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The exuberant ENRIQUE MAZZOLA, Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Music Director since 2020, has signed a contract extension with the renowned opera company—meaning that, through the 2030/31 season, music lovers across Chicago will continue to enjoy his impact, creativity, and infectious energy. So will his thousands of Instagram followers. The Spanish-born Italian conductor, globally esteemed as

Since 2007, Lake Bluff’s KATHRYN PETTY has taught at College of Lake County (CLC)’s communications department while simultaneously tutoring high school juniors and seniors from all across the country for standardized test prep and college application assistance. After more than 450 ACT students and thousands of CLC students, she continues to sit for the ACT

Northbrook’s BRIAN THOMAS is a busy father of two, a lawyer, and a kidney transplant recipient (twice). His book The Privilege Race—A Guide to Overcoming Negative Voices and Influences promises the reader a unique perspective on race and privilege. As a biracial man who examined his own life in the wake of the George Floyd

On 007/27/24 (hint: that’s double oh seven, twenty-seven) Lake Forest’s JENNIFER MCGREGOR is chairing Citadel Theatre’s 10th annual gala—a James Bond-themed event titled “Casino Royale” to be held at Adrian and Nancy Smith’s David Adler estate. A lifelong design executive, McGregor has been instrumental in leading the event’s art direction and strategy for much of

Highland Park’s SUSAN BLOCK creates vibrant oil paintings full of energy and excitement that capture an essence of freedom. Having spent her youth on her family’s 680-acre property in northern Wisconsin, freedom, wildness, and vibrance have always surrounded her. “My work is, for me, generally, about breaking free and breaking barriers—chasing dreams beyond the boundaries

For the past 10 years, JEN BOBAY has been teaching the art of makeup through lessons at The Lake Forest Shop, in her home studio, and at her favorite spas and boutiques with her line, Jar Bar Makeup. An educator by profession, she is about to engage in an expansion of her Jar Bar to