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‘The power of storytelling’

Tribune News Service columnist Heidi Stevens to speak at Opera House By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com Heidi Stevens has been a columnist for the Chicago Tribune since 1998, perhaps best known […]

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‘Make it accessible, yet beautiful’

Flower Magazine publisher Margot Shaw to talk on ‘looking at life through a botanical lens’  By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com Margot Shaw, founder of Flower Magazine, will appear at the Woodstock […]

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‘…big fat biographies take time’

Pulitzer Prize-winner Jonathan Eig coming to Opera House By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com Jonathan Eig – journalist, biographer, and winner of a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for “King: A Life,” a biography […]

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‘Eight rugs and a wheeled cart’: Oriental rug expert will share stories about ancient art form in Creative Living Series

By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com Oscar Tatosian, director of Oscar Isberian Rugs in Evanston, traces his passion for the art of Oriental rugs to “a love for family, heart and legacy.” […]

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Regards to Broadway: ‘When it is at its best … it fuses three elements: acting dance and music’

By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com Broadway musicals, according to Michael Weber, are a fusion of “opera … operetta … [and] the world of American vaudeville.”  Weber, artistic director of Chicago’s Porchlight […]

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Disappearing traditions: Author to talk about honoring craftsmanship of fading occupations

By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com “I was thinking about doing a book about the fabulous dressmaking during the Gilded Age,” said Alison Hawthorne Deming, award-winning poet, essayist and nonfiction author. “I […]

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