Andrew Sowle (right), co-president of the GLBTQ (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning) club at Evanston Township High School, leads a meeting with co-presidents Joanne Pacheco (left) and Sara Antolin (center). (Jason Brown/Staff Photographer)
How real is it for gay and lesbian students in local schools? This week on pioneerlocal.com, staff reporter Joanna Broder explores the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth in the north suburbs.
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'Oliver!' one night only at Genesee
Quentin Araujo's favorite song in "Oliver!" is "Where is Love?" In real life, Quentin is surrounded by love.
The congenial 11-year-old from Virginia Beach, Virginia, plays the title character in the touring production of
the Lionel Bart musical based on Charles Dickens' novel, "Oliver Twist." The show plays the Genesee Theatre Jan. 14.
• 'Oliver!' one night only at Genesee
"Tango was born in Buenos Aires," says Carlos Favre, a Skokie dance teacher who is originally from Buenos Aires. No one knows exactly when it began. "Around the 1870s," he'd guess. "The origins of tango are very vague."
Wilmette police are asking residents to watch for suspicious activity in their neighborhoods following a mid-day burglary Wednesday to an apartment on the 100 block of Green Bay Road.
A Florida man captured by Mundelein police for eavesdropping and possibly pandering could face several years in prison, a Lake County judge said Wednesday.
While Maine Township School District 207 will review circumstances related to charges filed Dec. 29 in Chicago against a Maine East High School assistant principal, the discussion may take place in closed session. Dave Beery, spokesman for the school district, said he expects the District 207 school board will review the matter at its next regularly scheduled meeting, on Jan. 12.
Former Chicago Fire Department Lieutenant Jeffrey Boyle -- who pleaded guilty in 2006 to setting eight fires on Chicago's Northwest Side and in Park Ridge -- wants a Cook County judge to overturn a decision to deny pension benefits he earned over his 15 years with the department.
One of the topics slated for discussion during the upcoming Antioch Village Board committee meeting is whether developers of the proposed Antioch Marketplace retail center receive an additional one percent sales tax.
Former Israel United Nations ambassador Dan Gillerman, who was recently appointed by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to head Israel's public relations efforts for the Gaza operation in the foreign media, will be speaking at 5 p.m. Feb. 8 at Moriah Congregation, 200 Taub Drive in Deerfield.
A woman is suing the driver and owner of a utility van after the man allegedly struck her teenage son with his vehicle and dragged him some 20 yards in Park Ridge.
Because of perceived improprieties, Niles Village Manager George Van Geem has taken full responsibility for creating and then pulling the plug on a video tribute project dedicated to ex-mayor Nicholas Blase.
A Lake Forest man and a Glencoe man have been arrested on federal fraud charges for allegedly operating a $15 million "Ponzi" scheme in which they diverted millions of dollars to themselves to finance lavish lifestyles -- including financing a movie and spending more than $1 million at strip clubs and restaurants.
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