Tom was a visionary. The last time I saw Tom was at 1871, the big Tech Center downtown. He was going through a rough patch but even so he was telling me about how he was working with churches on the south side of Chicago on things like 3D printers and how they could be…
DetailsWe got sandwiches from New York Bagel & Bialy in Skokie the other day and I said to my husband, “this must be the best lox and cream cheese sandwich you’ve had,” referring to the 3” inch high concoction he was holding. “The best one was with May,” he responded—the May in question being the…
DetailsTwo ads recently debuted using editing to have people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds morph into one another in succession. One, from Dove, featured a black woman who removes her shirt and becomes a white woman who removes her shirt and becomes a brown woman. The ad, part of the “All Skin Deserves Gentleness”…
Details“I really have to get on the bandwagon!” is a common lament for business owners, artists or entrepreneurs who are “non-digital natives”–people of an age who didn’t grow up with technology but now need to rely on it to continue to evolve their business. And even when you are ready to dive in with social…
DetailsMOSTRA VIII Brazilian Film Series Brings 26 Films and Six Filmmakers to Chicago – Nov. 3 to 18, 2017 CHICAGO, IL – For the 8th year, MOSTRA Brazilian Film Series will bring feature and short films, documentaries, panel discussions, Brazilian filmmakers to a diverse audience in Chicago. The largest Brazilian film festival in the Midwest…
DetailsOver the past three years, Shklyanoy, 70, has launched a new website tracing 150+ years of her family’s Soviet Jewish history, become an avid (and often very funny) blogger, is on Facebook and Twitter and co-wrote and presented a Reader’s Theater version of her story to critical acclaim in Providence (see the Broadway World Review…
DetailsAt 89, grandparenting activist, author and visionary Jerry Witkovsky may be eating less and drinking only water. But “being Jerry” is an inspiration and goal. Because at 89, Jerry is filled with a driving mission and purpose; a passion for his belief that Grandparents can have a transformational effect on their families when they unleash…
DetailsThere are two things that I immediately liked about Stretch for Change by Gustavo Razzetti. First, for a book that advocates change as a never ending trajectory over time, It’s published in a font size that people over a certain age can actually read. (Tired of reading already? Just watch the video review!) Second, it’s hard…
DetailsCadence Kidwell, founder of The Fuzzy Goat, a yarn and knitting shop in Thomasville Georgia, used the words “methodical” and “community” at least ten times each during our brief interview about how she changed her life and pursued a new dream, post age 50. On the former, about being methodical, Cadence shared how she worked…
DetailsWhy do people always say nice guys finish last? People shout and cheat and they are mean and they think it’s “me first” to the finish line. I even had a conversation about this last night in my own home (I love you honey’s!) So I went to my “go-to” shining example of someone who is…
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