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Ravinia Festival President and CEO Jeff Haydon began his tenure at North America’s oldest outdoor musical festival shortly after the end of its dark season in 2020.

The pandemic had reduced Ravinia Festival to an idle venue in Highland Park.

More than a glimmer roused the nonprofit cultural institution in 2021, as it opened its gates for some 250,000 concertgoers in what amounted to twothirds of a season.

Prepare to be blinded in 2022, music and dance lovers. Ravinia Festival’s full, stellar summer lineup features more than 100 concerts from May 20 through September 18.

Artists making their debuts include Pitbull (August 25), Erykah Badu (September 11), Grace Potter (August 6), Dispatch (August 13), The Black Crowes (July 12), Ziggy Marley (August 14), and others.

Returning stars set to perform include Sting (August 27-28), Emmylou Harris (September 2), Bela Fleck (June 24), Common (June 18), Jackson Browne (June 17), Gipsy Kings featuring Nicholas Reyes (August 16), Sheryl Crow (July 7), John Fogerty (July 8), Stevie Nicks (September 8 and 10), Esperanza Spalding (July 31), and many more.

“I’m really looking forward to attending a number of concerts this summer,” Haydon says. “Ravinia is the premier music destination each summer for listeners of all generations. We have a robust lineup of events ranging from global music, jazz, country, and hip-hop, to indie rock, pop, family shows, and, of course, classical, featuring the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in residence.

“People,” he adds, “are ready to get out and visit us.

We’re looking for a record season.”

Tickets go on sale May 4.

Ruth Page Civic Ballet kicks off the season with an event held at the Festival’s Bennett Gordon Hall on May 20. The ballet training company returns to Bennett Gordon Hall for another performance the next day, with special guests Giordano Dance Company, DanceWorks Chicago, Hedwig Dances, and Porchlight Music Theatre.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago brings its mission of gathering artists, art, and audiences to enrich, engage, educate, and change lives through the experience of dance to Ravinia Festival’s Pavilion on

September 16.

If Haydon has a livelier than ever spring in his step these days, you could point to Ravinia Festival’s inaugural Breaking Barriers festival (July 29-31), curated

by Chief Conductor Marin Alsop and featuring the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as the primary reason.

The festival celebrates the diverse artists and leaders at the forefront of classical music today and in the future, this year focusing on women conductors. The celebration includes three main-stage concerts with wrap-around programming and events each day, such as roundtable discussions, master classes, symposia, and a film screening of The Conductor, a documentary chronicling Alsop achieving her childhood dream told through professional and personal encounters.

In February, Ravinia Festival extended

Alsop’s contract as Chief Conductor for three years, through the summer of 2025. Alsop curates and leads three weeks of programs with the CSO each summer, including the festival’s annual fundraising gala concert, and will work closely with Ravinia’s Reach Teach Play education programs to inspire young Chicagoland musicians.

“Marin’s leadership and mentorship continue to inspire a diverse range of artists to shape the future of classical music,” says Haydon, a California native who, before assuming the helm at Ravinia Festival in September 2020, held positions with the CSO, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, and Aspen Music Festival.

One of Alsop’s early heroes and mentors was

The Ravinia Music Box presents "Bernstein's Answer," an immersive, 4-D theater experience.

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Leonard Bernstein, the first American-born conductor to lead a major American symphony orchestra.

Through his music he canonized the female voice.

This year's lineup includes Sting, Sheryl Crow, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Arrested Development.

The CSO will perform Bernstein’s Kaddish Symphony on day three of Breaking Barriers.

Ravinia is partnering with the Taki Alsop Fellowship to fete the previous and current fellows, offer networking and education opportunities, and showcase their talent on Ravinia’s stages. Twelve Taki Alsop Fellowship honorees will perform during the Breaking Barriers weekend.

“Looking at history, there have been a number of remarkable women conductors,” Haydon says. “Unfortunately, for too long, they have been overlooked because of the predominant focus on male conductors.

“It’s time,” he continues, “to spotlight females and recognize their significant contributions as conductors, and we’re excited to do that this summer at Ravinia Festival.”

The initial day of Breaking Barriers will open with a panel discussion—moderated by ABC 7 Weekend News co-anchor Karen Jordan—featuring women business leaders in Chicago.

“Women business leaders and women conductors have experienced similar journeys,” Haydon says.

A CSO concert celebrating Taki Alsop Fellowship’s 20th anniversary follows. Alsop will conduct it with guest conductors Anna Duczmal-Mroz (current Taki fellow), Laura Jackson, and Jeri Lynne Johnson (both past Taki fellows).

Five days before the start of Breaking Barriers, on July 24 (6 p.m., Ravinia Festival’s Pavilion), Alsop will serve as CSO conductor at the Gala Evening Benefiting Reach Teach Play. Ravinia Festival tapped Tony Award-winning singer Leslie Odom Jr., of Hamilton

fame, to perform as vocalist.

“Our gala,” Haydon says, “is one of the most anticipated events on the North Shore each year. We’re excited. Who wouldn’t be? The CSO, backing up Leslie Odom Jr., in his Ravinia debut … I can’t think of a more uplifting musical performance than that.”

Among Ravinia Festival’s other offerings in 2022: The Ravinia Music Box— “Bernstein’s Answer.” An immersive, 4-D theater experience designed to introduce one of music’s most iconic figures to audiences of all ages, it will be open (free admission) to patrons on all Pavilion concert dates, from gate opening until intermission; roughly two dozen, free performances from the Ravinia Steans Music Institute’s young professional pianists and string players, classical singers, and jazz musicians at Bennett Gordon Hall; The Lion King: In Concert Live to Film, with Chicago Philharmonic, Thiago Tiberio, conductor (June 29); and concerts by the Steve Miller Band (June 23), Dwight Yoakam (July 2), Bonnie Raitt (July 27), and Diana Ross (September 7).

Ravinia opened on August 15, 1904, as a high-end amusement park—complete with music pavilion, baseball stadium, and dance hall—as a reason to get people to ride the uncompleted train line connecting Chicago and Milwaukee. When the railway failed financially a few years later, local businessmen purchased Ravinia and started operating it as a music festival. In 1936, the nonprofit Ravinia Festival Association assumed ownership of the 36-acre park, and the festival’s long and enviable relationship as the summer residence of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra began.

Known for presenting music of all genres, Ravinia believes in the power of shared live-music moments to inspire ourselves and the world.

“Time spent at Ravinia Festival—it’s certainly something we all could use now,” Haydon says.

For more information about Ravinia Festival and its 2022 summer lineup, call 847-266-5100 or visit ravinia.org.

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LAMB, SPINACH, ARTICHOKE, AND FETA CASSEROLE

BY MONICA KASS ROGERS THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

This quick dish is a family favorite, full of flavor and freshness. The ingredients lean to Greece and the Mediterranean—ground lamb, onion, garlic, spinach, artichoke hearts, olive oil, lemon, and a little dill. Sauteed and mixed with long-grain rice, the dish comes together with creamy French feta cheese adding richness. We serve it with fresh lemon slices for those who want even more of a flavor pop.

SERVES 8-10 INGREDIENTS

METHOD

• 2 tsp olive oil

Preheat oven to 375°. In a large sauté pan over medium-low heat, warm olive oil. Add diced onion and cook until onions begin to sizzle. Add ½ cup water and continue cooking until onions are soft and translucent and the water has cooked off. Add garlic and ¼ cup more water. Continue cooking until garlic is soft and water has evaporated. Increase heat to medium. Add ground lamb, breaking up with a spoon, and cook until well browned. Stir in baby spinach leaves and cook until spinach is soft but still bright green. Stir in lemon juice and artichoke hearts and cook just until

• 1 medium onion, peeled, cored and medium diced to make ¾ cup • 4 cloves garlic, minced • 1 lb. lean ground lamb • 1, 5-ounce bag baby spinach leaves, rinsed and patted dry • 2 tsp fresh-squeezed lemon juice • 1, 14-ounce can of quartered artichoke hearts, drained • 1 tsp. finely-ground black pepper • 1 tsp. salt • 1 ½ cups long grain basmati rice, prepared according to package directions • 3 tsp fresh minced dill (optional) • ½ lb. French feta cheese, crumbled, divided

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warmed through. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat. Spoon hot prepared rice into a mixing bowl. Stir in minced dill, if using. Add lamb and vegetable mixture. Crumble ¾ of the feta cheese into mixture and stir well.

Spoon all into a casserole dish. Dot remaining feta cheese over all. Place in oven to brown the top of the casserole (10 to 15 minutes.) Note: You can also spoon hot rice mixed with the lamb and vegetable sauté into serving dishes, topping with feta cheese, and skip the browning step. Serve hot, with extra lemon slices.

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ROEMER CANDLE THE LIGHT OF LOVED ONE AND FRIEND TO MANY—THE LATE PATRICK ROEMER, OF LAKE FOREST—ENDURES AS THE NONPROFIT PAWS FOR PATRICK SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS IN MAY.

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The moment Patrick Roemer saw Cici for the first time at a Libertyville shelter dog fair in 2014, he flashed a smile that his mother, Fronzie, continues to recall every day.

It was the summer before the start of Patrick’s seventh-grade year at Deer Path Middle School in Lake Forest.

“Patrick’s smile that day was huge,” a beaming Fronzie, 51, says nearly eight years later.

“Cici became his favorite dog after we took her home, and the pet he’d find and hold when he was having a bad day. Their strong connection was immediate.

“We called Patrick ‘The Animal Whisperer’ because of how well he bonded with all animals,” adds the Glencoe native and New Trier High School graduate.

“Dogs, hamsters, even mice. When he was in fourth-grade he named his hamster “Erin” because it was a female and he couldn’t name it “Aaron” after his favorite football player (Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers). A mouse sauntered near us one day in Highland Park. Patrick thought nothing of it as he reached down and picked it up.”

The Roemer family had begun to notice that Patrick was suffering from depression and anxiety during his middle-school years.

Cici’s comforting presence and attentiveness made Patrick’s debilitating days bearable ones.

But his mental illnesses were relentless. Patrick didn’t leave his room for six months in one unsettling stretch when he was a teenager, and he spent several months at a therapy facility in Montana.

“Patrick had a really good junior year at Lake Forest High School,” Roemer says, adding her son—a wrestler, football and rugby player, and avid Spartan obstacle course racer—was a fierce competitor with “ridiculous strength.”

Cici died unexpectedly on the first day of Patrick’s senior year in August 2019. Nearly nine months later Patrick—who would have attended Colorado State University—died by suicide at the age of 18.

Lake Forest High School awarded Patrick’s diploma posthumously in June 2020.

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(husband Steve and their children, Ben, 22, and Mags, a Woodlands Academy junior) launched Paws for Patrick in September 2020. Its mission is to facilitate the acquisition of emotional support animals (ESAs) for young people coping with mental health illness by providing and sourcing animals, as well as training and educating, and securing letters of certification for ESAs. Paws for Patrick also provides opportunities for young people to interact with therapy dogs in group settings and individual sessions. Another integral part of the non-profit organiza-

tion’s mission is to break the stigma of mental illness. More than 20 percent of U.S. adults, the equivalent of 52.9 million people, experienced a mental illness in 2020, according to the National Institute of Mental Illness.

I’m still learning things about mental illnesses, and more and more people are accepting that mental illness is prevalent.

This is real.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but Paws for Patrick plans to kick off its Second Annual “Turn Our Towns Green” series of events on April 30. Twenty-two communities (14 more than last year’s total) in the Chicago area—as well as the University of Iowa’s Panhellenic Council—will accept donations and hand out green ribbons and lawn signs to bring attention to the stigma surrounding mental health.

Residents and local businesses are encouraged to tie green ribbons on trees near their homes and stores/ offices to demonstrate support for ways to chip away at the stigma.

It’s a “more and suppress” campaign: show more compassion, suppress judgment.

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“A disease took Patrick away from us,” says Roemer, a Northbrook fitness instructor who earned a BA in Psychology at Denison University in Ohio and held several positions at nonprofits, including Kohl Children’s Museum (in Wilmette, before it moved to Glenview), Boy Scouts of America, and Easterseals DuPage & Fox Valley in Villa Park. “People are starting to talk more openly about mental illnesses. We’re making progress, for sure.

“I’m still learning things about mental illnesses, and more and more people are accepting that mental illness is prevalent. This is real.

Since the start of the pandemic, if a person hasn’t suffered from a mental illness, that person most likely knows at least one person who has.”

Shortly after Patrick’s death, Roemer received many notes from his friends describing how helpful he was in a variety of settings.

“This one friend did not like English class at all but still enjoyed attending it, mostly because Patrick was in the class. Patrick would listen to this friend, chat, and … simply be there. Patrick had a delightfully irreverent sense of humor.

“You would have loved being around him,” she adds.

Roemer likes to work out, run, bike, and hike in her free time. Each activity doubles as a coping mechanism for grief. Praying, journaling, and looking into the eyes of her family’s dogs—Indy, a Whippedor, and Ollie, a partyellow Labrador—help, too.

“Patrick’s animals, especially his beloved dog Cici, provided him with a sense of peace and love that no human could ever provide,” the Paws for Patrick site (pawsforpatrick.org) states. “This work can never bring Patrick back, and the pain of his loss will never go away, yet his memory and his legacy still live on in the most profound way.

Roemer and her husband often run together from their house to the beach. It’s a three-mile journey. Fronzie surveyed the sea glass one day and noticed a green piece resting next to a yellow piece. Green Bay Packers colors. Hello, Mom. “I then asked Steve to keep looking for another sign from Patrick,” Fronzie recounts.

“And he did. He looked down and saw a heartshaped sea glass.”

That Patrick Roemer smile, the one he broke into at the first sight of Cici all those years ago?

It’s still frozen in Fronzie’s mind.

In many minds.

But it continues to warm hearts.

For more information about Paws for Patrick, including volunteer opportunities, “Turn Our Towns Green” and other upcoming events, and how to donate, visit pawsforpatrick.org. Its email address is pawsforpatrick@gmail.com.

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