"The Nutcracker Suite & Spicy" returns to the Wadsworth Atheneum for the hip holiday show's first full-length live performances since 2019. Digital video excerpts of the show can also be seen on the giant screens outside The Bushnell through the end of the year.
Kim Constantinesco: Kidney donations still needed in a time of pandemic
When so much life is being lost, I wanted to give life to someone.
(Laurie Skrivan | St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, File)
In this Jan. 17, 2018, file photo, a transplant surgeon holds the kidney from a donor during surgery in St. Louis.
By Kim Constantinesco | Special to The Tribune
| March 6, 2021, 5:00 p.m. | Updated: 5:16 p.m.
I donated my kidney to a stranger at the tail end of 2020. In a year when so much life was lost, I wanted to give life.
My donation came at a time when other donors might not have had the capacity to “share their spare” for one reason or another: a fear of a major surgery during a global pandemic, a lost job or the heavy demands of 24/7 childcare.