Keepers Of Zac’s Zoo
Ellen Cohen was brushing her teeth one morning in 2005, when the Highland Park resident heard her son, Zac, crying in the next room. Zac, 7 years old and…
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By Their Side
One of the many ways the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) supports families who have suffered the loss of a loved one during military service is to host…
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Large As Life
We’ve all seen plein air artists at work, their easels pitched near lovely garden vistas, delicately painting miniature representations of the scenes at hand. But Lake Forest-based artist Sam Rosenthal…
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All for Beauty
Austrian painter Gustav Klimt once said, “Even when I am being idle, I have plenty of food for thought both early and late—thoughts both about and not about art.” When…
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Beachy Elegance
The collar-style, beaded necklace encircling Michelle Leonardo’s neck shimmers with the light of more than 720 Swarovski crystals and more than 4,700 individual beads. Another 500 Swarovskis in the matching…
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All Strings Attached
Classical crossover act Well-Strung has got it going on (yes, that’s a reference to the NY-based string quartet’s viral video parody of the Fountains of Wayne hit “Stacy’s Mom”). Consisting…
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Taco Time: North Shore Taco Fest
Calling all taco lovers. If you can’t resist the right combo of heat and garnish, have specific preferences about flour vs. corn tortilla, and/or otherwise consider yourself a taco connoisseur,…
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Dream Factory
It’s time! All of those brilliant ideas for new products, services, and creations that the young people in your lives have cooked up, now have a place to shine. The…
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The Day Chicago Wept
Within 20 minutes on the misty, damp morning of July 24, 1915, death sat down at the party. The day had been carefully designed as the social beacon of Chicago’s…
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