by Eileen Daday | Apr 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
A unique check presentation took place Wednesday, not in a board room or corporate office but in a fifth grade classroom at St. Raymond School in Mount Prospect. At the end of their school day, the students proudly presented Don Grossnickle with a check for nearly...
by Eileen Daday | Apr 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
David Malone writes for a trade magazine by day, but he has found his voice, it seems, writing fiction. His first novel, written for middle school readers, The Wordsmith, is drawing positive reviews for its whimsical setting — and the sophisticated introduction...
by Eileen Daday | Apr 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
In her 30-year career as a choral director and music teacher, Ann Espel never had the chance to direct her favorite musical, until now. She and her cast, crew and pit orchestra open tonight with Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s Cinderella at Schaumburg High...
by Eileen Daday | Apr 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
More than once during Saturday evening’s Night of the Lion gala, Saint Viator High School officials described the addition of air conditioning to the building last summer — and the difference it made for students and faculty — as lifechanging. They...
by Eileen Daday | Apr 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
Lindsey Pazerunas figures she has been in all 17 musicals staged by the theatre company with UPS for Downs, and she can’t decide which she likes more: being on stage and wearing fancy costumes or having her whole family come out to watch her. “I look...
by Eileen Daday | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Right from the start, when the Arlington Heights Memorial Library began offering solar glasses — in advance of Monday’s solar eclipse — they went through 500 pairs in the first hour alone. By early afternoon they had handed out 700 pairs. The...
