The North Shore Weekend, January 27th, 2024

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LIFE, STILL

Lake Forest artist Diane Feldpausch Tang’s deep empathy for the human condition and the fragile state of the planet comes alive in her compelling creations. Later this year, The Gallery in Lake Forest will host an exhibition of her work, opening July 16. pg8

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LIFESTYLE & ARTS 10 by kids, for kids

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NOW THROUGH JANUARY 31

HOLIDAY LIGHT RECYCLING WHERE: Northfield Northfield’s Village Hall and its Community Center will be providing bins where holiday lights and extension cords can be recycled.

Clean out your decorations stash and make room for new lights and supplies by recycling the old. northfieldparks.org

NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY 12

17TH ANNUAL INCHWORKS SHOW WHERE: Community House, Winnetka The North Shore Art League is currently hosting its 17th Annual Inchworks Show. More than 115 pieces of art are being featured in the second-floor gallery of the Community House in Winnetka. Art is available for purchase and proceeds will go to the North Shore Art League. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. villageofwinnetka.org

NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY 15

THE GREAT SNOWFLAKE SEARCH WHERE: Wilmette Historical Museum The first snowflakes were photographed by a man named Snowflake Bentley, proving that no two are alike.

Join the Wilmette Historical Museum in a scavenger hunt to find all the snowflakes. Children ages 3 and younger can pick up a free scavenger hunt board at the Museum or Youth Services Department at the Wilmette Public Library to get started.

The hunts begin at 9 a.m. wilmettehistory.org

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NOW THROUGH MARCH 2024

PRESENTING THE ALDEN FINNEY BROOKS COLLECTION WHERE: Kenilworth Historical Society The Kenilworth Historical Society’s Main Gallery exhibit features more than 90 items of the Alden Finney Brooks collection.

Brooks was a well-respected American artist known for his portraiture and landscape scenes. He spent some of his life in Kenilworth, which is captured in several of his paintings, some of which are on display in the exhibit. kenilworthhistory.org

NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 13

“SHTETL IN THE SUN” WHERE: Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center In the late 1970s, photographer Andy Sweet took numerous photos of Holocaust survivors living hopeful and joyous lives in South Beach, Florida. Through his images, it provides a poignant display of life after tragedy.

The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center’s exhibit, “Shtetl in the Sun: Andy Sweet’s South Beach 1977-1980,” celebrates Sweet’s work as a tribute to those who lived during that time. ilholocaustmuseum.org

NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY 25

ENRICHING LIFE EXHIBIT WHERE: Brushwood Center Join the Brushwood Botanical Artists for the 9th Annual Botanical Art Exhibit: “Enriching Life.”

This fantastic art gallery provides a colorful respite from the wintery grays seen this time of year. The exhibiting artists are current and former students of Heeyoung Kim, founder of the Heeyoung Kim Botanical Art Academy. brushwoodcenter.org

NOW TO FEBRUARY 10

ROSSINI’S CINDERELLA WHERE: Lyric Opera Experience the timeless classic of Cinderella at the Lyric Opera. Rossini’s romantic comedy tells the tale of Angelina, who endures the horrible treatment of her father, Don Magnifico, and falls in love with a prince disguised as a valet. The musical score is conducted

by Yi-Chen Lin in her Lyric Opera debut. There will be seven matinee performances and a running time of 3 hours and 10 minutes with one intermission. This show will be sung in Italian and feature English captions projected above the stage. lyricopera.org

NOW TO FEBRUARY 18

MUSIC INSTITUTE OPEN HOUSES WHERE: North Shore locations Join the Music Institute of Chicago for four open houses in Chicago, Lake Forest, Winnetka, and Evanston. Musicians of all ages and professions are welcome to try different instruments, speak with faculty and campus staff, learn about class and lesson options, and receive discount offers. Rolling admission is available for private instruction and the Spring semester group classes begin January 29.

The Open Houses will be on January 27, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in downtown Chicago, February 4, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Lake Forest’s campus, and February 18, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Winnetka campus. musicinst.org

NOW TO SEPTEMBER 7

CIRCUSVILLE: PLAY UNDER THE BIG TOP WHERE: Chicago Children’s Museum Bring your kids to the

King Richard III

Chicago Children’s Museum to play at the circus!

Children can try their hands at all of the vital roles in a circus: star of the show, ticket taker, acrobat, hot dog vendor, and more. There will be props and costumes for families to play with. The circus will be in town until September 7. chicagochildrensmuseum.org

JANUARY 27

BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR PAWCIFER DUKE WHERE: Highland Park Police Dept Join the Highland Park Police Department as it celebrates Pawcifer Vinny Duke’s birthday! Celebrations begin at 11 a.m. till noon and Happy Birthday will be sung at 11:15 a.m.

Guests will meet in the Training Room and there

will be interactive activities, photos, and giveaways at the paw-ty. cityhpil.com

JANUARY 27

ELEPHANT & PIGGIE PARTY WHERE: Highwood Public Library Spend a Saturday with Elephant and Piggie at Highwood Public Library.

This program is from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and includes books, games, and tons of fun.

Registration is free. highwoodlibrary.org

JANUARY 27

LET’S PLAY! WHERE: Joseph Sears School The Alliance for Early Childhood (AEC) is partnering with Joseph Sears School, Kenilworth District 38, and the WinnetkaNorthfield Public Library to host a “Let’s Play!” cardboard design event. Children will design their own cardboard creations and AEC will provide cardboard and other tools for these ideas to come to life. This event runs from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and registration is required. theallianceforec.org

JANUARY 27

PAT TOMASULO WHERE: James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, Grayslake Enjoy an evening of comedy with Chicago-based comedian Pat Tomasulo at 8 p.m.. Tomasulo is a host of the WGN Morning News and his comedy shows bring the average person’s perspective to the stage through hilarious observations, stories, and commentary.

Tickets are $32, $28 for seniors and military, and $15 for students. clcillinois.edu

JANUARY 28

MUSIC AT THE FORT RECITAL WHERE: Midwest Young Artists Conservatory Enjoy an evening of music at the Midwest Young Artists Conservatory at Fort Sheridan. This recital is one of six monthly performances.

The performers will include winners of the 2023 Walgreens National Concerto Competition. Wine and cheese will be served. The concert is from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. and tickets are $10. mya.org Continues on PG 6

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JANUARY 28 TO FEBRUARY 18

ILLINOISE WHERE: Chicago Shakespeare Theater Chicago Shakespeare Theater debuts a new musical, Illinoise, based on Sufjan Steven’s concept album.

Illinoise is a genre-bursting experience that inspires hope. There will be an ASL dual performance on February 9 at 7 p.m. chicagoshakes.com

JANUARY 29

SHORT & SWEET: TEAPOT WHERE: Evanston Public Library Celebrate National Hot Tea Month with a take home craft kit at the Evanston Public Library. Each kit includes a short story and a simple teapot craft.

Kits are available while supplies last. This program is for children and families. epl.org

JANUARY 29

SCAVENGER HUNT: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WHERE: Evanston Public Library Join Evanston Public Library for its monthly scavenger hunt. This month features a search to find musical instruments. Find all the pictures in the Children’s Room in order to enter a raffle for a chance to win a fun prize. This program is for families and children. epl.org

JANUARY 30

MEET AUTHOR STEWART FLINK WHERE: Highland Park Library Stewart Flink is holding an author event at the Highland Park Library to introduce his debut novel For All the Water on January 30 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. For All the Water tells the story of hydrologists from five continents who come together to try and

NEWS safeguard the dwindling freshwater supply. In addition to his book, Flink will be discussing the current state of our water supply as it applies to microplastics and forever chemicals.

Books will be for sale and there will be a book signing to conclude the event. hplibrary.org

JANUARY 30

TEDXWILMETTE SALONS WHERE: Wilmette Theatre Leading up to the TEDxWilmette event in April, the Wilmette Theatre is holding several salons featuring Ted Talks from 2023. This month, Lizzy Appleby’s “Say What’s True: Everyday Bravery Can Change The World” salon will be held on January 30. It will run from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. and will be followed by a moderated discussion. tedxwilmette.com

JANUARY 30

PIN TOGETHER YOUR GENEALOGICAL PAST WHERE: Zoom Join genealogist Debra Dudek for a Zoom program through Lake Forest Library. From 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. learn how to use Pinterest to sort, share, and promote your genealogical projects.

This program is free for participants and reservation is required. lakeforestlibrary.org

FEBRUARY 1

1000 BOOKS BEFORE KINDERGARTEN CONTINUES WHERE: Lake Bluff Public Library Start your child’s reading journey with the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program. It will help children learn key building blocks to literacy and language fluency. By reading aloud, children build social and emotional skills, spark creativity and imagination, and encourage bonding.

Interested parties can sign up in the Youth Services Department. lakeblufflibrary.org

FEBRUARY 2

THE REAL PRETENDERS WHERE: Kenilworth Assembly Hall The Kenilworth Assembly Hall presents The Real Pretenders concert.

The show begins at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $20.

There will be a cash bar and the doors open at 7 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased on Kenilworth’s Park District’s website. calendar kenilworthparkdistrict.org

FEBRUARY 2 TO MARCH 3

KING RICHARD III WHERE: Chicago Shakespeare Theater Experience Shakespeare’s Richard the III like you’ve never seen before. Tony Award-Nominated actor Katy Sullivan makes her Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) debut. Sullivan is a Paralytic champion and bi-lateral above-knee amputee and she will perform the titular character, King Richard III. Enjoy a show full of scathing dark humor, family drama, high stakes, and a divided kingdom taken over by tyranny. This is the first major U.S. production of Richard III to feature a woman with a disability in the titular role. chicagoshakes.com

FEBRUARY 3

SWASHBUCKLING SOUSA FAMILY CONCERT WHERE: The Church of the Holy Spirit Musicians of the International Chamber Artists present a family concert featuring a musically scripted program with regimented trumpets and heroic horns.

This program will be held at 11 a.m. at The Church of the Holy Spirit. There will be a special guest appearance by Rosie the Riveter. icamusic.org

FEBRUARY 4

“HO-HO-HOLIDAY REVUE” WHERE: Studio5 The Practical Theater

Company’s (PTC) popular “Ho-Ho-Holiday Revue” is back for one night only. This throwback to the TV variety shows of the 1960s and 70s includes sketch comedy, improvisation, and music stars PTC veterans Paul Barrosse, Victoria Zielinski, and Dana Olsen. The show starts at 7 p.m. studio5.dance

FEBRUARY 6

A CONVERSATION WITH JERRY CRAFT WHERE: Lake Bluff Public Library Join cartoonist, author, and illustrator Jerry Craft in a conversation about life, art, and telling your story.

Jerry is known for his books Mama’s Boyz and New Kid. This program will run from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. and is open to kids, teens, and adults. lakeblufflibrary.org

FEBRUARY 10

COMPAÑÍA NACIONAL DE DANZA WHERE: The Auditorium Theater, Chicago Come witness the Chicago debut of Spain’s Internationally renowned, Madrid-based Compañía Nacional de Danza (CND).

The company will perform varied and representative styles, including classical, neoclassical, and contemporary dance. CND will perform works by Artistic Director Joaquin De Luz, Nederlands Dans Theater dancers Sori León and Paul Lightfoot, and choreographer Nacho Duato. RSVP

by Tuesday, February 6 by calling 608-692-4778. auditoriumtheatre.org

FEBRUARY 10 TO MARCH 24

ORCHID SHOW OF WONDERS WHERE: Chicago Botanic Garden Enjoy a hint of spring with 10,000 blooms from February 10 to March 24, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. This year’s Chicago Botanic Garden’s Orchid Show will feature a carnival theme

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for its displays. Walk under Ferris wheel seats and marvel at unicycles on tightropes under the big top.

Tickets range from $10 for members to $21 for NonMembers. chicagobotanic.org

FEBRUARY 14

AMERICAN WRITERS GET LIT: DOWN WITH LOVE WHERE: American Writers Museum The American Writers happy hour soiree returns this year with a Valentine's Day event titled “Get Lit: Down with Love.” This anti-love event will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Valentine’s Day and guests must be 21 years or older to attend. The Get Lit series allows guests to explore the museum after hours, meet fellow literature enthusiasts, enjoy drinks, themed activities, and thought-provoking exhibits. Tickets are $15 for AWA members, $18 for general admission, and $25 for VIP admission. americanwritersmuseum.org

FEBRUARY 16

GLOW SKATE WHERE: Watts Ice Center Skate in the lights as Glencoe Park District presents “Glow Skate,” a night of glow-in-the-dark skating from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on February 16. Wear neon colors and join in the fun! Skate rentals are $5 and are available on a first come, first serve basis. All ages are welcome. glencoeparkdistrict.com

FEBRUARY 17

GRAB AND GO HEDGEHOGS WHERE: Highland Park Library The Highland Park Library’s youth department is holding a Valentine’s Day hedgehog craft kit on February 17. Kids can make their own cute holiday critter. Materials will be available at the Youth Services desk while supplies last. All ages are welcome. hplibrary. org To submit your event for consideration, please email events@nsweekend.com.

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Thousands of humans living on the street without the food or support they needed to survive. Faced with the inhumanity of this scene, other people might keep walking, careful not to make eye contact. But that’s not how Lake Forest artist Diane Feldpausch Tang navigates this world.

Instead, she used what she encountered on one California day as an opportunity to make a difference.

“I was visiting my daughter in San Francisco, and she lived in this brand-new high rise,” recalls Tang, who earned a BFA from The Art Institute of Chicago before starting a family in Lake Forest. “You could walk for a mile, and if I counted, I could come up on 2,000 homeless people in that area. It was astounding to me.”

Changed forever by what she had seen, Tang returned from California with a plan. She began walking the streets of Chicago, camera in hand, looking for homeless people willing to sit for portraits—dipping into underpasses and back alleys to seek out America’s most fragile population, one that so many ignore.

“I ask their permission and pay them before I take their photographs,” explains Tang. “My thought was, why not portrait paint these people and paint them so beautifully that I could sell the portraits and then donate that money to shelters.”

The project became such a labor of love that she began joining acquaintances who were also involved in helping the homeless community.

Beyond capturing the portraits—a mission that extended from Chicago to Mexico City—she and partner Jack Perno rolled up their sleeves and did everything from distributing free masks

Lake Forest artist Diane Tang placed a glass sculpture in the hive and her bees created what look like angel's wings.

This multimedia collaboration began with frames and collages being placed in the hive for the bees to "work" on.

at shelters during the pandemic to volunteering in the soup kitchen at Chicago’s Franciscan Outreach.

A meaningful connection had been made, one that inspired the theme of her one-woman show at Chicago Sculpture International in Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood. Titled Humanity + Modernity + Nature = Confusion, the 2022 exhibit featured portraits of the homeless along with sculpture and photography of urban blight in her hometown of Detroit.

“The homeless are the modern hunters and gatherers, shunned by artificial society,” she says. “One reason I created the show was to dig deeper, to explore why I make the art I create.

When I got that show, I didn’t take a penny. I sold pieces and split the money between Franciscan Outreach and Chicago Coalition For The Homeless.”

With a new year ahead, Tang is setting her eyes on a summer exhibit at The Gallery in Lake Forest that will include those portraits along with a collection of spectacular multimedia pieces that were created in harmony with a swarm of unlikely collaborators—her bees.

She says it all started about two years ago when she noticed that the bees in her property’s hive were so prolific that they had finished making honey by July.

“They were so active that year and wanted a job. So, I asked my beekeeper if it would be OK if I put some of my art work in the hive to see what they’d do with it,” explains Tang. “I put beehive frames in and small objects, like pieces of glass and wire. I would assemble pieces in a collage and they’d build around it.”

The pieces that continue to emerge from this collaboration are nothing short of breathtaking.

One of her favorite examples of how these creations can evolve began with a branch that fell in her yard during a thunderstorm. It resembled a woman’s figure, which inspired her to create a glass sculpture of that image. “I put that in the hive and the bees just made these beautiful angels wings with their wax,” she says.

Last summer, Tang placed a series of candles

horizontally in the bee hive that triggered another unique series of collaborative works.

“When I took them out, they were all connected together, like a group of dancers,” she adds.

“There was a movement to them that inspired me to make clay sculptures related to what they created.”

It is true symbiosis of humankind and nature, one that Tang is excited to explore at the exhibit, which will run July through September. Owners of The Gallery, Cecilia Lanyon and husband/ chef Dominic Zumpano, have a vision to pair the art with food using honey as the theme.

“They are going to create a whole menu inspired by the honey bees in unision with a social awareness campaign,” says Tang, explaining that bee populations are less able to function and support agriculture in the modern world. “Similar to the funds from the homeless portraits going to help homeless organizations, proceeds from the bee collaborations will go to a recommended organization that supports preserving habitats for them to continue to thrive.”

Inspiring as all of that may be, this is merely one chapter in a journey that has taken the artist from 3-D work with materials such as glass, clay, metals, and found objects to gouache and oil painting, stoneware healing and memory vessels, glass-fused photography, blow-molded glass hearts, and black-and-white pinhole photography.

Tang credits her late grandmother for planting the seeds that helped her develop both compassion and creativity from a very young age. In the mid-2000s, her Detroit Series paid homage to this influence and an early childhood spent in urban Detroit.

“My grandmother heavily influenced me as a child and from 2011 to 2017, I did a series of work in Detroit,” she says, referring to a collection that captures mass urban decay through multimedia works, including fused and high-fired glass creations. “I wanted to go back and see her house so I talked one of my brothers into going with me. We went and the house had been torn down and there are only two houses

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left in a block of 30.”

Tang’s childhood memory of a beautiful little bungalow with gothic windows on a bungalowlined street with an elm tree at its center, was replaced with the unthinkable sight in front of her.

“Everything was gone,” she says of the now blighted east side Detroit neighborhood. “It was a field. You could walk miles and miles ... some structures were burnt out but there would be one or two houses every block.”

The little girl in her was devastated; the artist in her wanted to tell that story.

“Once I visited where my grandmother’s house once stood, I got in touch with someone to give me tours of abandoned buildings in Detroit,” she explains. “I’d sneak through broken windows and we’d go in and photograph.”

She found the stories in the ruins and brought them to life in the pieces that became a part of that series.

If you notice a pattern in her work it may be because there is a pattern in the world—a repetitive cycle of casting out the old and unwanted for the new and shiny, of losing empathy not just for humans but for the planet itself.

Detroit has long been in the rearview mirror for Tang, who first moved to Chicago in the ‘90s, and then to the North Shore. The mother of two daughters, Michelle and Mariel, Tang’s life today is set in a west Lake Forest home that backs up to Lake Forest Open Lands and Elawa Farm.

She is surrounded by woods, gardens, and nature—including that lively colony of bees that she now considers some of her favorite collaborators.

“I have such respect for these little creatures now that I’m getting to know them,” she says.

“They create elegant and fascinating undulating shapes. The structures are strong but appear to be so delicate. And I love how they work as a community. They are good at negotiating and solving problems within their colony. Each bee has a role.”

As an empath, Tang admits she has always felt things on a deeper level than most, feeling even the planet’s laments on a level that is sometimes inexplicable. And yet, she is filled with gratitude—so much that she has established the Diane Feldpausch Tang Charitable Gift Fund, a nonprofit that aims to “support the welfare of people in need of humane aid and assistance.”

That mission has now expanded to protecting the bees and other vulnerable communities in our shared world.

“Technology can simultaneously improve our lives while disrupting the natural world. If we didn’t have bees pollinating flowers, it would weaken animal habitats and adversely affect vegetables and fruit,” she says. “Since modernity keeps us from connecting with the natural world, I hope to build an awareness to how important the bees are to our sustenance.”

Those who know her would expect nothing less. After all, it’s how she has navigated this world all her life, making a difference every step of the way.

For more information, visit dianetangfeldpausch. com.

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Highland Park Players will stage the Disney musical Winnie the Pooh in a production that runs February 24 through March 3.

The all-youth cast hopes to entertain an audience of all ages. say they are excited to be part of a production staged by a young cast and that aims to entertain kids.

“He’s such a sweet, innocent character,” Cameron says. “Pooh has always been a big deal for me since the 2011 movie came out. I immediately saw it and now I can recite the whole thing.”

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In1921, English author A. A. Milne and illustrator E. H. Shepard created the character of Winnie the Pooh—first appearing in a comic strip in the London newspaper, The Evening Standard, in 1925. More than 100 years later, his beloved Pooh bear has been the subject of countless television, stage, and movie productions, teaching kids lessons about friendship, loyalty, and comradery.

Next month, Pooh will make a stage appearance at Highland Park District’s Heller Nature Center as Highland Park Players launches a run of the Disney musical, Winnie the Pooh.

The cast, which is made up entirely of children, aims to put on a show that is “by kids, for kids.” Rather than a traditional musical on a stage, the Heller Nature Center will provide a backdrop for a more interactive experience. The cast has been heavily involved in the production.

“The cast is entirely made up of youth performers spanning from 8 years old through high school,” says the production’s director, Sarah Tilford. “My directing style is very collaborative, so the kids have had a lot

Rose and Cameron Nowak of Northbrook star in Winnie the Pooh, staged by Highland Park Players for a run starting in February.

of creative input.”

The goal is to reach an audience of preschoolers through youth ages. Normally it’s almost always adults performing for younger audiences, but this is genuinely a show for many of the cast members’ peers.

A full-time youth theater director and board member of Highland Park Players, Tilford says the theater company stages numerous productions for adults throughout the year, including a musical production at the end of each summer, and always tries to do at least one youth-led production each year. She got started with Highland Park Players by performing in musicals.

“Our goal is always to enrich, educate, and

Sarah Tilford, above, and at rehearsal with the cast of Winnie the Pooh.

entertain the community. We feel very strongly about having a presence in the North Shore and Highland Park community,” says Tilford. “We always create a superior theater experience and ask ourselves, ’Can we do this bigger; can we do it stronger?’”

Highland Park has rich history of supporting arts programs for kids and its schools are known for programs that teach and promote student creativity. Tilford says she is thrilled she and the Highland The Nowak children a few years ago, dressed up as Park Players can be part of that tradition.

Pooh and Piglet on Halloween.

“I have always had a playful mindset something of an omen for the siblings, as they and been very in touch with my creativity and each dressed up as the characters they are going imagination. I have a strong passion for theater to be playing in the musical production. Even and for child care so being able to combine both at their young age, the two have a number of of those is something I feel extremely grateful productions under their belts. Winnie the Pooh is to do full time,” she says. “Directing youth is their first for Highland Park Players. just a joyful experience and it’s a joy to watch them grow not just as performers, but as human And they’re not slowing down anytime soon. beings.”

Next up for Cameron is a role in Mean Girls at Having the confidence to get up on a stage the Performer’s School in Highwood, and Rose and perform in productions such as Winnie is in the cast of a production of Finding Nemo at the Pooh is an important asset as kids grow Northbrook Theatre. up, Tilford says. Public speaking and public But first, there the not-so-small matter of communication—all while also learning how to Pooh and Piglet. utilize their surroundings—are important skills “This show is very high energy and is to learn. captivating. Every single scene, every single “Then there is the play side, and I love moment is going to capture the imagination,” watching the spark of creation in their eyes,” she Tilford says. “The whole show celebrates says. “I love watching the magical moments on friendship so we’re going to learn a lot of great stage when they are using their imaginations and lessons about Pooh and all of his friends along the audience gasps or sighs. It creates a really the way.” magical journey and I love being part of it.”

Northbrook brother/sister acting duo Cameron and Rose Nowak play two of the main characters in the Highland Park Players production of Winnie the Pooh. Cameron, aged 13, plays Pooh, and Rose, 10, plays Piglet. Both

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Disney’s Winnie the Pooh, staged by Highland Park Players, runs from February 24 to March 3 at Heller Nature Center. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit highlandparkplayers.org.

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Neiman Marcus Northbrook recently welcomed KILEY YOVANOFF as its new Brand Experience Lead. Since the day she was born, the always optimistic Yovanoff has possessed an eye for fashion and loved to express herself creatively through art— both painting and graphic design. At The University of Alabama, she studied apparel and textiles with a concentration in fashion retail. To graduate, she took a full-time, 15-week internship at a magazine company in Atlanta, Georgia. There, she fell in love with public relations, branding, event planning, and social media and knew that was what she wanted to do. As Neiman Marcus Northbrook’s Brand Experience Lead, Yovanoff is thrilled to dive into planning events, creating social media posts, exploring the North Shore, and meeting all of its amazing residents. The busy new hire takes a break from curating events to

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CHEF’S LIS S U N D AY B R E A K FA S T

Glencoe resident and Char Crust President Lis Settimi continues to savor her return to the food industry, decades after her stint as a teenager at a specialty grocery store in Wisconsin.

BY BILL MCLEAN ILLUSTRATION BY BARRY BLITT

Vanderbilt University English degree holder Lis Settimi became an entrepreneur— and a geometrician of sorts—in 2020.

That was the year, after all, when her path in the food industry had come full circle. Settimi served as a bakery assistant at a specialty grocery store back in her days at Brookfield East High School in Wisconsin. The teen basked in intoxicating aromas each workday and learned that a baker’s dozen equals 13, not 12, among other doughy jargon.

“It was a fun job, not stressful at all,” recalls Settimi, now 54 years old and a Glencoe resident since 2013. “My hours were from 7 a.m. to noon, sometimes 1 p.m., on Saturdays.

“I loved to bake and help people find what they needed.”

She’s now essentially assisting home cooks and top-notch restaurant chefs, locally and nationally, as president of Chicago-based Char Crust, which produces and markets 11 flavors of dry-rub seasonings for meat, fish, and even veggies. Flavors include Original Hickory Grilled, Roasted Garlic Peppercorn, and Classic Turkey Rub, launched last year before a certain holiday that always falls on the last Thursday of November.

Settimi—a former public relations professional who also worked for the Clorox Company and Peet’s Coffee and joined a business partner to run The Bar Method (total-body workout) at a Chicago location for 10 years— bought Char Crust nearly three years ago.

“It was exactly what I was looking for at that time in my life,” says Settimi, who had earned a degree from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management in her late 20s. “There’s something special about Char Crust, particularly its history, and I felt it hadn’t reached its full potential. Its products are high-quality that have stood the test of time. Those who taste it become incredibly loyal to the brand.”

“Plus, my husband (Ohio University graduate Jim Thompson, another English degree holder) loves to grill meat. It’s easy to use and takes little time. You know what that means?

More time to spend with your family and friends. Char Crust also elevates the taste of meat by creating a crispy crust that seals in the juices. Many customers, too many to count, have told me their houseguests say, ‘This tastes like a chef cooked it at a restaurant.’”

Char Crust’s history began after Al Farber’s, a Chicago steakhouse born in 1957, closed in 1977 when owner Nathan Silver retired. Regulars were devastated and clamored

a midshipman’s work ethic, and Pat, a mother of three who served as an executive director of a University of Michigan research group, Lis Settimi was a yearbook co-editor and Key Club member at Brookfield East HS before she hit the English books and edited a section of the school’s literary magazine at Vandy in Nashville, Tennessee.

Shortly after graduating from college, she got hired by a Nashville public relations firm, which meant the firm’s manager must have been impressed with Lis Settimi, the intern from the previous summer.

Settimi worked full-time there for four years, ascending to the post of account executive.

to get their hands on the steakhouse’s dry-rub seasonings that morphed all cuts of meat into 5-star slabs of meat.

Nathan’s son Bernie extended the life of the seasonings via sales to restaurants across the United States; Char Crust started packaging retail packs at its base in Chicago’s Lake View neighborhood in the 1990s.

“My company’s team is small (10) but strong,” says Settimi, who’s been a guest lecturer for Northwestern University’s Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition program.

“Sixty percent of them have been with us for 10 years or more.

“It’s been rewarding for me, working with all of them.”

The daughter of Joe, an MBA earner who has an engineering/ metallurgy background and

Lis Settimi

Char Crust also elevates the taste of meat by creating a crispy crust that seals in the juices. Many customers, too many to count, have told me their houseguests say, ‘This tastes like a chef cooked it at a restaurant.’

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NU’s Kellogg School of Management was her next stop.

“One of the highlights of my life,” Settimi says of gobbling up—minus delicious dry-rub seasoning—all kinds of tidbits in courses on marketing, finance, and business strategies. “I absolutely loved my time at Northwestern. I met fascinating people there.”

She then headed west, way west, after landing a position with the Clorox Company in San Francisco.

“I wanted to concentrate on classic marketing and learn all I could in a large company’s environment,” says Settimi, a Left Coaster for 10 years.

A stint with Peet’s Coffee preceded her decade-long tenure in Chicago with The Bar Method (TBM), which offers its clients a full-body workout that builds both physical and mental strength.

“Intense, low-impact, safe workouts,” Settimi says of TBM’s trademark. “It’s for those looking for that lean look. But it’s not just about exercise; it’s also a program designed to improve health on a number of levels. It’s important to be healthy, physically and mentally and emotionally. The Bar Method also boosts self-confidence.”

Lis and Jim got married 10 years ago and are raising their son, Nico, 7. Lis has a stepson, 21-year-old Soren.

“Nico keeps me on my toes,” Settimi says.

“He’s like a wise adult already, like a little, grown-up man. I feel lucky, because I’m at a wonderful stage in my life where I get to focus on Nico.”

And run a company that’s a two-time National Barbecue and Grilling Association (NBBQA) Award-winner and responsible for wowing chefs and home cooks and millions of taste buds through its savory products.

Settimi brought work home on November 23, 2023, a holiday. But it didn’t keep her from entertaining and feeding 16 guests; “work” was an ample amount of Char Crust’s Classic Turkey Rub. She cooked a pair of 12-pound turkeys—one roasted, one smoked— on Thanksgiving Day. The big birds’ juices couldn’t escape to plates or to trimmings, thanks to the dry-rub seasoning’s proclivity for trapping.

“I have high expectations for Char Crust and for our employees,” Settimi says. “I’m pretty serious at work. I like to be direct and firm—and warm at the same time.

“I guess that makes me a ‘velvet hammer.’”

You nailed it, Lis. Visit charcrust.com for more information.

Warning: viewing the site’s videos of meat caked in a Char Crust dry-rub seasoning and cut with a knife could trigger a Niagara Falls of saliva.

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