Novelist Amy Shearn authored today’s post.
(UPDATE: This show has been postponed until Sunday, May 16th at 2:30 PM)
At the Wilmette Theatre, North Shore residents and beyond will have an opportunity that would make seven-year-old me shriek with joy. No, it’s not a pet unicorn or a canopy bed: it’s a performance by the talented show business veteran Andrea McArdle, who created the role of Annie in the Broadway musical Annie in 1977.
Andrea McArdle
Andrea was kind enough to chat with me recently about her upcoming performance, her illustrious career in show business, and a certain spunky orphan named Annie.
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My friend is a psychotherapist. I asked him for advice when we began to develop Ageless-NorthShore.com. Particularly, I wanted his expertise regarding those of us over 50 who have to change jobs, change careers, or even un-retire.
He was very generous with his time and with his insights. He helped shape our going forward.
What I didn’t know about him was that he too had made a significant career change later in life. He began his professional life as a banker. When I asked to interview him, he agreed but asked that his real name not be used.
Continue reading “Guide for the Newly Perplexed: Banker to Psychotherapist: The real stress test” »
Peta Kaplan-Sandzer in Granada, Nicaragua
Peta Kaplan-Sandzer came to the North Shore via Israel and South Africa; we met her in Highland Park, and last saw her at the 2008 Artist Project, part of the “Art Chicago” exhibition. Peta was exhibiting larger-than-life paintings of stray dogs in Nicaragua; before that we had seen her smaller-scale landscape paintings – and then we heard that Peta and her husband, Ben Sandzer-Bell, are now living in Nicaragua.
It turns out that Ben, a VP of strategy for an aerospace company, saw the writing on the wall as oil prices rose to $147 a barrel, and began planning his exit strategy. He founded “CO2 Bambú” (bambú is Spanish for bamboo), a company designed to capitalize on cap and trade, the selling of carbon credits to offset the production of greenhouse gasses. Ben wanted “green” issues to be central to his work.
Peta, what is CO2 Bambú, and why Nicaragua?
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