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As 2019 rolled into 2020, members of the Lake Forest Symphony became increasingly aware that the symphony was likely to disband due to fundraising challenges and the onset of COVID-19. Indeed, the day before Governor JB Pritzker ordered Illinois residents to stay at home, the symphony closed its doors. That’s when Deb Stevenson and a

Don Pierson took a class taught by former Ohio State University football coach Woody Hayes. He met often, at 6 a.m., with Mike Ditka to help the former Chicago Bears head coach write his autobiography in 1982. And Pierson attempted to interview Walter Payton while the late Bears great banged a set of drums at

The truth is, there’s no timeline, no age requirement, and no barricade preventing you from lobbing yourself into a new creative endeavor. Do you want to take up pottery, but you’ve never used a wheel before? Go for it. Have you dreamed about becoming a painter, sculptor, make-up artist, or designer but you’re not sure

The attorneys at Strategic Divorce strive to educate our clients on all relevant matters to ease an often- difficult process. We believe knowledge of the divorce process provides the strength and peace of mind to complete it. This goal of education inspired me to write The Strategic Divorce Process™. My book breaks divorce into five

Dr. Amjad Ahmad and his staff may perform surgeries on their patients on the Gold Coast of Chicago, but they hold a serious affection for Hinsdale. For over a decade, women from the village have flocked downtown to freshen their look by getting their eyelids treated, Dr. Ahmad’s specialty. Ahmad, an ophthalmologist, is one of

When you walk into Botti Law Firm’s new office at the Drake Office Plaza in Oak Brook, you are greeted as if you are a member of the family. “We’re all family here,” says John Botti. “I work with my dad, Aldo Botti, and my brother Michael, and our other partner, Jean Lasics-Wessels, has been