“We want to ‘wow’ people with how good plants can taste and we want to do it in an environment that they really enjoy,” CD Young, founder, Spirit Elephant, Winnetka.
All in Support local communities
Chicago Tribune: Local clothing company makes helping homeless a central part of business
“We want to have businesses rethink the way that they donate,” said Husar. “Not just donate for the sake of donating but donate in a way that actually helps people,” Ernst Berlin, co-founder Lost Format.
Eh Voila! Z Breakfast Club Is Open
“The fact that I have the bakeries, it’s more like a morning option. I think it ties well with my brand,” Pascal Berthoumieux.
Fred's Garage offers American classics with a twist
Fred’s Garage opened Sept. 26 in Winnetka on the site where Fred’s Winnetka Service station stood for 40 years.
22nd Century Media's Going Out in Style: New Trier benefit a hole-in-one
Randy Hack of Winnetka (center), New Trier Educational Foundation director and winner of a 2-year lease on a 2017 VOLVO XC60 for making a hole-in-one on the 17th hole.
Going out in style: Art validating life at Catholic Charities Gala
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Funding a Cure at the Rita Hayworth Alzheimer’s Association Gala
“Chicago you are amazing,” Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, founder, Alzheimer’s Association Rita Hayworth gala in honor of her mother, the legendary Hollywood icon who succumbed to Alzheimer’s late in life.
Why do restaurants close?
“If you don’t want to eat in a Maggiano’s and an Olive Garden in your neighborhood, you better support those small, independent restaurants. Those are the ones that are bringing diversity; those are the ones that are employing people who are living in your community, paying taxes in your community, as opposed to those big corporations that are coming and bullying their way in the dining scene,” Pascal Berthoumieux, Bistro Bordeaux, Evanston, IL.
'Sequins and Soul' gala raises $1M for Goodman Theatre
As part of its community outreach initiative, the Goodman's Alice Rapoport Center for Education and Engagement works to better understand how arts and culture contribute to community problem-solving and growth through strategic partnerships.
Piven Theatre Workshop marks 45 years stage arts training
"This is our defense, our resistance and my little joke for world peace: Art, community — one workshop at a time," Joyce Piven.
