Saint Jacob
Saint Jacob, IL · Lifestyle
Belleville News-Democrat
Good thing I have plenty
firstalert4.com
HuffPost
People Started Giving Homemade Lasagnas To Neighbors. What Happened Next Was Incredible.
For the last six years, I’ve seen firsthand how compassionate we can be toward our neighbors in need. That’s all thanks to my involvement with Lasagna Love, a grassroots nonprofit that connects neighbors who want to cook for neighbors who could use a homemade meal. When the pandemic...
familydestinationsguide.com
This Unassuming Illinois Eatery Has Homemade Pies Locals Keep Talking About
Not every great restaurant announces itself with a marquee sign or a line around the block, and Blue Springs Cafe in Highland, Illinois is proof of that. It sits there quietly, doing its thing, while the people who know about it keep coming back and the people who don’t are missing out on something genuinely wonderful.
stljewishlight.org
familydestinationsguide.com
Belleville News-Democrat
From ‘The Office' to the Shaggs: Belleville's Ken Kwapis takes on a new story
A documentary about a sister group whose album has been called one of the worst of all time is an unusual starting point for a first film. But Belleville native Ken Kwapis has never shied away from a professional challenge. He helped bring “The Office” from British television to American audiences, directing 13 episodes, including the pilot, the 100th episode and the finale. Now, after more than 40 years in Hollywood , he’s returning home with his first documentary, “We Are the Shaggs.” Kwapis will present the film at the 35th annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival on Saturday, Nov. 7. “I’m excited to bring this to my home turf,” he said in a Zoom interview. The 98-minute music documentary is about sisters Dorothy, Betty and Helen Wiggin, who lived in a small New Hampshire town and were forced by their father, Austin, to become a rock band after he received a prophecy. He bought them two cheap guitars and a drum kit. In 1969, they recorded an album, “Philosophy of the World,” in a studio near Boston. Kwapis discovered the album in 1980 at a Los Angeles record store. “It was on the wall with new releases, the