It’s not every day we see fathers dancing with their daughters on stage as part of their daughters’ dance performance. Then again, Chicago Ballet Arts (CBA) is no ordinary dance school and Leslie Saunders, of Glencoe, is no ordinary co-director. A non-profit, community outreach program, CBA serves a culturally diverse group of students ages three […]
Three numbers. 10 years since LUNGevity was founded. 7 passionate, committed North Shore residents committed to raising awareness and funds for lung cancer research. 1 LUNGevity founding member alive today. “That number underscores the importance of our mission,” says Mandy Holcomb, events manager and development associate for LUNGevity. “Of the original group of people to […]
Nathan Maier has spent 5 years zipping around the streets of Chicago and New York City as a professional bicycle messenger. The 32-year-old Winnetka resident has also wrestled with Bipolar disorder since 1998, when he was a sophomore at New York University. So when Maier learned of an opportunity to marry his passion for cycling […]
Cami Walker, who will be the keynote speaker at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Women on the Move Luncheon on May 27, had everything a woman in her early thirties dreams of. Newly married, she held a fulfilling job as a creative director with an ad agency. Then, one morning in 2006, she awoke […]
A mother and three daughters face broken family bonds, first gingerly and then fiercely in “Independence,” a domestic drama by Lee Blessing at Lake Forest’s Citadel Theatre Company. Strong performances make this witches’ brew of a dysfunctional family a memorable evening in an intimate theatre setting. Set in the spring of 1983 and Evelyn Briggs, […]
It’s what friends do for each other. When Lincolnshire resident Kate Arnold, a wife and mother of two young girls, learned her Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma had returned, a circle of more than 30 friends rallied to her side. Laurie Gens, a Buffalo Grove resident and close friend, wanted to make a big difference for Arnold and […]
This month’s picks for people, places and things with which you can make a difference: Give Time 2010 Chicago Green Festival greenfestivalvolunteers.org/chicago GIVE TIME: Join the volunteer team that helps support the largest sustainability event in the country on May 22 and 23. Volunteers receive free admission to the event both days, an exclusive […]
