Poundstone reveals secret, or lack thereof, to happiness
Paula Poundstone stopped going to her taekwondo classes all in the name of science, she said. Otherwise she would have gladly continued jumping rope 300 times in a row and...
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Lake Forest Symphony continues Beethoven, Haydn symphony cycles
When 2015 Sir George Solti Foundation Award winner Vladmir Kulenovic was chosen as music director of the Lake Forest Symphony four years ago, he wanted to program all the symphonies...
‘Taking Turns’ premiers at Three Brothers in Waukegan
While Doug McDade can't relate to the family situation in Madelyn Sergel's new play "Taking Turns," the moment he read it, he said he wanted to direct it. "It resonated...
Rare harp quartet to perform at Ravinia’s Bennett Gordon Hall
Harpists often have unique stories on how they began learning the instrument, said Marguerite Lynn Williams, founding member of the Chicago Harp Quartet, which performs at Ravinia's Bennett Gordon Hall...
‘The Gathering’ remains key to what Improv Playhouse does
Even though Improv Playhouse is noted as a comedy and improvisational venue in Libertyville, founder and executive director David Stuart said one of the important annual productions the playhouse does...
‘Rooting for the underdog’: Lake County biologists study salamanders emerging from winter burrows
A large bur oak stretches its branches across the Rollins Savanna landscape in Grayslake. Beneath the oak, a temporary pond is nearly thawed following winter's cold. It is there that...
Chick Corea plays acoustic with jazz group at Genesee
Chick Corea has worked hard to steer clear of defining his music, just as he said other musicians do. The 22-time Grammy-winning jazz and classical pianist and composer said he'd...
Ravinia 2018 lineup offers something for everyone
One of Leonard Bernstein's greatest fans is Whoopi Goldberg, said Welz Kaufmann, president and chief executive officer of Ravinia Festival. So it seems fitting that in 2018, the centennial year...
Taikoza features pounding drums, bamboo flutes, Japanese dancers
Marco Lienhard moved from Switzerland to Japan just after he graduated high school — and it was there that he discovered the shakuhachi. "I was really taken by the sound...
Musician brings lost art of Russian guitar to early music concert
Oleg Timofeyev heard classical music practically from the day he was born in Moscow in 1963. His mother studied cello at a conservatory and his grandmother was a concert pianist....