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Nina Kavin
May 4, 20182 min read
Let's Talk about Code Switching.
In a recent conversation with Dr. Gilo Kwesi Cornell Logan, we talked about race, racism, and fitting in. He remembered a moment (it's a...
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Nina Kavin
Apr 23, 201816 min read
Jerome Summers: stories that inspired "A Home on the Lake."
Jerome Summers is a big man with a big personality and an oversized laugh. At 62, he has been homeless twice and hungry often. He has...
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Nina Kavin
Apr 21, 20189 min read
Stories that Inspired A Home on the Lake, Piven and Fleetwood-Jourdain's Collaborative Play
Patricia Swanson's story, and others I’ve gathered over recent months, helped inform and inspire Tim Rhoze and Stephen Fedo, the writers...
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Bruce Allen King
Apr 6, 20184 min read
FROM WITHIN THE ELEPHANT'S CIRCLE
[This essay was first published several years ago in the fifth-ward newsletter and is retold here with Bruce's permission] Bruce, 64, is...
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Nina Kavin
Jan 9, 20189 min read
Second Chances: A Conversation with Robert Crayton.
Robert Crayton is at a crossroads. Literally. The compact, muscular 40-year-old with an earnest face and gentle eyes, plans to open...
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Nina Kavin
Nov 11, 201713 min read
A Rhoze By Any Other Name
An interview with Tim Rhoze, artistic director, Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre If you’re a regular at Evanston’s Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre,...
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