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SALE SPEAKS VOLUMES

Nancy Mieling is reading four or five books these days, but the Lake Forest resident also has more than 100,000 other books on her mind. That can mean only one thing: The start of the four-day annual Friends of Lake Forest Library Book Sale, which doubles as a fundraiser to launch some of the library’s

EARTHBOUND

One doesn’t immediately think of “risk-taking” when it comes to ceramics. After all, clay most commonly finds its way to us in the form of dinnerware, tile work, and vessels for the garden. But there are those, like the 19th-century potter George Ohr and the contemporary Los Angeles-based sculptor Julia Haft-Candell, who’ve taken their medium

CONSUL CONNECTOR

Perched high above the city on the 37th floor sits the office of the Consul General of France. Surrounded by huge picture windows, it is one of the best views Chicago has to offer. However, for Yannick Tagand, the Consul General of France, moving to Chicago was not about the view. “It is about new

STRENGTH IN POSITIVITY

A year after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, bodybuilder and South Barrington-based personal trainer Steve Zick—at 5-feet-9 and a chiseled 207 pounds—still looks like he could lift a Volkswagen with his right arm and curl a Hyundai with his left. But the 62-year-old’s strongest attribute might be his mind. It’s packed with positive thoughts. “As

SAY ANYTHING

Words are power, often used to persuade, motivate, and inspire. And that’s exactly what longtime Lake Bluff resident Joyce Foster had in mind when she began posting quotes about native gardening on an easel-style sandwich board in her lush, wildflower-laden front yard. Gems like this Chinese proverb—“The best time to plant an oak is 20

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