Mind Game
Ben Reingold was sitting in his Game Theory Class at Kenyon College in Ohio in 2019 when an idea popped into his head. “The thing that sparked the idea for…
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Highland Park
Punt, Pass, And Kick In
To Julie Williams, who grew up in the tiny downstate village of Fisher, near Champaign, a Friday home football game under the lights was never just another high school event….
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Smart Cookies
Like any “overnight” success story, The Cookie Joint’s narrative is actually many years in the making. But it’s no surprise that the unexpected combination of two of America’s favorite guilty…
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What Drives Drivas
Nick Drivas might own the distinction for being the youngest busboy ever. He was 5—perhaps fresh off learning the difference between a triangle and a rectangle in kindergarten—when he first…
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Figures Of Freedom
Preparing for the opening of her current exhibition at The Art Center Highland Park, Susan Block was searching for the right words to best describe her paintings. Freedom and transcendence…
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A Rare Gem
Despite being the woman behind a thriving business, Graziela Gems founder and jewelry designer Graziela Kaufman finds her truest success in the balance of work, family, friends, philanthropy, and, oh…
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The Dad Gene
Gene Hara has held several titles in his lengthy and highly successful career at Banner Plumbing Supplies Inc.—from bookkeeper only two days after graduating from the University of Kansas in…
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In These Times
Earlier this year when the COVID-19 pandemic began to rage, artist Caren Rudman committed herself to making a piece of art every day throughout quarantine and posting a photo of…
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SCHOCH AND AWE
Tom Cruise’s character in the 1983 movie Risky Business, Joel Goodsen, ate fries in a scene shot at Shelton’s Ravinia Grill in Highland Park. The diner closed in 1993. An…
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