As North Shore residents begin to return to pre-pandemic routines—going out to restaurants, attending concerts at Ravinia, hosting summer gatherings with friends and family—local real estate experts say the unprecedented…
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Peyton Merrill needed two items and her husband, Topher, to come up with a catchy name for her first boutique in 2020. She sat in the couple’s Winnetka home, with…
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Winnetka artist Linda Ann Weber describes her creative process as serendipitous. One example is her abstract work, “Remembering Lake Winnebago,” which was titled only after she completed the painting. What…
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The Music Institute of Chicago celebrated 90 years of innovation, access, and excellence in music education as it welcomed more than 450 viewers to its 90th Anniversary Virtual Gala on…
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Tucked between a juice bar and optical shop on Winnetka’s bustling Chestnut Street, Little Lan’s is tiny, but resilient—just like it’s owner. Barely five-foot-two, Chien Lan Pi, a 4th-degree black belt in…
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Kevin!!!!! When Frank Windes, Winnetka Village Engineer from 1898 to 1940, helped found the Winnetka Historical Society in 1932, he probably didn’t imagine the village would become something of a…
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“Art is an evolution of practice and intuition,” explains artist Patricia Markos Dolan. “I’m constantly growing through my work.” Developing her technique organically over the years, for more than a…
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To Muncie, Indiana, native Nick Swan, Mr. Dingledine was more than a Muncie Symphony Orchestra oboist and middle school band director with an alliterative surname. Much more. “He taught me…
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Dr. Husam Balkhy’s fascination with the human heart began with seeing one in person. “I was always an overachiever in high school and was able to actually observe a cardiac…
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A framed black-and-white photograph of the late Mexican film actress and singer Maria Felix hangs on a wall inside the contemporary Mexican restaurant Guanajuato in Winnetka. Known as La Dona,…
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