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Over 700 [barely] Clad Runners Raise $188K Plus for Center on Halsted

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Over 700 [barely] Clad Runners Raise $188K Plus for Center on Halsted

I strapped on my camera backpack and headed out to North Halsted Street and Sidetrack Bar, where the 14th Annual Santa Speedo Run was scheduled to take place. I expected to find spectacle, or at least a lot of shivering runners, but instead I found community and belonging.

Echoes from the Podium: Remembering Chicago’s Great Conductors

Echoes from the Podium: Remembering Chicago’s Great Conductors

It was for me the epiphany that made me spend many other pleasant afternoons and evenings at Chicago cultural performances: the CSO, Lyric Opera, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Grant Park Music Festival, Ravinia Festival, Chicago Storefront Theater, and many others too numerous to mention.

To Read or Not to Read

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To Read or Not to Read

What I want to examine is the why and how of learning the skill of reading, and some suggestions about what you, the reader, might consider to help put us back on track toward a healthier, happier, and better informed adult cohort that we're now guiding in their formative years.