Sheryl Rosenberg’s journey to handcrafting her own line of handbags began with a chance encounter in Minnesota. While at a baseball game, she spied a woman carrying a cowhide tote…
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Opposites Attract
“The tension between opposites makes design interesting—and makes every space unique,” explains designer Alexandra Kaehler of her approach to interiors. The North Shore native had a path to design just…
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Guys And Dolls
“I’ve never done a sequel. The dramaturgical geek in me is thrilled beyond belief—you have the source material right there,” reveals Robin Witt, director of Steppenwolf’s latest staging, A Doll’s…
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Window To Her World
For Sandra Cordova Micek, joining the Window to the World team was the culmination of a lifelong passion for music, a personal interest in public television shared with family, and…
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A Home Run
The second Ronald McDonald House Charities chapter in the world, founded in 1977, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana (RMHC-CNI) set the stage for how the organization…
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Thirty Years Of The Nutcracker
It has been 30 years since Lisa Gold first brought The Nutcracker to the North Shore School of Dance, a Highland Park institution founded by Carol Walker in 1971. “I’ve…
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Fairy Phenom
Growing up in the Detroit area, coming to see theater in Chicago was a big part of Alexandra Silber’s life. As an introverted child dealing with her father’s cancer diagnosis,…
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Generations in Glencoe
In 1926 H. Earl Hoover, chairman of Hoover vacuums and nephew of its founder, W.H. Hoover, purchased a Dutch-style farmhouse on Green Bay Road. With headquarters in Canton, Ohio, Glencoe…
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Color Theory
Originally from River Forest, Beth Wood was living in San Francisco during the tech boom of the late 1990s when her sister introduced her to Bill Cadigan. Though she was…
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Art In Motion
“My dialogue with the canvas is like a dance,” explains artist Jane Carney of her work, brimming with movement, informed by years as a dancer and performance artist. “I’ve had…
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