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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Who Makes New Trier High School Look So Good?

A New Trier senior created a documentary of the people who help keep the school clean.

New Trier Township High School District 203 school board members got a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to keep the school’s two campuses looking their best at their Aug. 20 meeting, thanks to a video documentary made by 2012 graduate Mikey Borushek as part of a senior project. Borushek interviewed custodians on all three shifts to find out what they do, as well as showing them sweeping up mounds of trash left behind by the students. District 203 Superintendent Linda Yonke said the video will be shown to all students in their advisory periods this year. Earlier: New Trier Turf Field Comes in Under Budget Take More Notice The video was Borushek's way of suggesting to his fellow students that they should take more notice of the …

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Vidal Sassoon Talks Legacy, New Documentary to Wilmette

The stylist legend visited the Wilmette Theatre during a screening of his documentary Saturday.

Almost 200 people attended the viewing of Vidal Sassoon: The Movie Saturday at the Wilmette Theatre. Attendees not only got to see Sassoon on the silver screen, but they also saw the hair stylist-legend in the flesh during a Q&A session. Lee Shoquist, a film critic who works for Reel Movie Critic, spoke briefly before the movie and told the audience that the “sold out house is a testament to his legacy.” The documentary tells the story of Vidal Sassoon's journey from a young boy living in an orphanage to a revolutionary stylist, cultural phenomenon of the 60's, and business entrepreneur. Sassoon's long list of achievements extend from beyond the world of hairdressing. He was the first to incorporate an open salon with windowss, a floor …

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