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Turning 90, Jim Harper still shows his stuff on the pickleball court
Evanston RoundTable, Feb. 6, 2025 As he embarks on his 10th decade, Jim Harper is still grateful he can get out on the McGaw YMCA pickleball court and have a

‘Somebody Somewhere’ turns out to be Evanston’s Hannah Bos
Evanston RoundTable, Jan. 30, 2025 The co-creator and co-showrunner of the comedy drama, which last month completed a three-season run on HBO Max to rave reviews, is Hannah Bos, who

Expressing gratitude
Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 23, 2024 One of the many wonderful features of the annual Thanksgiving holiday, in addition to the food and the company, is the opportunity to express our

Rx for health care access: Some initiatives that may help
Evanston RoundTable, Nov. 21, 2024 Editor’s note: The first part of this series explored the supply-and-demand dynamics that help explain difficulty accessing doctors nationwide, and the concerns of local patients

The doctor can’t see you now: Is access to health care in crisis?
Evanston RoundTable, Nov. 20, 2024 Editor’s note: This is the first article in a two-part series. When health care consultant Michael Millenson phoned Endeavor Health last year to make a

How to process the Trump victory
Evanston RoundTable, Nov. 6, 2024 Waking up this morning to read the election results provokes a number of thoughts. The first is the Chinese curse, so-called: May you live in

New book, movie emerge from talented Fiffer clan
Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 18, 2024 Exciting news from the highly creative Fiffer clan, longtime northwest Evanston residents: When last heard from on these pages two years ago, Steve Fiffer was celebrating the

Running across Evanston
Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 4, 2024 Looking for a way to brighten up and, in his words, “gamify” the tedium of training for a marathon, Evanstonian Jeffrey Jamison hit on a

Driving with George
Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 4, 2024 It wasn’t a dream or a fantasy so much as a thought experiment: What if, sitting alongside me, inexplicably riding shotgun in my beat-up Chevy,