Children have no notion of history. Even that of their own family. It takes their own curiosity or the initiative of an adult to help shed light on who they are and how they fit into the world. For most of the Black children whose parents and grandparents left the South between 1901 and 1970, …
Even though describing Lizz Wright as a soul and gospel singer hit the mark, leaving it there would be much too narrow. Her style and the music she chooses to sing come through in her conversation which invariably remains grounded in a spirituality that straddles the religious and the secular. It’s an awareness and understanding …
Napolita Pizzeria and Wine Bar has enough charm to make you give it a whole handful of second chances. With its devoted local following and exceptional wine offerings, there are reasons to keep the sophisticated little outpost on Wilmette’s main drag in your suburban play cycle when Neapolitan pizza crosses your mind. Sometimes thought of …
Back in the day when air transportation didn’t exist and long distance communication was still in the form of the written word, travel wasn’t really travel unless things went wrong. Not infrequently, catastrophically wrong. Today, most travel is for pleasure and we plan meticulously to insure nothing goes awry when we head to the airport …
A & A Ballet, a three-year-old dance school currently housed in the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Ave., is one of those places with the gift of turning raw talent into prodigious proficiency. Actually a combination of experience and skill, that gift comes in the form of the school’s co-founders, Anna Reznik and Alexei Kremnev. …
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