When Wilmette’s Jack Nixon graduated from art school with a degree in graphic design, his father asked him if he would draw the house of one of his friends. “I…
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A Fashionable Cause
Anyone who cheered for Lake Forest’s Peach Carr when she appeared on Season 8 of television hit Project Runway got a front row seat to a beautiful friendship blooming between…
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A Voice In The World
As an accomplished and award-winning working artist and avid reader, Vanessa Filley finds that reading gives her greater empathy, as well as an immersion into a world that’s not her…
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There’s Something About Mike
Mike Leonard is a big believer in universal abundance—that the universe holds the answers to all of our questions if we’re open to finding them. And, he has a lifetime…
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Happy Campers
Northwestern Settlement’s House In The Wood Camp is not your ordinary summer camp. Since 1936, the North Shore Board of the Northwestern Settlement House has financially supported bringing children from…
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In The Blink Of An Eye
And just like that—Yuri Kisilevich and Stella Sharts, the married owners of Blink Optical in Lake Forest—are celebrating 12 years of delighting customers on the North Shore. “We still love…
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Where All Children Have A Chance To Learn Through …
Chicago Children’s Museum (CCM) is somewhat of a family affair for Lake Forest’s Jeff Perry, EY’s Global Client Service Partner and chairman of the board of directors for the museum….
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Art Jam
Art making has always occupied a large part of Northfield-born Spencer Rogers’ life. “Being from a large Irish family, I had to learn at a young age how to stand…
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Superior Living
Ever wonder what’s in a name? Lake Forest entrepreneur Kristen Wolf asked this of herself when naming her fitness studio Superior Pilates. “I always tell my team that we need…
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Smithe Family Makeover
When Maureen Smithe returned from maternity leave after giving birth to identical twin daughters last August (children number five and six for those keeping count), she was puzzled by the…
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