In this first installment of a new monthly series featuring questions and answers with American Red Cross of Greater Chicago Board Members, Better spoke with Chicago’s Vicki Znavor, a CIBC Bank retiree, author and professional mentor. Better: How long have you worked with the American Red Cross and been a board member? Znavor: I’ve been […]
Ben Lenhardt loves gardens fervently, and he’s got the résumé to prove it. Lenhardt, who lives in Winnetka and in Charleston, South Carolina, retired from a successful investment management career to focus intently on his passions: gardening and historic preservation. In Winnetka, he filled his ravine garden with Caesar’s Brother Siberian iris and Japanese butterbur. […]
When Maria Shriver’s father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s (and later died from the disease in 2011), it set her on a course to support the search for a cure for the devastating disease. Her nonprofit, The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement, addresses how Alzheimer’s is particularly brutal to women, who suffer from it at an alarming rate. […]
“Tell me a little about yourself.” It’s the bane of any interview — the kind of non-specific, open-ended request that can cause you to ramble and fidget. Job interviews can be stressful and subjective, and many interviewers can be untrained and unprepared. Luckily, there are ways to ensure that you remain confident and composed throughout […]
Highland Park native David Friend always wanted to write a book about the role of photography in a given week, but he never anticipated an event as horrific as 9/11. It was the most widely viewed breaking-news event in human history, experienced on TV alone by an estimated 2 billion people—a third of the human […]
On June 25, Evanston’s Piven Theatre Workshop will celebrate its 40th anniversary. The gala honors alums Jeremy Piven, John and Joan Cusack, and Aidan Quinn, among others. Those actors are just a few of the celebrated artists that the acclaimed theater and training center has produced (others are Kate Walsh, Hope Davis, Lili Taylor and […]
Wilmette native and best-selling beauty/fashion author Charla Krupp is the girlfriend we’d all love to have: the one who hones in on that perfect piece when we’re digging through the sale racks and gives us an honest answer when we ask, “Does this make me look fat?” Charla’s new book, “How to Never Look […]
