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MUDLARK IN YOUR EYE

When Christina Lepri-Stringer was 9 and the only child actor in the Steppenwolf Theatre production The Wolf Lullaby, she had to learn to speak with an Australian accent. Years later, as a Boston College Theater/ English double major, the Chicago native interned at the Theatre Royal in Bath, England, where she worked with actors in

LIFE IMITATING ART

Everyone at Lyric Opera of Chicago is delighted to usher in the 2023/24 cultural season on a high note with Sunday in the Park with Lyric, an evening of beautiful music led by Enrique Mazzola along with members of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center and the Lyric Opera Orchestra. Hosted by

HOME RUN

A professional baseball scout arrives at a high school game and focuses his attention on the home team’s star pitcher but becomes smitten with the shortstop instead. Jason Cannon, a native of Visalia, California, experienced a similar shift in the literary field as he researched Orval Overall, a Visalia High School graduate who helped the

MATERIAL PURSUITS

This weekend’s curated luxury trends. BESPOKE WALLPAPER British wallpaper brand Graham & Brown recently introduced three new wallpaper designs in the U.S., each influenced by multicultural references and the mixture of materials, creating a rich and diverse palette drawn from around the globe. One of our favorites of this collection is the Hartley Damask, a

LOVE-14

As a New Trier Township High School (NTHS) freshman in 1979, Stephanie Nykaza, nee Allans, made the junior varsity girls’ tennis team. That was no small feat in sneakers. A JV netter at NTHS—packed perennially with ace players, then and now—could rout varsity members of tennis teams at most other schools. “I liked tennis,” Nykaza,

#HASHTAG: JAKE SCHNEIDER

Schneider Deli (600 N. La Salle Drive), which opened in early August in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, blends both traditional and modern ideologies in a 21-seat, counter service Jewish delicatessen. For the past year, executive chef/owner JAKE SCHNEIDER has made a name for himself under his brand Schneider Provisions, which is known for its pickled

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