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THE WHEEL DEAL

Beth Boyd’s wheels—either the ones on her sleek velobike or the figurative ones in her mind—are always turning. In addition to being the founder and principal designer of Wiley Designs LLC in Highland Park and serving the final year of a three-year term as president of the board of trustees of the Lake Forest-based artists’

THINK BIG

Contemporary art isn’t always easy to take. Even the most adventurous gallery-goer has been stumped by something that looks more like an accident than a composition. Yet, paintings by Kenilworth’s Adam Siegel are proof that powerful art doesn’t need to transgress to stimulate one’s imagination and challenge the conscience. Siegel has been an artist all

HUMANITY VS. NATURE

She sees the invisible. Notices humans that most just walk by. Collaborates with a swarm of creatures many might deem a pest. It’s both a superpower and a call to action as artist Diane Feldpausch Tang brings those otherwise unseen beings to life in her paintings, sculpture, and other multimedia creations—including some that are done

THE BUZZ: JULY 2024

Our guide to the area’s people, places, and things that you must know about. Chances are you had its poster on your bedroom wall as a kid. The Ferrari F40 is arguably the most iconic car of all time. It was the final car personally approved by Enzo Ferrari before his death in 1988 and was one of the

POETRY IN MOTION

No wonder poet/essayist Laura Joyce- Hubbard, who flew unarmed U.S. Air Force C-130s carrying relief cargo during the Bosnia War in the mid-1990s, is the City of Highland Park’s first Poet Laureate. Even snippets of passages in her essays could pass for stirring stanzas. To wit: “Rich jade mountains unrolled beneath our flight path,” she

#HASHTAG: JEN BOBAY

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

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