![Molly Pinta was in middle school when she founded the gay pride parade in Buffalo Grove – the village’s first. Now a young adult and heading off to college in the fall, she is passing the reins of the ever-growing, perennial parade on to her parents. On June 2, 2019, shortly before the first parade rolled, Pinta, who was 13 at the time, stood on a Buffalo Grove road that morning as a rising seventh-grader, posing with her parents Bob and Carolyn Pinta for a family portrait. Since then, the “Buffalo Grove Pride Parade” has been a milestone for the […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2022/06/06/2KMG63IBZFAE3GA6AT5LK7ACVA.jpg?w=135 "Molly Pinta was in middle school when she founded the gay pride parade in Buffalo Grove – the village’s first. Now a young adult and heading off to college in the fall, she is passing the reins of the ever-growing, perennial parade on to her parents. On June 2, 2019, shortly before the first parade rolled, Pinta, who was 13 at the time, stood on a Buffalo Grove road that morning as a rising seventh-grader, posing with her parents Bob and Carolyn Pinta for a family portrait. Since then, the “Buffalo Grove Pride Parade” has been a milestone for the […]")
Gay pride parade rolls in Buffalo Grove, its young founder headed to college and passing torch
Molly Pinta was in middle school when she founded the gay pride parade in Buffalo...
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Introducing the 2024 News-Sun Boys Volleyball All-Area Team
Libertyville's Jackson Kern, Vernon Hills' Ben Miller and Grayslake Central's Ben Boron are among the...
‘Beehive: The 60’s Musical’ brings grooves back from classic girl groups
Six women will take the Marriott Theatre stage to share the songs of a memorable...
![The annual Barrington Art Festival in historic downtown Barrington started with a ribbon cutting, opening the 15th year of the event that Rollin Potter, director of the Barrington Cultural Commission, called a “wonderful opportunity to meet artists from all over the country.” “A ribbon cutting symbolically opens the show and it’s just like a curtain rising at a performance,” said festival organizer Amy Amdur, of Highland Park, president of Amdur Productions, a fine arts festival company she founded in 1984. “And a festival is, in fact, a performance,” Amdur added. “The artists are the actors on stage and their craft […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/PPN-BarringtonArt2024-6.jpg?w=132 "The annual Barrington Art Festival in historic downtown Barrington started with a ribbon cutting, opening the 15th year of the event that Rollin Potter, director of the Barrington Cultural Commission, called a “wonderful opportunity to meet artists from all over the country.” “A ribbon cutting symbolically opens the show and it’s just like a curtain rising at a performance,” said festival organizer Amy Amdur, of Highland Park, president of Amdur Productions, a fine arts festival company she founded in 1984. “And a festival is, in fact, a performance,” Amdur added. “The artists are the actors on stage and their craft […]")
Art festival in Barrington brings works of artists ‘from all over the country’
The annual Barrington Art Festival in historic downtown Barrington started with a ribbon cutting, opening...
New to varsity, Stevenson’s Sam Adelman comes to bat in ‘biggest moment I’ve ever hit in.’ But he’s got this.
Adelman is batting .526 through six games after hitting a two-run single in Stevenson's sectional...
![As freshmen, the now-graduating Adlai Stevenson High School Class of 2024 got off to a challenging start – beginning high school amid a global pandemic, in isolation and guided by national, state and local public health instructions. Now, after overcoming the challenges of that time, the graduates and their family filled the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates Friday for the commencement ceremony the superintendent said the students are definitely worthy of. “I think it’s pretty safe to say that no class in the history of Illinois has got off to a more inauspicious start. It was a challenge for them,” […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/PPN-StevensonGrad2024-19.jpg?w=134 "As freshmen, the now-graduating Adlai Stevenson High School Class of 2024 got off to a challenging start – beginning high school amid a global pandemic, in isolation and guided by national, state and local public health instructions. Now, after overcoming the challenges of that time, the graduates and their family filled the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates Friday for the commencement ceremony the superintendent said the students are definitely worthy of. “I think it’s pretty safe to say that no class in the history of Illinois has got off to a more inauspicious start. It was a challenge for them,” […]")
Stevenson High School Class of 2024 ‘proved themselves worthy’ of graduating after starting during pandemic
As freshmen, the now-graduating Adlai Stevenson High School Class of 2024 got off to a...
Nicholas Rayyan pitches in even if he’s not on the mound. ‘He can do it all.’ Stevenson is counting on it.
Rayyan starts at third, has played at first, leads Stevenson in RBIs and homers, and...
Libertyville defender Erin Kelly has one job in regional final. A job well done. ‘She’s an amazing player.’
Kelly marked Stevenson star Ellie Egeland for most of the game as Libertyville posts another...
Steve Reaven’s baseball rankings and player of the week for Lake County
Joshua Holst helps Libertyville return to the top of the rankings and the North Suburban...
Bobby Narang’s softball rankings and player of the week for Lake County
Taylor Pyke and unbeaten Mundelein win the North Suburban Conference title, while Lakes moves up...