Children from more than a dozen area Catholic choirs sang at the Chicago Choral Festival and Mass presented by the American Federation Pueri Cantores on Feb. 23, 2019, at Holy Name Cathedral. AFPC is the official music organization for students in the Catholic Church and organizes choral festivals and Masses for parish and school choirs around the United States.
Girls’ robotics team takes home a finalist trophy at world competition Ask the members of the Knots and Bots independent robotics team what the most challenging part of competing in the First Lego League competition is, and they’ll tell you that it’s the frustration that comes when something they have spent hours designing, programming and building doesn’t work.
Jazz pianist, composer Mary Lou Williams focus of Loyola talk Mary Lou Williams isn’t exactly a household name, not like Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk or Charlie Parker, all of whom she worked with.
St. Bede School in Ingleside to close despite massive fundraising Father George Koeune, pastor of Our Lady of the Lakes Parish and St. Bede School in Ingleside, announced on March 21 that St. Bede School would close at the end of this school year because of low registration for next school year.