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Toots and the Brummie
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 1968, a junior year abroad
Shostakovich in Evanston
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 from Northwestern University. He spent
Sarkis still going strong after half a century
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 block north of Central Street,
My old man
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 shift as a business section
My falling out with fall
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: beautiful days, crisp nights, lovely
Toots and the Brummie
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 abroad university student in London,
52 books
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 schools in the nation. We’re
Summertime, and the weather is easy
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 the world bakes, floods and/or
AI rewrote my novel – and it was awful!
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 to rephrase it: “AI: Havoc