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COAL MINER’S SON—AND GRANDSON

Longtime Lake Forest resident Bob Crawford is downright engaging for a reason. Make that, 17 reasons. That was the number of times he and his family moved before he graduated from Central High School in Philadelphia. Seventeen. “It shaped my personality,” the 85-year-old Crawford says of his peripatetic childhood. Crawford’s personality is a delightfully large

A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA

In an extraordinary and heartwarming collaboration, GiGi’s Playhouse, a nonprofit organization supporting those impacted by Down syndrome, has joined hands with Diamonds Direct, one of the nation’s leading diamond-importing and direct-to-consumer jewelry companies. Together, they have embarked on a transformative fundraiser to raise awareness of Down syndrome and to advance GiGi’s Playhouse’s mission of providing

THE BUZZ: DECEMBER 2023

SPARKLE LIGHT FESTIVAL RETURNS TO ROSEMONT’S IMPACT FIELD Sparkle Light Festival guests will stroll through five illuminated villages including the Frozen Forest, Snowflake Circle, Winter Wonderland, the North Pole, and Deck the Walls. Guests are invited to visit Santa Claus, iceskate with friends, enjoy free train rides on the “Holly Trolly” train, and go tubing

PRICELESS MULA

Don’t take work home. Failing to heed such advice could be hazardous to your health or impede those seeking a balanced life. Near the end of his 1991 to 1998 run portraying Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at Goodman Theatre in Chicago, playwright/ actor/director Tom Mula often hauled his work home unwittingly. “Getting to play

#HASHTAG: ESTHER GRIMM

The city’s most beloved champion of the arts, 3Arts Executive Director ESTHER GRIMM, has dedicated her life’s work to uplifting Chicago artists. A master fundraiser, Grimm grew up in Evanston and attended Lake Forest College. With a career-long focus in philanthropy, museum education, and life coaching, Grimm is a bright light who inspires others to

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