Pam DeFiglio

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As two professional skaters warmed up for their solo exhibitions Saturday at the Glenview Community Ice Center, there was a sense of quiet despite the laughter of children and families enjoying ice bumper cars and other activities at Glenview’s Winterfest. It was the first time one of the skaters, Alexa Gasparotto, would perform to a public audience since competitively skating in Wichita at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships 2025, where she placed in both the Women’s Free Skate on Jan.

Oct 11, 2024 | chicagotribune.com | Pam DeFiglio

After two people who had spent time at the YWCA Evanston/North Shore developed Legionnaire’s Disease, the organization is temporarily closing its 1215 Church Street building in Evanston while the hot water system undergoes remediation, the YWCA said. The Illinois Department of Public Health performed testing Monday, Oct. 7 and the results came back Oct.

Jul 31, 2024 | franoi.com | Pam DeFiglio

Profiles, Spotlight 45 Views Indefatigable after 40 years at the helm of Giordano Dance Chicago, Nan Giordano continues to advance the legacy of her father, jazz-dance pioneer Gus Giordano.

May 15, 2024 | chicagotribune.com | Pam DeFiglio

Before the day Gabriela Leyva was lying on a hospital bed bleeding profusely, before she decided to change careers to a helping profession, before she created the paintings in an exhibit that just opened at Oakton College in Des Plaines, she was a businesswoman. But after her third child was born, she had an experience that changed the life she had known, she said.

Apr 17, 2024 | chicagotribune.com | Pam DeFiglio

Lincolnwood Public Library cardholders can enjoy a soiree Friday evening at at “Literature & Libations: A Book & Wine Tasting” from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Cardholders must be 21 or older and register on the library’s website by Thursday night. Library officials said in a news release that library staff will be available at tables grouped by book genre, ready and willing to have conversations about that genre. The wines are being donated.