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Don’t miss Tony and Grammy award winner—and longtime Chicagoan—Heather Headley as she takes center stage for the July 16 Ravinia Festival Gala hosted by the festival’s women’s board. With Ravinia Festival’s Chief Conductor Marin Alsop and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra also headlining, the performance marks Headley’s return to Ravinia featuring a showcase of her versatility,

FOCUSING ON WHAT’S IMPORTANT

When Barrington residents’ eyes are opened to the problems of the world, they step up with solutions. This is literally true for the members of FOCUS, a nonprofit, 100 percent volunteer-based organization that seeks to address worldwide challenges in eye care. “FOCUS, The Foundation for Ophthalmological Care, has been changing people’s lives and preserving their

THE BUZZ: JUNE 2023

VITANI Fixing a great martini requires a certain technique and just the right balance of ingredients. Today, bartenders and mixologists are celebrated in restaurants and bars for mastering this iconic cocktail. And because of this, martinis have become an event cocktail rather than being readily enjoyed. The North Shore’s Jackie Gichner decided to fix that

HERE’S … JIMMY!

In 2016, at the age of 52, Kenilworth native and longtime standup comedian/improv teacher Jimmy Carrane lost his father to pulmonary fibrosis, got attacked while standing on a pew and delivering an unwanted eulogy at the ensuing funeral, and became a first-time father. It wan an eventful year for Carrane to say the least, filled

#HASHTAG: ERIN MCCARTHY

Hailing from Orange County, California, current Wilmette resident, ERIN MCCARTHY, is living her lifelong dream of working as an artist, designer, and small business owner. About four years ago, McCarthy had an “aha” moment when she realized her fine art photographs of flowers, plants, trees, lakes, and streams could be digitally manipulated into surface pattern

ONE HAND, ONE HEART

When a lavish new production of the Broadway classic, West Side Story, hit the Lyric Opera stage in Chicago in 2019, it sold out performances and wowed local critics. Praised as both “a suite of searing, soaring melodies,” and “musical theater euphoria,” the 1957 musical that retells the story of Romeo and Juliet on the

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