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AT THE FIRST MEETING following one of the most successful showhouses in its chapter’s history, board members of the Lake Forest Chapter of Infant Welfare Society (IWS) had a surprise for their president Chrissy Davis. “It was so kind,” says Davis, overcome with tears as she tells the story. “I was wrapping up a chapter

Not everything needs a function, artist, designer, and educator Norman Teague often tells his students at the University of Illinois Chicago. It just needs to be beautiful; that could then be its function. Yet, Teague’s art and custom furniture are often a combination of the two. “My motivation comes from reflections that I have on

Gina Kaiser isn’t one to believe in coincidences. She believes wholeheartedly that things happen for a reason. Kaiser opened It Gym inside Hoffman Estate’s Bell Works Chicagoland in September After years spent in marketing and advertising, she felt compelled to open a gym that was geared toward people at all fitness levels. “I was a

MILESTONES ARE OFTEN a time of reflection. And Jen Bobay’s 10-yearanniversary of founding Jar Bar Makeup is no exception. Jar Bar Makeup is a mineral makeup line that is free of parabens, phthalates, synthetic fragrances, and talc. “When I first launched my company in 2014, I thought my business would be more education about makeup

JIM STAPLES GOT THE TRAVEL BUG at young age. His father was an attorney, and often would travel to the firm’s offices scattered around the globe, taking the family with him. Staples was all too happy to tag along. A fouryear rugby player at the University of Michigan, Jim spent a summer in Australia playing

Make major operatic artist Bill Powers laugh inside a building and you’d risk the collapse of a few walls. Powers’ voice is that thunderous, that deep, and that impactful. When Powers starred as Mephistopheles in the opera Faust, the conductor told him, “You have the power to terrify.” A contest pitting Powers’ bass-baritone guffaw vs.