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HITS ON HIS LIST

During the ‘80s, you couldn’t flip on your car radio without hearing a song by Daryl Hall and John Oates—from “Maneater” and “One on One” to “You Make My Dreams,” and “Kiss On My List.” But while those may be his best-known songs (the radio will do that), Oates has never stopped making music, some

PORTRAIT OF A PORTRAYAL ARTIST

After another one of her spot-on historical portrayals of a famous woman from mid- 20th century America, Leslie Goddard was approached by a concerned audience member. Goddard had performed a 45-minute, one-woman play about Rachel Carson, the marine biologist, author, and conservationist whose 1962 book, Silent Spring, documented the environmental harm caused by the indiscriminate

CHEZ QUIS?

“4,000 restaurants in the Chicago area. I pick the one my dad goes to”—Ferris Bueller. There are many notable scenes in the movie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. In fact, one could characterize the movie as a lengthy series of notable (and funny) scenes, from start to finish. Every now and then, there’s an occurrence that

FULL BLOOM

Joalida Smit was living the happy life in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2019 when her husband, David du Plessis, got an offer from his company to transfer to Chicago. Du Plessis flew solo to Chicago and soon after Smit and her two children came over for a visit. However, the idea of moving into

#HASHTAG: HOPE LUTZ FIRSEL

HOPE LUTZ FIRSEL is a Women’s Life Coach with a deep expertise in guiding women through life’s unexpected turns. In addition to having her master’s degree from The London School of Economics in Organizational Behavior, a life coach certification, and training in Rapid Resolution Therapy, Hope offers wisdom from overcoming her own personal traumas. She

CONNECTING THROUGH MUSIC

An only child who grew up in Cincinnati, jazz vocalist Petra van Nuis today likes nothing more than to be surrounded by talented musicians when she entertains. She formed the band Petra’s Recession Seven in 2008, right in the middle of the Great Recession. Her six partners in sublime artistry are her husband, Andy Brown

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