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Fr. John Eustice: Marathon Runner and Chaplain

Fr. John Eustice: Marathon Runner and Chaplain

For the last several years, before the start of the Chicago Marathon, Fr. John Eustice, a Viatorian priest, huddled together with members of TEAM SALUTE, for a pre-race prayer. Increasingly, the group is more than a huddle. At the last marathon in Chicago, 170 runners...

Schaumburg High School Musician Featured in NPR Podcast

Schaumburg High School Musician Featured in NPR Podcast

It was in sixth grade that Jorge Cruz-Hernandez followed in the footsteps of his older sister, picking up the clarinet. He would switch to saxophone later in middle school and ultimately learned to play the bassoon once he reached Schaumburg High School. "Ever since...

Women’s Jazz Festival Features Major Talent

Women’s Jazz Festival Features Major Talent

Quick, what to Hey Nonny's Women's Jazz Festival and SIX, the smash hit musical, have in common? They both feature jazz pianist and music director, JoAnn Daugherty, in their shows. Daugherty played keyboard and conducted the pit orchestra for the touring production of...

This Grinch Embodies Community Spirit

This Grinch Embodies Community Spirit

Have you noticed? It seems like increasingly, the Grinch is more popular than Santa during the holidays. A series of TikTok videos even explore this phenomenon, but Natalie Griffin, co-founder of Gerry's Cafe in Arlington Heights, has her own theory: "I think the...

St. Raymond Parish Celebrates 75 Years in the Community

St. Raymond Parish Celebrates 75 Years in the Community

As St. Raymond de Penafort Church celebrates its 75th anniversary this year of serving families in Mount Prospect and the Northwest suburbs, this much they know: While its pastors and associate pastors have changed over the years, its lay parishioners have partnered...

Warm Up to this Year’s Version of Christmas Carol

Warm Up to this Year’s Version of Christmas Carol

The story of Dickens' A Christmas Carol is familiar to most theatergoers, but the adaptation playing now at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, is well, warmer, according to Executive Director David Victor. "Though it's the same one-act adaptation, this year's tale...

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