If handbags could talk, what tales would they tell? That, of course, depends on provenance. A tote from Ferragamo speaks of Italy. A purse from Balenciaga, of Spain. But lightly…
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By The hand
Asking Highland Park artist Carmen de la Mano to focus on just one artistic medium would be like asking her to tie one hand behind her back. It would be…
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The Fun In Sun-Wear
When you are born with red hair, fair skin, and blue eyes, it’s a given that summer in the sun will be spent covered up. Sticky sunscreens, long sleeve shirts,…
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Making Evanston Made
“People are always asking me if I chose art as my cause because I am a maker. I tell them, ‘I don’t make things, I make things happen,’” says Lisa…
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Reigning Spirits
Growing up in 1970s Winnetka with their dad at the helm of Jim Beam, Brett and Brian Berish still remember heading to school carrying holiday-season gift bottles for their teachers….
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Ask Big, Deliver Bigger
Remember this: When the English National Ballet (ENB) takes the stage at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance on February 28 for its first and only United States performances…
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Cultivating Curiosity
Fiona Irick is five years old with huge amber eyes and a puffy brown ponytail. Her blond, blue-eyed brother Aiden, a three-year-old mini version of the character Dash from The…
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Festively Floral
One by one they parade up the path, like an army of elves bearing gifts. One carries wreaths, another garlands, two more wobble under great swaths of ribbon, baubles, and…
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Feel Good Do Good
The idea for Feel Good Undies, as many very good ideas do, came quite naturally. Twenty-six year Lake Forest resident and company founder Cheryl Mankoff, a recent breast cancer survivor,…
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Shapes, Color and Intuition
If you ask contemporary artist Linda Ann Weber about the inspiration for her mixed media work, “Remembering Lake Winnebago” the answer will surprise you. “Ah!” she smiles, “The title came…
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