As all creatives know, being an artist isn’t all galas and gallery openings. More often, it’s finding vision, honing skills, and persisting with diligence through long, solitary hours of hard…
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Making Waves
Indiana’s White River winds its way through the heart of the state, from near Spencer to the southwest, to where it peters out past Muncie to the northeast. Growing up…
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Victorious
Port Barrington artist Jennifer Hunter pulled to a stop in her red and white pick-up truck, looking into the side-view mirror to see what was happening. The terrible screech of…
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Sitter Solutions
It happens often. The stars align and busy working parents discover they have an unexpected opening in their schedule for a date night out. Excitement ensues; fun options are explored….
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What’s Brewing?
On a recent Thursday afternoon, light pouring in from a wall’s worth of west-facing windows lit up the Roaring Table taproom in Lake Zurich. Cleverly masked with translucent film to…
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Greening Barrington
It’s a brilliant day in Barrington. The sky is bright blue and there’s not a cloud in sight. The Spring air is cool in the shade, and warm in the…
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Behold Beauty
Resplendent in lacy white, Barrington ballerina Lucy Shannon bends down to tuck the ribbons of her pointe shoes in place, smooths her tutu, and then waits patiently while Mary Brennan…
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Rainbow Of Laughs
Barrington-based comedienne and comedy show producer Aliyah Kizilbash stands in front of the crowd. Her long black hair swings. Spotlights flash on her broad, white smile. And then Kizilbash launches…
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Welcome To Oz
The room is a swirl of emerald. Taffeta, silk, sequins, and lace fabrics flounce and spill over sofas and settees as Amanda Unter, Crystal Pepper, and Lindsey Murphy try on…
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Tee Time
Matthew McLaughlin still remembers his first set of golf clubs. “I was about 4,” he says. “We were living in suburban New Jersey and one of my dad’s friends had…
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