by Eileen Daday | Sep 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Kate Tully of Prospect Heights likes to spark joy with her public art. She started by painting imaginative murals on her garage door, that drew a big response from her neighbors. For the last two years, she has collaborated with fellow Prospect Heights artist, Mara...
by Eileen Daday | Sep 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Arlington Heights native Ryan Wolfe found his voice, so to speak, when he first started performing in musicals at Saint Viator High School. The 2014 graduate joined several choral ensembles at the school and as graduation drew closer he decided to major in music...
by Eileen Daday | Sep 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
Most days, members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society at Our Lady of the Wayside Church go about their work quietly. A parish phone line connects them with neighbors in need to help them with food, housing, financial help for utilities and other basic needs. Yet, on...
by Eileen Daday | Sep 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
Back in high school, Jen Cupani played clarinet in Stevenson’s marching band and was a member of its dance program — and her love of the performing arts only grew from there. Just last month, Cupani was named interim artistic director at the Metropolis...
by Eileen Daday | Sep 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Joe Pietro still thinks of 129 as his lucky number. It was his draft number coming out of high school and sure enough he was drafted into the Army to serve during the Vietnam War. Though he would spend less than 18 months in Vietnam, and never saw any combat duty, the...
by Eileen Daday | Sep 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
Buying a restaurant in the middle of the pandemic might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but for Tim and Stacey Grodek of Rolling Meadows, well, they threw caution to the wind. They took over Peggy Kinnane’s Irish Restaurant & Pub in June, 2021 and they...
