Barbara Keer – Splash Magazines

“Artifacts and Other Stories” – A New Book by Ronna Wineberg

January 5, 2023 Barbara Keer 0

As I came to the end of award-winning author Ronna Wineberg’s new book, “Artifacts and Other Stories”, a collection of 14 short stories, I read the final story which refers to New Years and it […]

“Broker” – A Relevant, Compelling Film

December 27, 2022 Barbara Keer 0

Somehow the word “broker” does not easily connect with “infant” in my mind. However, filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda‘s latest movie, Broker, puts the notion of essentially “selling” babies into a context that is at once deeply […]

Music Theater Works presents “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas”

December 17, 2022 Barbara Keer 0

Now in its 43rd year Music Theater Works presents its last play of 2022, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, now playing through January 1, 2023, in the Center Theatre at the North Shore Center for the […]

THE FOUR WALLS OF CHARLOTTE MORELAND – Important and Compelling

December 10, 2022 Barbara Keer 0

I was recently asked to review the story of filmmaker/actress Alison Stover’s THE FOUR WALLS OF CHARLOTTE MORELAND, a semi-autobiographical story of domestic and emotional abuse committed by her ex-boyfriend bundled up into a powerful, film festival […]

Dalia Stasevska Makes Her CSO Debut

December 9, 2022 Barbara Keer 0

On December 9, 2002, a rainy, snowy all-around gloomy day, I headed to Symphony Center via the North Shore Shuttle which I boarded at the Winnetka Covenant Church. My guest and I arrived stress-free, in […]

SOMETHING IN THE DIRT – Strange and Haunting

November 14, 2022 Barbara Keer 0

SOMETHING IN THE DIRT is the result of the work of JUSTIN BENSON & AARON MOORHEAD Co-Directors, co-producers, co-editors, actors, Writer: Justin Benson Cinematographer: Aaron Moorhead Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, known as Moorhead & […]

Rembrandt Chamber Musicians – Mozart Classics Open the Season

November 8, 2022 Barbara Keer 0

The Rembrandt Chamber Musicians 2022-2023 season began on November 6th, at Nichols Concert Hall followed by a performance 7:30 p.m. Monday, November 7th, at PianoForte Chicago. With guest artists Eoin Andersen, violin; Stephen Williamson, clarinet; […]

Field Museum commemorates Native American Heritage Month

November 6, 2022 Barbara Keer 0

This November, the Field Museum commemorates Native American Heritage Month with a robust schedule of programming including music, storytelling, dance, art, films, and pop-up presentations in Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories. Guests can join the museum […]

Harris Theatre for Music and Dance – A Night to Remember

October 31, 2022 Barbara Keer 0

It was October 27, 2022 and opening night at the Harris Theatre for Music and Dance was filled with the positive energy of anticipation, having waited two years for this historic event. For only two […]

A Visit to the Harley-Davidson Museum – Fascinating

October 2, 2022 Barbara Keer 0

Recently, I took a drive with my colleague, Jeff, to visit the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee. We left from a North Shore suburb in Illinois where it was overcast and cloudy heading north to Milwaukee. […]