by Eileen Daday | Jan 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
When The Music Man in Concert opens Feb. 2 at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights, there won’t be room for much of a set. That’s because 40 actors — including 16 adult professionals and a 25-member youth ensemble — and a...
by Eileen Daday | Jan 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
There’s something wholesome about seeing high school students, dressed in jackets and ties, and dresses, carrying their instruments to their performance venue. Expect that and more when high school and middle school jazz ensembles descend Saturday on Buffalo...
by Eileen Daday | Jan 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
A large party played out Sunday at St. Joseph’s Home for the Elderly in Palatine. Nearly 100 people filled the first floor party room, ready to cheer when the guest of honor arrived. Sure enough, when Margaret Iosso made her entrance, the crowd erupted in...
by Eileen Daday | Jan 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
The refresh of Kids’ World — inside the Arlington Heights Memorial Library — opened Monday to the oohs and ahs of hundreds of youngsters and their families.. Among the highlights were the new Everbrite wall — think a life-sized version of the...
by Eileen Daday | Jan 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Rebecca Darr vividly remembers the first day she walked into the Northwest suburban office of the WINGS Program. In a LinkedIn post this week she described WINGS as “a tiny organization with a huge task in front of us, to end domestic violence one family at a...