Freedom Home Care celebrated the success of the inaugural World’s Biggest Heart Challenge for Lake Forest-based Fill a Heart 4 Kids (FAH4K). With 32 businesses participating, more than 4,800 hearts…
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Earth Day Initiative
Shoes can take up to 1,000 years to decompose in a landfill. Many of those shoes could be given a second life by a child in need. North Shore residents…
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Power of Possibility
Imagine a world where no one sat on the sidelines, where athletes of all abilities receive the opportunity to compete and live happier, healthier lives. That’s the dream that Wadsworth…
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Commit to Lit
St. Patrick’s Day may be over, but one of Ireland’s most famous contemporary writers will be in town this week for Lake Forest College’s annual literary festival. Roddy Doyle, award-winning…
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Red Carpet
Lake Forest filmmaker and producer Diane Quon is one of the North Shore’s hometown heroes. We’ve written about her Academy Award-nominated documentary, Minding the Gap, in The North Shore Weekend…
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Lady Luck
A nonprofit with a mission to raise awareness and funds for making a difference in the lives of women and children will host its second benefit on March 8, just…
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Telling Stories
If you’re looking for an excuse to go out next Thursday night, check out Short Story Theatre at Miramar Bistro in Highwood. Founded in 2012, the organization is dedicated to…
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North Shore Restaurant Month
Calling all foodies. North Shore Restaurant Month is back for its 11th year, promising bigger and better offers than ever. Now through February 28, more than 90 restaurants will be…
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Sweet Sixteen
PAWS Chicago has its always-popular Fur Ball coming up on November 9. But here on the North Shore, we have our own version of an elegant affair to raise funds…
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Honoring a Local Legend
In Chicago and throughout the country, former Sara Lee Corporation CEO John H. Bryan Jr. is being remembered for an enduring legacy as a philanthropist and patron to the arts….
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