Last month, the Midwest Artist Initiative and the City of Highwood launched Benchmark 2, its second public art display of decorated park benches throughout the city. The project aims to bring more art installations to the streets of Highwood and select benches will be auctioned off at the Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival in October. The Midwest Artist […]
More than 5,000 runners and walkers took to the streets of Evanston on Sunday, June 19, to honor the legacy of Ricky Byrdsong, a former Northwestern men’s basketball coach who was murdered by white supremacists in 1999. Every Father’s Day, people throughout Chicagoland run or walk to fight against the racial violence that remains so […]
Educators and community leaders got together and raised almost $200,000 for school supply kits at the Back 2 School Illinois Kickoff Dinner on June 9. The money will help Back 2 School Illinois give school supplies to a record 30,000 students this year. More than 200 guests attended the dinner at Galleria Marchetti to help support […]
For the sixth year in a row, our audience has spoken — this year louder than ever before. With more than 168,000 votes across 11 categories, what follows are the best businesses and services in Chicago and around the North Shore. Share your thoughts with us on social media using the hashtag #Bestof2016.
Make It Better’s Best of 2016 drew more than 168,000 votes across 11 categories. Share your thoughts with us on social media using the hashtag #Bestof2016. Best Fundraising Gala PAWS Fur Ball This November marks the 15th year of the PAWS Fur Ball benefitting PAWS Chicago and its incredible work to end the euthanization of animals. […]
This summer, Ravinia welcomes not only its usual star-studded lineup but also the 50th year of their annual charity gala. Hosted by the Ravinia Women’s Board, the gala will benefit Reach*Teach*Play, a nonprofit dedicated to engaging underserved communities in music education. For this very special year, Maestro James Levine will also be returning to Ravinia nearly […]
On Saturday, June 18, downtown Highwood partied the night away and showed that “love always wins” at Celebrate Highwood’s 4th Annual Taste the Rainbow Pride Picnic and Pub Crawl, sponsored by Van Gogh Vodka. This year, the celebration also held a Van Gogh for Orlando fundraiser with a number of local businesses joining together in support […]
Need inspiration to lean in and embrace your faith, intellect, gifts and power to create impact? Please get to know Shirley Ryan. Other-centered, eloquent and determined, she is a social entrepreneur extraordinaire, whose strategic and values-driven work to create opportunities that lift up others was honored at a ceremony celebrating the integration of two groundbreaking […]
On May 4, more than 230 guests attended the sixth annual Kawasaki benefit dinner to help fund research into this inflammatory disease. Kawasaki disease is a pediatric illness that swells blood vessels and can lead to coronary artery damage. The key to prevention: early diagnosis and treatment. This year, guests raised more than $115,000 in […]
Michael Folio’s diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 56 blindsided the corporate executive and his wife, Cheryl Levin-Folio, of Highland Park. They faced the question: “Is there life after an Alzheimer’s diagnosis?” It’s a question faced by the more than 5 million Americans with Alzheimer’s, along with their families, according to the National […]
