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Some people just know how to dress. Others are great at making a home look picture-perfect. But great style, whether in fashion or decor, doesn’t usually spring forth full blown. Even raw talent needs to be nurtured, to be shaped and directed. When Elizabeth Krueger decided in her final year studying communications and marketing at

At age 65, Kai Glowacki, a Barrington local, knew he wanted a challenge that was not so much of a goal as it was a must-do journey. “It simply was a matter of time,” Glowacki says. “And finally, in 2023, it was that time, and I am very happy I accomplished it. It is said

Like any good story, the journey that brought Keaton and Molly Kristick to Lake Forest includes a few plot twists. The couple had just started dating mere months before they’d each be faced with some major life decisions. Both were set to move from Lincoln, Nebraska— potentially in opposite directions. Keaton, a former San Francisco

Longtime Lake Bluff resident Julie Eckert has always loved Christmas. “I love the music,” Eckert says. “I love trees with lights. I love a festive table. I love a fire. I love the movies. I love the Christmas cards.” And while the list filled with her adoration for her favorite holiday could go on, Eckert

Billy Corgan and his Smashing Pumpkins bandmates had wondered how to mark the 30th anniversary of the release of their platinum album Siamese Dream. Then, about three weeks before his wedding to Chloé Mendel, it occurred to Corgan that staging a show at his and Mendel’s teahouse, Madame ZuZu’s, would be an opportunity to celebrate

The Salt Creek Ballet has been cultivating holiday traditions for families and performance-art aficionados through its annual rendition of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. Now, with a new board of directors taking centerstage, the ballet school is looking forward to a fresh approach in continuing to amplify the school’s achievement of being a top-tier performance ballet company.