Bill McLean

There’s forward thinking and then there’s Alex Ty Kovach thinking. Kovach, who goes by Ty, has been the Lake County Forest Preserve District Executive Director since 2013. He’s not concerned about tomorrow. Or 10 years from now. Try 100 years. “I’m thinking about future generations and my great-great grandchildren,” says the 63-year-old Kovach, who lives

Milton Berle once said, “Laughter is an instant vacation.” If that’s the case, Anna D. Shapiro’s extended break from work began in early August when the Evanstonian and Tony Award-winning director helmed the first rehearsal for the revival of Michael Frayn’s Noises Off, a hilarious farce set for a September 12 to October 27 run

Logan Ramey was four years old when his father, Craig, introduced him to Johnny Cash songs. But another music icon caught little Logan’s ear—and eye. “Nobody looked cooler than Elvis Presley,” says Ramey. Ramey turned 20 on July 23. It’s an evening in early August, inside Taylor’s on Toft, a cozy bar and grill in

Chris Pickering was just a kindergartner when he discovered the restorative power of music in his family’s living room in Evanston. He had come upon his mother, Linda, who was resting and listening to Handel’s Messiah after work. The melodious large-scale work was working its magic right before his eyes. “Her eyes were closed,” Pickering,