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#HASHTAG: BABS

BABS started Babs Boards about three years ago following a 25-year career in the corporate accounting and finance world. She has always enjoyed entertaining friends and family, so this was an easy transition. Expanding from preparing charcuterie boards to teaching more than 100 charcuterie, grilling, and entertaining classes, Babs has really found her passion—teaching! Some

#HASHTAG: KERRI SCHOONYOUNG

For nearly two decades, Evanston resident KERRI SCHOONYOUNG has been at the helm of her own marketing consultancy, Dept. 11, helping businesses large and small navigate the murky waters of search engine optimization, UX design, social media algorithms, and other challenges of the digital age. But as the co-chair of the RUSH Woman’s Board’s annual

#HASHTAG: ENRIQUE MAZZOLA

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

VIVA LAS LOGAN

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

WHITNEY HOUSTON TRIBUTE

She gave us some of the greatest songs of our lives. From such legendary hits as “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” and “Higher Love” to “How Will I Know,” the enduring popularity of the late Whitney Houston’s iconic songbook is a testament to her legacy. On Friday, August 30, thanks to a special arrangement with

SOUND SERVICE

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,

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