Susan B. Noyes Founder, Make It Better Wilmette When Susan sat around her kitchen table with a group of her closest friends and talked about how they could amplify the charitable work they were already doing, she had no idea their conversation would turn into a thriving website and magazine. “We had all run fundraisers […]
Rita Canning Chairman of the Board of Directors, Women In Need Growing Stronger (WINGS) Inverness “I never started off saying ‘I’m going to be a philanthropist,’ ” says Rita Canning, who is not only a philanthropist, but a very hands-on one. “Instead, I thought about what I wanted to do once my kids were grown. […]
Italy? Check. Cooking with wonderful women in small towns? Check.
When you go on vacation—a real vacation to a destination you’ve dreamed about—you want to enjoy every minute. See the sights. Get a feel what the area is about. So, you plan and plot. Map out what to do each day, each meal. That was our family’s usual mode—Disney World was a four-day marathon with […]
If your parents loved “Jersey Boys,” you’ll love “Rock of Ages.” It’s the 80s rocking answer to the swooning crooners. The show is fast paced and super high energy, with a sweet but simple story that link songs by Journey, Styx, Pat Benatar and REO Speedwagon. Two innocents—Drew, “a city boy born and raised in […]
The director of the Broadway hit musical “Rock of Ages,” isn’t anything like you’d expect. First, she’s a she. Not an aging, wannabe male rocker with a few inappropriate tattoos. Instead, Kristin Hanaggi is a 33-year-old, lovely, articulate artist. She started her directing career with the show “Pussycat Dolls Live at the Roxy” in L.A. […]
Adapted from “Cooking Light: First Foods”
Sheetal Bhagat—local amateur chef and singer—is in the finals of the popular TV show “MasterChef” that stars Gordon Ramsey as the advisor and critic of the aspiring foodies.
When Cynthia La Schiazza smiles, she could be wearing a baggy sweatshirt and she’d still look like one of the best dressed women in Chicago. Her sense of style and her enthusiasm flow from her heart. Whether talking about her home state of Indiana, or the many cities where she, her husband and two children […]
Althea Walton is a busy lady. She’s the Finance Director for the ACLU of Illinois and an active supporter of many causes. With her son, Brian Stevenson, she founded e-scapeNOW.org, a not-for-profit dedicated to countering 21st century addictions, such as the Internet, videogames and Facebook. It works primarily with students in middle school through college. […]
