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Music pulsated Thaddeus Tukes’ childhood house in Hyde Park. His parents, Warren and Celeste, liked to play Gospel and old-school soul at their home in Chicago, as well as the occasional Motown song. “My parents fostered an appreciation for music when I was young,” recalls the 29-year-old Tukes, who still calls Hyde Park home. “I

#HASHTAG: BETH BOYD

Asked to serve as Ragdale’s President of the Board of Trustees in the midst of a pandemic and a nationwide reckoning with racism following George Floyd’s murder, BETH BOYD saw an opportunity to help the nonprofit serve its artists better and smarter in a changing world. Indeed, over the past two years Ragdale has built

COMING HOME

Some comedians’ standup acts are inspired by relationships, or their childhood experiences, or a multitude of other human interactions. For Evanston native (technically) Emilia Barrosse, it could be the demise of baseball, or the miracle of flight, or Socrates. Barrosse was born into a family of entertainers— her father Paul is co-founder of the improvisational

REMEMBERING JERRY SPRINGER

The child of refugees who escaped the Holocaust, Gerald Norman Springer— known about the world as politicians, journalist, and talk show host Jerry Springer— died April 27 at his home in Evanston. He was 79. And while he may have been raised in New York, the legacy of Jerry Springer was made in Illinois. After

READY FOR TAKEOFF

United States Marine Corps Major and Military Instructor Pilot Keller Rongey has been all over the world since the age of 18, from the weeks he spent with a Rotary TABU (Towards A Better Understanding) contingent in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to overseeing the planning and execution of tactical sorties in support of operations in Northern

BEST IN PEACE

Six months after the September 11, 2001 attacks on U.S. soil, Gretchen Grad was in bed at her home in Glenview, unable to fall asleep one night. The fractured world concerned her. “I was thinking, ‘Maybe we could do something to help heal the world,’” Grad says. Her mind raced. “Something” turned into an bold

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