Ann Marie Scheidler

Final Bow

IF YOU’RE A LOCAL who has had a child in the last 20 years, you’ve likely been lucky enough to cross paths with Tom and Susie Beck, the duo behind a childhood favorite—PASTA— the Performing Arts Summer Theatre Academy at Gorton Community Center. PASTA has evolved over time to offer programming year-round and has become

Ghost Story

When most people are asked to define the military, their answers often include descriptions of marching soldiers or rumbling tanks. But few include stories about the Ghost Army—a covert unit of talented artists who were carefully selected and, in some cases, hand-picked for their specialized skill set. “The Ghost Army helped the United States military

A Century of Style

IT’S A SIGNIFICANT milestone for any retailer to celebrate 100 years in business. It’s even more so when you know that it’s a family-owned business that had to navigate its way through a pandemic in order to celebrate its centennial. “We didn’t lay anyone off,” explains Lake Forest Shop owner Ellen Stirling. “No furloughs and

The Beat Goes On

Sometimes being in the right place at the right time can be life-changing. Woodlands Academy alum Lauren McClusky would most definitely agree. McClusky’s life-changing moment occurred as a high school sophomore during a visit to her father’s office. McClusky’s dad, Jeff, is the founder and CEO of Jeff McClusky & Associates (JMA)—one of the country’s

The Art Of Giving

DARCI PINELLO is no stranger to hard work. When she was 16 years old, after one too many fender benders with her car, her Dad put her to work at the family’s Chicago restaurant—Tufano’s. “I think he was trying to teach me a lesson by making me a get a job,” Pinello says with a

Stylish Soiree

WHEN CASSIE CARVER, Caroline Eimerman, and Kristin Lambropoulos were students at Lake Forest’s Everett Elementary School, they could never have dreamed that one day the three of them would come together to raise money for this very same school district that their children would someday attend. But as fortunes would have it, on Thursday, May 19

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