VENUES: Salerno’s Pizza & Sports (Hodgkins), Tribute Island (Kenosha,WI) Jamo’s Live (Mokeena), Old Republic Kitchen & Bar (Elgin), Summer Sounds on the Green (Hoffman Estates Park District), Phil’s Beach/Wauconda Park District, The Moonlight Theater (St. Charles), Rookies in Geneva, JCC Community Days (Northbrook), JCC Community Days (Skokie), Hinsdale Community House, Rockin’ at the River (Pontiac,IL), Two Way Street Coffee House (3), The Lake County Folk Club, The Skokie Theater, Uncommon Ground on Clark St., The Hickory Ridge Concert Series (Lewiston, IL), Leela Arts Center, Grace Performing Arts Center (Princeton), Bill’s Blues, Lakelawn Resort (Delavan, WI), Sycamore Summer Concert Series, Fortune Bay Resort Casino (Tower, MN), The Sandwich Opera House, Holy Hill Art Farm(2), Ho Chunk Casino in Nakoosa, WI, Waterford Ballon Fest, Dubuque Botanical Garden & Arboretum(2), Oak Park Park District Summer Concert Series, Fall on the Green Festival/Oaklawn, The Walworth (WI) Country Fair, Harvest Fest in Bensenville, The Jacob Henry Mansion (Joliet), The Wisconsin Cow Chip Festival, American Legion Post 18 in Lockport, The Eagle Performing Arts Center in Pontiac IL, 210 Live, Catigny Park Summer Concert Series(2), Southgate Crossing Concert Series (Elkhart IN)Pinecrest Golf Club Dinner Series in Huntley, ,Beaver Dam (WI) Community Concerts, UGHS Performing Arts Center(WI),,American Legion Post 1941 Fund Raiser, Park Theater (Holland, MI)(2), Skoonerz in Princeton, IL, The Heartland Cafe, Mickey Finn’s in Libertyville(2), Pheasant Run Resort, Arlington Park Race Track(5),The Jackson (MI) County Fair, Uncommon Ground on Devon Northwest Suburban Community Concert Series, Village of Brookfield Summer Concert Series, St. Edward Summerfest (Rockford)(2), Oak Park Summer Concert Series, Q Casino in Dubuque, IA, Geneva Park District Summer Concert Series(4), Just Goods in Rockford, Konow’s Korn Maze in Homer Glen(10), Volo Antique Auto Museum, Firewater Saloon of Edison Park (Chicago)(2), Firewater Saloon of Mt. Greenwood (Chicago), Cotillion Banquets (Palatine), Walker’s Bluff Concert Venue, Concerts on the Creek (Rockford)(3), Harvard Balloon Fest, Timber Lake Resort, Throwback Music Fest, Windy City Thunderbolts at Standard Bank Stadium, Cruisin’ Into Lockport, Beecher 4th of July Fest, The Second Saturday Coffee House/Ethical Humanist Society, Foundry Hall(South Haven, MI)(2),State Theater (Logansport), Prisco Community Center, Bandito Barney’s in Dundee, IL,White Pines Inn, Mt. Morris IL,The Third Saturday Coffee House/Unity Temple in Oak Park, IL, The Beauty Bar/Chicago, The Loaded Buffalo, The Sandwich Opera House, Chateau Ritz, Amy Beth’s The Corner Room, Mt. Morris Campus Bandshell, Walker’s Bluff Concert Venue, Charlie’s Coffee House, Trio Grille in Marengo(5), Grassroots in Barrington, Smokin’ T’s BBQ, Vine Tastings, The Boulder Ridge Country Club(, The Rock House (Wilmette), Soul Surfing Pizza, Grounds For Appeal Coffee House, Dickson Hall Lake Forest, The Abbey Pub, The Newport Coffee House, The Eastgate Cafe, Beans and Leaves Showcase, Pick a Cup Coffee House, C.J. Arthur’s, The Stage Left Cafe, Via Gelato & Cafe, Lakeside Melodies (Three Rivers, MI), Da’Nali’s Cafe, Espresso Cup, The Fat Bean Cafe, Open Hearth Coffee House, MoJoe’s Hot House, The Buzz Cafe, The Jazz-It Cafe, The Green Leaf Coffee House, Many Borders store cafes
PUBLIC LIBRARY CONCERTS & PROGRAMS: The Park Ridge Public Library (4), The Naperville Public Library, The Evanston Public Library, The Deerfield Public Library, The Woodridge Public Library(13), The Morton Grove Public Library(2), The Algonquin Public Library (7), The Downers Grove Public Library (2), The Fox Lake District Library(3), The Highland Park Public Library, The Waukegan Public Library(2) The Glen Ellyn Public Library (2), The Rolling Meadows Public Library (10), The Wilmette Public Library (6), Indian Prairie Public Library(2), The Roselle Public Library (7), The Mt. Prospect Public Library(3), The Lansing Public Library(6), The Niles Public Library(3), The Berwyn Public Library(3), The Lake Bluff Public Library(r), The Thomas Ford Memorial Library (2), The Villa Park Public Library(4), The La Grange Public Library( 3), The Geneva Public Library (2), The Glenside Public Library, The Wood Dale Public Library, The West Chicago Public Library, The Fremont Public Library(11), The Palos Heights Public Library(6), The Lisle Public Library, The Palatine Public Library(2), The Kenosha Public Library Northside Branch(3), The Glenview Public Library, The Gail Borden Public Library, The Wauconda Area Library(6), The Aurora Public Library West Branch, The Wheaton Public Library(6), The Antioch Public Library(9), The Crystal Lake Public Library, Dundee Township Public Library, The Addison Public Library(2), The Plainfield Public Library(2), The Tinley Park Public Library, Prospect Heights Public Library(9), The Oak Brook Public Library(6) The Kenosha Public Library SW Branch, The Riverside Public Library(2), The Lincolnwood Public Library(2), The Indian Trails Public Library(8), The Town and Country Public Library (Elburn)(2), The Elk Grove Public Library(2), The Ela Area Public Library(2), The Barrington Area Library(5), The Oaklawn Public Library(3), The Warren-Newport Public Library(2), The New Lenox Public Library(2), River Forest Public Library(2), Huntley Area Public Library, Des Plaines Public Library, The Clarendon Hills Public Library (2), The McHenry Public Library(13), The Palos Park Public Library(4), The St. Charles Public Library, The Fossil Ridge Library(Braidwood), Prairie Trails Public Library (Burbank)(4), Three Rivers Library District(Minooka), Warrenville Public Library(3), Schaumburg Township District Library(2), Vernon Area Public Library, Alsip-Merionette Park Public Library(2), Bensenville Community Library(3), The Arlington Heights Memorial Library(3), The Helen Plum Library (Lombard)(4), Mokena Community Public Library, Geneseo Public Library, Cary Public Library, Harvard Diggins Public Library(2), Fox River Valley Public Library(2), Grayslake Public Library(2), Cook Memorial Library (Libertyville)(3), The Aurora Public Library Eola Branch, The Evergreen Park Public Library(3), The Graves-Hume Public Library(Mendota), The Batavia Public Library(2), The Itasca Community Library, The Skokie Public Library
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SENIOR PROGRAMS: The Wheeling Senior Center(35), Sunrise of Crystal Lake (11), The Highland Park Senior Center (6), Sunrise/Brighton Gardens of St. Charles (5), Sunrise of Highland Park(2), Annual Schaumburg Senior Flag Day Picnic, Sunrise of Schaumburg, The Danish Home of Chicago(6), Sunrise/Brighton Gardens of Wheaton(4),The Park Ridge Senior Center (3), The Motorola Retired Seniors Club(3), Chestnut Square Independent Living(6) The Rolling Meadows Senior Center, The Morton Grove Senior Center (2), The Niles Senior Center(3), The Schaumburg Senior Center,, Sunrise of Fountain Square (6), Sunrise of Buffalo Grove(38), Sunrise of Barrington (3), Sunrise of Palos Park, The Owls Senior Club in Lisle, Mather Pavilion of Evanston (10), Friendship Village of Schaumburg(36), Clare Oaks Senior Residence in Bartlett(5), Sunrise of Wilmette (3), The St. Martha’s Senior Club of Morton Grove (2), The St. Dennis Friendship Club, The Stickney Golden Agers Club (2), The McHenry Township Seniors(3), The First Lutheran Church Seniors in Blue Island, The Berwyn VIP Seniors Club, The Golden Achievers Senior Club in Skokie (3), Brookdale LakeView (Chicago)(48), Concerts for Resurrection Health Care Seniors(8), Sedgebrook of Lincolnshire (14), The Kenwood of Lakeview(12), Autumn Leaves of Vernon Hills, The Skokie Park District Senior Center, The Maine Township MaineStreamers Annual Holiday Luncheon(3),Villa St. Benedict of Lisle(7),The Carillon Senior Community in Plainfield, The Keenagers/South Park Church (Park Ridge), The Heritage of Des Plaines(5), Brookdale Plaza of Des Plaines (18), The Fountains of Crystal Lake, Lieberman Center (Skokie), Lincolnwood Place(99), The Stepping Stones Senior Club (Hinsdale)(3), Three Oaks Senior Residence in Cary(11), The Hanover Township Senior Center (21), Plymouth Place in La Grange Park, The Devonshire of Hoffman Estates(6), The Claremont (4), Carmelite Carefree Village(2), Village Woods (Crete)(23), The North Shore (Evanston)(2), St. Paul’s House (Chicago)(3), The Admiral at the Lake (Chicago)(12), Woodridge Golden Years Senior Club(2) Three Crowns Park (Evanston)(20), The Breakers of Edgewater (Chicago((13), Northeast Levy Senior Center of Chicago, Stickney Township Senior Center, Silverado of Lake Zurich(3), Concord Place of Northlake(10), The Whitehall of Deerfield(21), Cordia Senior Residence (Westmont)(25), North Shore Place of Northbrook(99), Symphony of Evanston(22), Brookdale of Hoffman Estates(36), Barrington Senior Center, Greenfields of Geneva, Kemnitz Center for Active Adults (Niles), Brookdale of Prospect Hts(5), Sunrise of Park Ridge(3), Villa Park Senior Concerns Commission, The Timbers of Shorewood(28), Wauconda Township Senior Center(3), Ela Township 55+ Club(13), Addison Active Adults Senior Club (5), Pleasant View Lutheran Home (Ottawa)(5),The Summit of Uptown(Park Ridge)(5), Brookdale of Niles(2), Winchester House (Libertyville), Sunrise of Bloomingdale, Asbury Court (Des Plaines)(3), Heritage Woods of Gurnee, Heritage Woods of South Elgin(3), Aurora Park District senior group, Belmont Village of Carol Stream(28), Brookdale Lake Shore Drive Chicago(17), Dundee Township Senior Golf Banquet, Brookdale Hawthorne Lakes (Vernon Hills)(7), Bernard Wenger JCC (Northbrook)(2), Windsor Park of Carol Stream(4), Peace Village of Palos Park(3), The Bickford of Crystal Lake(3), White Oaks of South Elgin(2), Plum Grove Supportive Living(3), The Crystal Lake Senior Center, Village of Victory Lakes of Lindenhurst(8), The Holmstead of Batavia, The Clarendale of Algonquin(9), Brookdale of Vernon Hills(25), Glenview Terrace(2), The Garlands of Barrington, The Springs of Vernon Hills, Wintrust Platinum Adventures: Church Creek of Arlington Hts.(2), Arboria of Long Grove(2), The Sheridan of Tyler Creek(2), Presence Retirement Chicago, Lexington Square of Lombard, Programs for Barrington Council on Aging(10), Batavia Senior Citizens Club, Wintrust Platinum Adventures: The Moorings of Arlington Hts(4), Terra Vista of Oakbrook Terrace, The Solana of Deer Park(3), Wintrust Adventures at Wintrust Bank of Glen Ellyn, Silverado of Highland Park(7), Westbrook Senior Living of Streamwood, Northbrook Senior Center, Vernon Township Community Center(2), Wooddale Park District Senior Club, The Berwyn Senior Center(3), Buffalo Grove Park District Club 50(4), Belmont Village of Buffalo Grove, Sheridan of Tyler Creek, Burr Ridge Senior Center, Our Saviors Lutheran Church Seniors(Arlington Hts), Village Green of East Dundee(4), Beacon Hill of Lombard(13), Prince of Peace Church(Lake Villa)(3), The Carrington of Lincolnwood(7) Carillon Club of Naperville, Arlington Hts Senior Center(2) Mather Place of Wilmette(120), Symphony of Buffalo Grove, Palos Heights Park District Senior Club(3), The Radcliff in Wooddale, The First Presbyterian Church of Glen Ellyn, Auberge of Highland Park(3), Aspired Living of Prospect Hts(18), The Patty Turner Senior Center of Deerfield, Lombard Place(2), Norwood Crossing(Chicago), Avantara of Evergreen Park, JCC/Shir Tikvah Congregation Shalom Over 50(14), Travanse Living at Wheaton, The Libertyville Senior Center(4), Frisbie Senior Center of Des Plaines, Deer Park Village(2), The Oaks of Bartlett(3), The Landings Senior Living in Batavia(9), Azpira Place of Lake Zurich(2), Wayne Township Senior Center(West Chicago), Charter Senior Living of Poplar Creek, Trulee of Evanston (45), The Grand at Twin Lakes(Palatine)(5), Brookdale Oak Park(9), SOAR@DORR, Dorr Township Senior Center(2), Tinley Park District Senior Club, Anthology of Wheaton, Randall Residence of McHenry, The Artis of Lakeview(6), Alto Senior Living of Wheaton(5), The Courtyard of McHenry(2), Alto Senior Living of Grayslake(29), Tamarisk North Shore, Kendall County Retired Teachers Association Lunch & Meeting, Covenant Living of Northbrook(2), Encore Village of Schaumburg
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MEDIA: Rick Kogan’s WGN Sunday Papers radio show, WDCB Folk Fest radio show, WUPX Radio at Northern Michigan University, WCIU in Iowa, The Mike Kara Radio show, Mike Kara Presents Cable TV Show, Library Life Cable TV Program/Mt. Prospect, Taped With Rabbi Doug Cable TV Program, WDCB Holiday Hoot, WRLR-FM Live in the Studio Interview
PRIVATE & SPECIAL EVENTS: Thornton Township Historical Society(2), Northwest Circle of Friends Luncheon(2), , Long Grove’s Apple Fest, Village of Lombard Cruise Nights) Alsip Illinois Bicentennial Festival, Chicago Area Garden Rail Society, Lisle Eyes to the Skies Festival, Plaza del Lago’s Summer Concert Series,The Villa Park Kiwanis Summer Concert Series(2), The Strawberry Festtival in Long Grove, The Grove Folk Fest(8), Eli’s Cheesecake Festival, The Long Grove Chocolate Festival(2),The Annual Skokie Art Guild Art Fair (7), The Greater Chicago Jewish Festival (2), The Villa Park Kiwanis Summer Concert Series (2), Luncheon for Advocate Good Samaritan Auxillary Board (Downers Grove), (Long Grove Day/Best of Beans & Leaves, The Highland Park Women’s Club, The Danada Folk Festival. The Central Street Art Fair,The Grayslake Annual Art Festival,Lake Zurich Alpine Fest, Private event at the Field Museum,, Illinois Association for Home & Community Banquet, The Norwood Park Tain Station concerts, The Long Grove Art Festival, The Blueberry Jam Fest (South Haven, MI), LilFest 2007, Lilfest 2008, The Lisle French Market The Chicago Indoor French Market, Featured Peformer at Off Square Music,, Jewish Chicago’s Got Talent, The Cattleman’s Beef & AG Festival (Princeton), Itasca Country Club, Benefit for Hines Vets/Addison VFW, The Morton Grove Farmers Market, Woodstock Farmers Market, The Wilmette French Market, Jeff and Sena’s Wedding Party, The Long Grove World Tour Festival, The Palos Park Women’s Club,Villa Park Lifelong Learning League’s Make a Difference Day, IPRA Entertainer Fair, The American Association of Women Dinner, The Niles Women’s Club, The Bohemian Women’s Civic Club, Congregation Hakafa Festival of the Arts, The South Haven, MI Farmers Market, The Westosha Antique Auto Show (WI (3), Mary’s Birthday Party in McHenry, The Morton Grove Summer FunFest, Ray’s 80th birthday party at Moretti’s in Mt. Prospect, Chris’ Birthday at the Edison Park Inn, Cindy’s Birthday Party in Skokie, Sol’s Birthday Party in Niles, Bill’s Birthday Party in Glenview, Chicago Music Scene Book Launch/Chicago Pop Festival Preview Party, The Sarpy County (Nebraska) History Museum, Wilmette’s Starlight Bowl 2006 presentation of Oklahoma, Sarpy County (NE) Museum Benefit, Corporate Event for Arrow Electronics, Lansing Historical Society,Chris’ Birthday party in Braidwood, IL, The Graue Mill and Museum(2), Boulder Ridge Country Club (2), Benefit for Bartlett High School Art & Craft Fair, The Hammond Historical Society, South Suburban Geneoligcal and Historucal Society, Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation Sisterhood Luncheon, Lanternfest in Kalamazoo, MI. Temple Beth Israel in Skokie, IL, Winston Towers Bldg 4 Annual Party, North Shore Hadassah Charot Chapter, 2016 Dundee Township Entertainer Fair, Illinois Library Association 2016 Reaching Forward Conference showcase, Private Party Show in Hawthorne Woods, Private birthday party at Maggiano’s Skokie, Private Birthday Party in Lombard, Allied Arts of Arlington Hts, Private Birthday Party Gino’s East in Barrington, Red Hats Luncheon at White Eagle in Niles, Red Hats Luncheon at the Elks Club/Des Plaines(2)
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