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WELLYHAUS BLOOMS

Kate Higgins and her husband set up a flower stand outside their Winnetka home during the pandemic and would stock it each morning with floral bouquets. “We thought it was so sad that people couldn’t be together, and this was a fun way to put some happiness in their days,” Higgins says. “I made these

EMPOWERING CHANGE

When National Geographic photographer Ami Vitale set off to document the transport of four of the world’s last known surviving northern white rhinos from a zoo in Czechia to a conservancy in Kenya, the experience altered the trajectory of her life’s work. The hope was that giving the animals room to roam in Kenya’s open

CLARENDON CENTURY

Like other cities and villages in the West Suburbs of Chicago, the development of Clarendon Hills was spurred by the building of the Burlington Railroad, which was built in 1864. The railroad attracted real estate speculators, settlers, and families looking for a quieter life but still close to the big city. It wasn’t until 1924

SHAKIN’ & STIRRED

Sometimes it’s just good to mix things up and that’s exactly what the Women’s Board of Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital is doing for its spring fundraiser, Shakin’ & Stirred, on Saturday, April 27, at 28 Mile Distilling Co. in Highwood. “We’ve successfully hosted a formal gala as our spring fundraiser for many years,” explains

CHANGING LIVES TOGETHER

When brainstorming ideas about who would be the best community member to speak at this year’s Lake Forest High School (LFHS) Foundation spring luncheon, Maureen Fitzgerald and her committee immediately thought of Mar’Quone Edmonds, also known as “Coach Q.” As owner of Quest Performance Training in Lake Bluff, the Lake Forest husband and father of

REMISOFF RENAISSANCE

The eight oil-on-canvas panels and four frescos decorating the rotunda of the Lake Forest Library are all that is left of artist Nicolai Remisoff ’s fascinating legacy in the Chicago area. Recently restored after water damage from leaks in the now-repaired library dome, Remisoff ’s Poets and Writers of Antiquity paintings are, “as close to

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