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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Info Retainment
Former wedding photographer Wayne Citron married his creative juices to his entrepreneurial spirit about five years ago. The coupling produced a unique product, SelfSafe—the stylish and sporty USB emergency ID…
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Let There Be Songs To Fill The Air
Have tie-dye T-shirt, will travel. To Europe. To Canada. To Maine and to California. And to states in between. Highland Park resident and public relations maven Ilyse Strongin attended hundreds…
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