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All photos courtesy of Jason Heisserer Jason Heisserer’s weekdays as Head of School at the CWE’s Crossroads College Preparatory School are, as you might imagine, more than jam-packed, especially during the pandemic. So when the weekends roll around, this educator retreats to his kitchen to bake bread and pastries for his artisanal micro-bakery—breadcraft.stl—offering sourdough…
Photo courtesy of Houska Gallery CWEnder Charlie Houska, above, has an enviable live/work situation. Twenty-two years ago he purchased a building at 4728 McPherson Ave. which he rehabbed into a gallery, an art studio, and living quarters above. Except for the few years he spent renovating another building and decided to lease the McPherson…
Photo courtesy of Vicki Friedman For my continuing series of posts on how CWE-based artists are faring during the pandemic, I reached out to gallery owner Duane Reed, above, to find out if he’d like to contribute. “I just love that you assume I’m artistic,” Reed replied. “The reason I have the gallery is…