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On the grid(iron) with football coach-businessman Brad Hokin. P22
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Abbie Kaestle fortifies another lengthy postseason for New Trier’s girls golf team. P18
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NEWS
That’s Marvelous!
CELEBRATE! CELEBRATE! Highland Park Strings attaches its 40th anniversary events to its city’s milestone birthday
Highland Park’s own Mrs. Maisel comes to town October 19 BY ELAINE DOREMUS THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
Fresh off her Emmy award win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Rachel Brosnahan, who portrays the aspiring, irreverent, and cheeky stand up comedienne Midge Maisel in Amazon’s hit series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, is coming to the North Shore. That’s right. The Highland Park native will be the headliner at the Highland Park Community House at 7 p.m. on October 19 to promote Wilmette-based Actors Training Center (ATC) and close friend and mentor Carole Dibo, who was instrumental in launching Brosnahan’s career. “When we went into business together, she (Brosnahan) wasn’t really and actress, and I wasn’t really a manager,” laughs Dibo, founder and executive director of ATC. Brosnahan took her first acting class at age 16 with Dibo at ATC, and the two established a lasting bond—first as mentor-student, then as manager-actress, and now as colleagues and lifelong friends. The upcoming event, titled “A Marvelous Evening with Mrs. Maisel,” promises to be
Dr. Robert G. Hasty, principal conductor of the Highland Park Strings. BY JEN SHEA THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
Highland Park turns 150 next year. Highland Park Strings launches its 40th season later this fall.
That gives the Strings two causes for a year-long celebration during its “Highland Park’s Got Talent” season, and it all starts with the first of three free concerts October 21 at Highland Park High School. The other two are set for December 2 and May 19. Each
concert starts at 3 p.m. Ravinia Festival’s Bennett-Gordon Hall serves as the host venue for the Strings’ annual benefit concert February 10, also beginning Continued on PG 8
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