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Checking out Free Music in the Community: Lincolnwood Chamber Orchestra Concert at Republic Bank

 One of the best aspects about living and exploring in Chicagoland is discovering that some of the best community events are budget-friendly or even completely free. In the summertime, these are everywhere, with plenty of options to choose from. There could be outdoor concerts along the skyline downtown, in your local park, or even indoors so that you can beat the feels-like 105-degree, popsicle-melting heat we’ve had this week.   We found one related to America’s 250th birthday and attended an after-hours networking event hosted by the Lincolnwood Chamber of Commerce at Republic Bank in the Skokie/Lincolnwood area on the north side. The combined networking and performance created a unique opportunity to enjoy live classical music with food in a classy, newly renovated bank setting. It was sponsored by Loeber Motors as a free community event; it was pretty fancy, and because of the local nature, it was not too crowded (Bingo!).   Attending this was a pleasant su...
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Meet Mindy Kaling!

Mindy recently debuted her first book, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)and though the book does help you get to know her intimately, expect no raunchy tell-all. “There are a lot of female writers coming out [where] what’s intrinsic to them is a level of raunchy details, which I’m not all that interested in reading or writing,” Mindy explained, “Hopefully, this book will appeal to people who don’t need that.”


Mindy also explains where her confidence comes from: “As confident as I feel, it takes an almost comically confident person to be able to say that they were destined to be in movies and television. I don’t think I was destined, but I think I am of the personality type where the rejection or odds of something doesn’t scare me. Maybe it was because my mom moved to Africa at 20 by herself, but there’s a certain fearlessness that runs in my family for things where there’s absolutely no reason to believe that it should work out. I get that from my parents.”


And how she is able to get away with with being a Beyoncé and shopping-loving semi-valley girl who can still come across as smart, funny and someone people can take seriously: “I do get criticized by women who think that because of who I am, I shouldn’t talk about shopping or be an emotional person, and I think, ‘Why?’ Now you’re just putting women in another box.”


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  1. UnknownFebruary 19, 2012 at 10:39 PM

    I've read a few excerpts from her books, and it's REALLY funny! I like her attitude, too -- don't put us in a corner for liking shopping AND art, for goodness sake!

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