Story Time
More than a decade ago, Donna Lubow went to see her brother, Rick Leslie, perform at 2nd Story, an unofficial storytelling cousin of Chicago’s Second City. Lubow, who raised her…
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Walk With A Purpose
A few weeks ago, Lily Brasch became just the second person with muscular dystrophy (MD) to appear on the runway during New York Fashion Week, and the first to do…
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Material Pursuits
BACK TO THE FUTURE London-based CHARGE CARS is offering a limited run of the most wicked EV in the world. Only 499 of these beauties will be built, each on…
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Devil’s Peak
After a brief hiatus, Billy Bob Thornton returns to the screen in Devil’s Peak, another backwoods Southern Gothic crime thriller, playing the kind of menacing, two-fisted role that made him…
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Animal Magnetism
When Rob Carmichael first started working for the City of Lake Forest, he was running the city’s athletic programs. Coming from a sports background and having played sports in college…
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Master Classical
Northbrook residents Angela Yoffe and Vadim Gluzman often talked about staging classical music concerts, but it wasn’t until the husband-and-wife team—both internationally renowned well-traveled professional musicians; he’s a violinist and…
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Water City
Chicago Children’s Museum (CCM) has unveiled its newest exhibit, “Moen Presents Water City,” a cityscape that evokes Chicago. From its rivers and channels that meander between skyscrapers to Lake Michigan…
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Artistic Evolutions
Nearly every day for the last seven years contemporary artist Lincoln Schatz has taken a photograph of Lake Michigan. The time and locations of the photos, captured while riding his…
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Your Place Or Mine
Amid today’s endless junk pile of filthy, violent, and unwatchable films about crime, vampires, and war, they always save the romantic comedies for Valentine’s Day. This year Netflix brings us…
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