Ragdale’s “A Novel Affair” entertained guests from the North Shore and Chicago with a stellar line-up of best-selling authors and acclaimed artists and architects at the two-evening benefit on September 26 and 27, 2014.
More than 200 people attended the cocktail reception at McGinley Pavilion in the Chicago Botanic Gardens in Glencoe on Friday, and the vast majority also enjoyed an intimate dinner with a guest artist in a distinctive venue on Saturday.
This year’s featured guests included celebrated authors Sherman Alexie, Jean Kwok, Anthony Marra, B.A.Shapiro, Scott Turow, Luis Alberto Urrea, architects Stanley Tigerman and Margaret McCurry, visual artists Judy Ledgerwood and Tony Tasset, and performer/comedienne Julia Sweeney.
The Eighth Annual event was co-chaired by Sandra Deromedi and Marci Holzer, with the support of a capable committee of Ragdale Trustees and Curatorial Board members. More than $90,000 was raised to support The Ragdale Foundation, a non-profit artists’ residency in Lake Forest that provides over 150 artists and writers the time and space to pursue their work in an uninterrupted environment each year.
Submitted by The Ragdale Foundation; photos by Dennis Tuskan and Will Hartman
From left: Event co-chairs Sandy Deromedi (Lake Forest), Marci Holzer (Highland Park), with Phil and Cathy Rosborough; Photo by Will Hartman.
From left: Michelle Gramza, Zurich Esposito, and Jeanna Park. Photo by Dennis Tuskan
From left: Susan Gaud, Roberta Haebler and Philip Haebler. Photo by Dennis Tuskan.
Roberta Rubin (Glencoe), author B.A. Shapiro, Nike Whitcomb (Chicago) and Stephanie Hochschild (Winnetka). Photo by Dennis Tuskan.
Lindy Anderson (Lake Forest) and Bonita Friedland (Lake Forest). Photo by Dennis Tuskan.
From left: Dena Perry (Lake Forest), Karena Garriques (Lake Forest), author Scott Turow (Evanston), Dustin O’Regan (Lake Forest) and Jeanna Park (Lake Forest). Photo by Dennis Tuskan.
Annalisa DiVito (Highland Park) and Leora Granston (Chicago). Photo by Dennis Tuskan.
From left: Ann Merritt (Glenview) and author Sherman Alexie. Photo by Dennis Tuskan.
From left: Performer/comedienne Julia Sweeney (Wilmette) and Cindy Broten (Lake Bluff). Photo by Will Hartman.
