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Skokie School Teaches Art of Crafting Violins
NorthShore Weekend, Sept. 12, 2014 How hard can it be to build a violin? After all, it’s just a wooden box with some strings attached. In the case of a
Carl Becker: Master Violin Maker
Lerner Newspapers, 1976 This was the second of a three-part article profiling instrument makers in the Chicago area. The other two were violin maker Franz Kinberg and lute maker Richard Brune. I
Little Libraries With a Big Mission: To Give Away Books
Evanston RoundTable, July 17, 2014 Two little houses with one big mission have recently appeared in Northwest Evanston. The houses, about the size of a dollhouse, each contain a Little
Writer Sleeps Tight at Clinic
North Shore Weekend, July 5, 2014 To sleep, perchance to dream. Aye, there’s the rub: too many of us aren’t sleeping. According to the Institute of Medicine, as many as
Light Opera Works Hits a Home Run With ‘Damn Yankees’
Evanston RoundTable, June 19, 2014 Light Opera Works kicked off its 34th season at Cahn Auditorium earlier this month with a rousing production of the 1955 classic musical “Damn Yankees.”
Adiana Strings Gets Upbeat Welcome
Evanston RoundTable, April 10, 2014 The new shop for the instrument rental company Adiana Quality String Instruments got off to a good start on April 3 with the usual ribbon-cutting
30 Hours of Dancing Raises Record $1.38 Million at NU Dance Marathon
Evanston RoundTable, April 10, 2014 Northwestern’s 2014 Dance Marathon, held March 7-9 on the lakefront campus, raised a record-breaking total of $1.38 million. More than a thousand undergrads danced 30
City to Grow Pot at Ecology Center
Evanston RoundTable, March 27, 2014 By Herb Marley In a new and some would say “highly” drastic effort to reduce the City’s chronic budget deficit, Aldermen last week approved a
Lisa Flynn – Classical Music’s ‘Perfect Voice’
North Shore Weekend, March 29, 2014 At 9:50 a.m. Lisa Flynn, midday voice of classical music station WFMT, enters the studio, adjusts the microphone and eases into her preferred chair,