A Star Was Born-And Died Too Young
Ross and Nancy Friedman don’t just think about their late son, Gregory Paul Friedman, every day. “I think about him every minute,” Ross says. “Every second,” Nancy insists. Time will…
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Lake Forest & Lake Bluff
The Coming-Of-Age Classic Returns
The late filmmaker and Lake Forest resident John Hughes chose to shoot a movie along the North Shore every other month in the 1980s. Or so it seemed. Sixteen Candles….
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All Smiles
Nobody should be surprised to learn that dentist Doug Campbell has set the bar high in terms of complete dental care since returning to his hometown of Lake Forest to…
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Summer Serenade
The first Lake Forest Music Festival will take place on August 24 in downtown Lake Forest in the parking lot behind City Hall. The event, which is being presented by…
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Laser-Focused
It was Phillip Ross’s turn to move people, to bedazzle them, through his art. Finally. The year was 2014. Ross had essentially executed the visions of others, namely bosses and…
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Live From Chicago It’s . . . Sarah Spain!
For the October 30, 2020, episode of ESPN’s Around the Horn sports roundtable show, regular panelist Sarah Spain—a 1998 Lake Forest High School graduate and an ESPN reporter since 2009—got…
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Villa Gatsby
Citadel Theatre of Lake Forest is celebrating its 20th anniversary this fall with “Villa Gatsby, Let the 2020’s Roar!” The organization’s 7th annual gala aptly takes inspiration from author F….
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Home Is Where The Art Is
For nearly 50 years, Susan Lawson Bouma’s proverbial “happy place” has been in front of a canvas. The colorful, oversized abstract paintings she creates are bold, infused with energy and…
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Summer Sizzle
Last month, the 15.2-acre estate in Lake Forest owned by retail heir Marshall Field V sold for $6.2 million, marking the largest transaction for a property in Lake Forest in…
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