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Go ahead, call Andy Rick a hero. The 17-year veteran of the Lake Forest Fire Department will thank you but he’ll also kindly disagree with you. “Some calls turned into cool stories,” recalls Rick, sworn in as chief of the department in January after serving it as a firefighter/paramedic, lieutenant, battalion chief, and deputy chief.

GIVING COUSINS

The philanthropy baton is in good hands with siblings Charlie and John Fleming. Their cousins James and Katie Gildersleeve of Lake Forest handed it to them earlier this year. “Our cousins built an amazing foundation, and we are excited to continue the mission while add- ing new ideas and our personal touch to connect local

THAT’S PAINTER-TAINMENT

Ever wondered what you’d get if you crossed a pair of expert painters with two storytelling comrades? You’d get Ravinia District residents and longtime friends Joe Bednarski and Phil Gayter in an art gallery before a rapt and excited audience, creating paintings while exchanging gentle gibes and inviting attendees to participate in their delightful journey

TRAVELING HOPEFULLY

Art isn’t always easy on the eyes. From Wassily Kandinsky to Willem de Kooning, Anselm Kiefer to Jean-Michel Basquiat, painters have long challenged the concept of a “proper” picture. Tweaking form and content, they’ve expanded our visual reality, opening our eyes to new ways of seeing. Casual museum or gallery-goers often dismiss seemingly extreme works

NEEDLE OF HOPE

A few generations ago, a young retailer named Marshall Field famously quipped a six-word business motto that would define his eponymous department store—“Give the lady what she wants.” Fast forward more than a century and one might say his namesake great-grandson (several times over) is repurposing that mantra, albeit for a more altruistic cause—a valiant

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