Monica Kass Rogers

MASKED MAGIC

Citadel Theatre’s 11th annual gala fundraiser features a masquerade ball at a thrilling new location. Each year, the creative team behind Lake Forest’s Citadel Theatre produces professional stage productions designed to educate and delight North Shore audiences. Presenting a full range of comedy, drama, contemporary, and classical selections, each Citadel season features four to five

FRESH VEGGIE SPRING ROLLS WITH DIPPING SAUCE

Nothing says “fresh” and “spring” more than these colorful, Vietnamese-style vegetable rolls. I make them almost every day, always using basil which really “makes” these rolls but changing the other ingredients to suit my mood. Some days, I’ve added thinly sliced jalapeno peppers, cilantro, mint, radish, and even jicama. Portable and satisfying as a snack,

MAHJ, BABY!

Tigre de Tartán puts mahjong mats on the design world’s map. Tigre de Tartán’s renegade designs are setting the mahjong gaming world on its ear. The company’s name says everything about its designs: wild, playful, a bit rebellious but with tradition, structure, and heritage still embodied in its creative DNA. “I’ve always been drawn to

HOUSE-MARINATED ARTICHOKE HEARTS WITH HOT + MELTY CHEESE DIP

Artichokes amaze. They look almost prehistoric with their tough green skins, prickly heads and spiky stalks, and yet their ﬂavor is so mild and earthy. More than once, I’ve imagined standing in a ﬂowering ﬁeld of them, nose level to purple blossoms that stretch as far as the eye can see. But that’s pure fantasy,

S’MORES AND MORE

Lake Forest Open Lands Association’s popular Cattails & Cocktails event supports its ongoing preservation programs. WALKING THROUGH THE Mellody Farm Nature Preserve on a bright spring morning, Tyler Lisenby stops to point: “This is where the tent will be,” he says, with a gesture to his right. Just steps behind, Heidi Clifton nods in agreement,

RUMMAGE RUMINATIONS

First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest presents its 75th annual rummage sale, a community tradition. REACHING UP HIGH, Melissa Burger stretches to finish styling an outfit on a dressmaker’s form in the window of the Lake Forest Shop. Promoting the 75th First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest Rummage Sale which happens Saturday, May 3 from

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