place in Evanston than Sarkis? Maybe not. Located at 2632 Gross Point Road, a — Read More
My old man
- Post Author By Lester Jacobson
- Post Date October 5, 2023
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Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 4, 2023 Dad died of lung cancer in October of 1981. I wasn’t there, unfortunately, because I was finishing up my afternoon — Read More
My falling out with fall
- Post Author By Lester Jacobson
- Post Date September 26, 2023
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Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 20, 2023 I have a problem with autumn. And that’s too bad because for many people, it’s the nicest time of year: — Read More
Toots and the Brummie
- Post Author By Lester Jacobson
- Post Date September 11, 2023
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Note: The travel part of this story is true. I’m not so sure about the Brummie’s tale. In the spring of 1968, a junior year — Read More
52 books
- Post Author By Lester Jacobson
- Post Date September 7, 2023
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Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 6, 2023 A few weeks ago my 14-year-old grandson, Ben, started Lane Tech in Chicago. It’s one of the best public high — Read More
Summertime, and the weather is easy
- Post Author By Lester Jacobson
- Post Date August 13, 2023
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Evanston RoundTable, Aug. 10, 2023 Is it immodest, unbecoming and possibly imprudent to brag about this summer’s local weather? Probably, but…. While the rest of — Read More
AI rewrote my novel – and it was awful!
- Post Author By Lester Jacobson
- Post Date July 29, 2023
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Evanston RoundTable, July 26, 2023 The humor magazine National Lampoon published a cover story in 1971 headlined “Pornography: Threat or Menace?” Today they may want — Read More
Ava at the bat
- Post Author By Lester Jacobson
- Post Date July 7, 2023
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Evanston RoundTable, July 6, 2023 Somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout, But there is no joy in Mudville – mighty Casey has struck — Read More
