Amazing Kids - Jeffrey Brown
At 6-foot-3, 270 pounds, with a smile that lights up an entire arena, Jeffrey Brown is a State Champion, Honor Roll student and human teddy bear. In February, he won the State Heavyweight Wrestling Championship.
Amazing Kids - Matthew Bondy
In the evenings, you’ll find most kids gabbing on the phone with friends or goofing around on Facebook. And Matthew Bondy does the same, only if he’s on the phone, he’s talking to a member of the parliament of Malawi, discussing how to bring more water to Mangochi. If he’s on the computer, he’s emailing […]
Amazing Kids: Jonny Cohen and Green Shields
Jonny Cohen was taking everything in the house apart by the time he was 4. He built cars, helicopters, robots, and James Bond-like inventions, such as a miniature camera sewn into a beanie baby to spy on his older sister and a remote-controlled nerf gun.
Amazing Kids - Seoyun Baek
Take one look at Seoyun Baek, and you might think she’s just a normal 10 year-old girl. But hear her play the piano, and it becomes clear that she has extraordinary talent. Soyeun (pronounced so-YUN) began her piano studies three years ago and after just one year of study, she performed a duo piece with […]
May 2010 Give Time, Give Things, Give Support
This month’s picks for people, places and things with which you can make a difference: Give Time 2010 Chicago Green Festival greenfestivalvolunteers.org/chicago GIVE TIME: Join the volunteer team that helps support the largest sustainability event in the country on May 22 and 23. Volunteers receive free admission to the event both days, an exclusive […]
Connections for the Homeless Hosts Spring Benefit and Auction
Imagine how jealous the kids at school will be when you give your daughter a guitar autographed by Taylor Swift. It’s just one of the items up for auction at the Connections for the Homeless 2010 spring benefit. The black-tie optional event will be held on Saturday, April 17, at the Four Seasons in Chicago. […]
Jane Doyle and the Center for Independent Futures (CIF) Build Futures for Individuals with Disabilities
Jane Doyle’s son graduated from Evanston Township High School, went to UCLA and joined a fraternity. Her daughter Paige, yearned for a similar opportunity. That wasn’t an option though, because of her developmental disability. “My husband and I recognized that we had to be Paige’s dream keepers,” Jane explains. So, in 2000, they gathered 25 […]
Evanston Jewelry Designer Eve Alfille Will Unveil Her New Collection May 1
Eve Alfillé won’t reveal her age. “My mother-in-law told me people tend to discount you when you’re of a certain age,” she says. But Alfillé’s eye-popping jewelry designs ensure that no one will be discounting her any time soon. For a woman of a certain age, Alfillé has the energy of a college student. The […]
Oil and Water Mix Beautifully in This Hubbard Woods Studio
Walk down a sunny courtyard in the Hubbard Woods business district on any given day, and you may find four artists painting at their easels with styles as different as they are. What they have in common is their tie to the North Shore Art League where they have all taken classes and honed their […]
Organic Gardening: Jeanne Pinsof Nolan Grows the Trend on the North Shore
For many of us, the organic awakening came when we read a book by Michael Pollan or saw the film “Food, Inc.” But Jeanne Pinsof Nolan of Glencoe recognized the importance of organics more than 20 years ago. In the late ’80s, Nolan walked into a health food store out-of-state and happened upon some […]
