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A MODERN-DAY RENAISSANCE STUDIO

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Every business has an origin story but Simes Studios’ story is a striking one. Like the Studios’ work, this origin story is a romantic one set against the backdrop of Old World elegance but infused with New World bravado and innovation. It is an origin story that has led to a decades-long presence in Chicago

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

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It’s an overcast day in late March and Elaine Madansky is minding the farm. Originally part of the A. Watson Armour estate in Lake Forest, this 16-acre “gentleman’s” parcel and early 20th century farm complex known as Elawa Farm is a living laboratory of how Madansky and others believe we should grow our food more

MIRIAM FRIED SAYS FAREWELL TO RAVINIA’S PIANO & STRINGS

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Ravinia Steans Music Institute (RSMI)—Ravinia Festival’s distinguished summer training program for young professional voice, jazz, piano, and string musicians—enters its 36th season this June on a bittersweet note, saluting world-renowned violinist Miriam Fried for her 30-year leadership of the Program for Piano & Strings as she prepares to step down as program director of the

SEEDS OF LOVE

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Newlyweds Elizabeth and Peter Grubbe fell in love over organic arugula and heirloom tomatoes. It is hard to imagine a more fitting beginning for these two first-generation farmers, who own one of northern Illinois’ largest organic farms— Middlebury Farm. Peter has been growing and selling produce almost his whole life. When he was in sixth

AN EYE FOR ART

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With double undergraduate degrees in art history and public relations, a Master’s Degree in Art History with a Certificate in Museum Studies and a Certification in Contemporary Art from Sotheby’s Institute of Art-London, KENILWORTH’S SHANNON STOELTING has a deep understanding of the art world. Her resume—Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Assistant Director at Gallery KH, and Director

THE BUZZ: MAY 2023

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THE 2023 LAKE FOREST SHOWHOUSE & GARDENS TO OPEN MAY 6TH FEATURING HONORARY CHAIRS ASHLEY WHITTAKER AND TIMOTHY WHEALON A red brick Georgian-style Lake Forest home designed in the late 1960s by architect William Frazier has been utterly transformed for the 2023 Lake Forest Showhouse & Gardens. Over 35 leading interior and landscape designers have

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