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Pretty in Purple CHICAGO NATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTAR JENNIFER HUDSON HELPS BRING IN MORE THAN $1 MILLION FOR RAVINIA WOMEN’S BOARD. EDITED BY SHERRY THOMAS THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

The temperature was sultry, the air was calm, and Jennifer Hudson—Chicago’s own Oscar- and Grammy-winning performer—dramatically began her Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert fundraiser at the back of the Ravinia Pavilion on Sunday, July 14, with a deep, soulful rendition of “How Great Thou Art.” Dressed in purple (a hue that matched both the gala invitations and the party décor) Hudson followed that compelling opening by walking the stage for the Ravinia Women’s Board’s annual Gala Benefit Evening—shaking hands with audience members every step of the way. Met with thunderous ovations, her set featured tributes to Prince and Whitney Houston and included her big song from her Oscar-winning role in Dreamgirls, “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going.” Hudson, who made her Ravinia debut in 2011, will soon sing the Andrew Lloyd Continued on PG 10

BEACHY ELEGANCE A WILMETTE DESIGNER TAKES ELEGANT BEADED JEWELRY TO NEW LEVELS. BY MONICA KASS ROGERS THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

The collar-style, beaded necklace encircling Michelle Leonardo’s neck shimmers with the light of more than 720 Swarovski crystals and more than 4,700 individual beads. Another 500 Swarovskis in the matching bracelet twinkle as she flips her wrist, folding back the glimmering cuff to show an elaborate underlayment of silver-beaded pattern work. Leonardo explains that each bead was picked up by a needle and stitched, one-by-one, into place—giving structure and texture to the crystals up top. “This is a new category of jewelry most people aren’t yet familiar with,” explains Leonardo, who unveiled her Michelle Leonardo Design Jewelry Collection late last month in Wilmette. “I sometimes describe it as bead engineering, because of the elaborate structures and incredible details that are built together with tiny beads in multiple layers. It’s not your simple strand of beads on string.” The collection includes an assortment of more than 140 exquisitely beaded pieces, many in matched sets (cuffs and necklaces; earrings and bracelets) with names like Scottsdale, Paragon, and Hanalei. All are graphic and sophisticated, but breezy. They can be mixed and matched, or worn layered with silver pieces by other designers, says Leonardo. “Customers tell me my jewelry looks elegant, but with a beachy feel,” says Leonardo. “Some Continued on PG 10

Michelle Leonardo of Wilmette recently unveiled jewelry business. PHOTOGRAPHY BY MONICA KASS ROGERS

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NEWS BEACHY ELEGANCE Cont. from PG 1 say the pieces remind them of Kiawah Island (South Carolina). Others say they think of Hawaii.” These are all apt descriptions for what Leonardo has conceived with her inaugural collection. Born out of what she calls her “graphic-design-framed brain,” the pieces reflect Leonardo’s background in graphic design and advertising art, as well as her inspiration from nature. “My favorite color is turquoise. It’s my branding color and you see it a lot in my work,” she says. “Turquoise echoes the peace and serenity I feel when traveling across oceans all over the world. In fact, water is a big influence in my work. The design for my Lake Reflections bracelet, for example—shifting patterns in turquoise and metallic green—came to me after looking at the lake one day, and trying to emulate the look of the water shimmering on Lake Michigan.” The graphic nature of Leonardo’s jewelry designs goes back to her childhood. Always talented in art, Leonardo says she used to love MC Escher tessellations: “You know? The fish into the bird and so forth?” she laughs. “I love changing, shifting patterns. When I’m doing my designs, it’s a lot like working out little puzzles and mini mosaics with little glass pieces. I get inspired thinking how one shape will fit with another.” Leonardo’s first experience with jewelry making came under the tutelage of her French grandfather, an artist who studied at L’Ecole Des Beaux Arts in Paris, and then taught classes in enamel arts. “He made jewelry, little trays, and plaques,” Leonardo recalls. “He always wanted me to be an artist. Although I loved art, I didn’t want to starve, so I chose to go into graphic design, which I knew could open the door to a world of possibilities.”

PRETTY IN PURPLE Cont. from PG 1 Webber classic “Memory” as Grizabella in the film adaptation of the Broadway mainstay Cats as well as star in the big-screen biopic Respect about Aretha Franklin, whose final full concert occurred at Ravinia in 2017. “There was a raw excitement when Ravinia first introduced Jennifer Hudson to our audiences in 2011, and for tonight’s gala we welcomed back a masterful artist in full control of her adoring audience and her phenomenal talents,” says Ravinia President and CEO Welz Kauffman of Highland Park, who booked this gala and all Ravinia concerts. “As she said onstage, Jennifer often comes to Ravinia as an audience member to watch our headliners perform, and it’s that love of music that makes her connect so beautifully with an audience. This was an event people will be talking about for years.” Nearly 800 guests attended the black-tie-optional gala, which grossed more than $1.1 million, making it one of the most successful in the 53-year history of the concert fundraiser—the only event Ravinia puts on for itself each year. Proceeds support the festival and its Reach Teach Play education program. George Hanson, who had served an assistant to Leonard Bernstein, conducted the CSO for the July 14 concert. Hudson’s knockout concert was followed with cocktails on Ravinia’s famous Lawn. A sumptuous three-course dinner catered by Food for Thought followed, featuring an appetizer “Summer Trio” of melon gazpacho, heirloom tomato panzanella, and marinated gulf shrimp on an avocado purée and criolla salad; followed by Chermoula-rubbed sea bass and whole roasted beef tenderloin over charred sweet corn, summer beans, and new potato cas-

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Leonardo’s artistic talents won her a full, four-year scholarship in graphic design to Miami University of Ohio, followed by 10 years working as an art director for three different ad agencies in Chicago. When Leonardo’s daughter was born in 2013, she and her husband designed and built their house in Wilmette, and Leonardo left the advertising business. “But I really missed the creative work. So when my daughter slept, I’d make things. First paintings, but there is only so much wall space,” she laughs. “So then I turned jewelry.” Initially, Leonardo studied the beading patterns other designers had conceived, but quickly moved on to making her own. Sending three of her pieces to two national jewelry publications led to seeing all three featured on the cover of the magazines. “That was confirmation that I was on to something,” she says, smiling. The magazine cover appearances drove traffic to Leonardo’s website, where she advertised for skilled bead artisans in order to build the production team needed to launch her business. Leonardo’s pieces are priced to be accessible—$65 for the simplest beaded stud earrings on up to more elaborate earrings in the $115 to $150 range. Bracelets start at $295 and go up to $500 while necklaces range from $500 to $1,200. “The pricing is determined by the intricacy of the pattern and the amount of time it takes to make the piece,” Leonardo explains. “Each bead has to be picked up and sewn individually. It can take up to

10 hours for a skilled craf tsperson to make just one of the more intricate necklaces.” Currently, all sales are direct to consumer, either through the company website shop, at trunk shows, or at high-end art shows. For example, Michelle Leonardo Design will be part of the popular One of a Kind Show being held at Merchandise Mart in downtown Chicago from December 5 through 8. As the year progresses, expect to see more designs emerge.

Creations from the Michelle Leonardo Design Jewelry Collection.

“It’s funny, when you say ‘bead’ people automatically think ‘round’,” Leonardo muses. “But beads come in a whole slew of shapes and sizes. The options are unlimited. It’s almost magical what you can create with them.” Michelle Leonardo Design’s next trunk show takes place at the Beauty and Balance Salon in Kenilworth at 7 p.m. on July 25. For more information, visit michelleleonardodesign.com

Ravinia’s education programs more than four decades ago, and the all-volunteer board remains the largest supporter of Reach Teach Play, which now serves more than 85,000 people each year. It features such programs as the pioneering Jazz Scholars, which identifies the best high-school jazz musicians and teams them with seasoned professionals to create study groups and working ensembles that perform real gigs, and Sistema Ravinia, which creates orchestras for elementary schools in Cook and Lake Counties without music programs of their own by providing the instruments, teachers, and curriculum. A short video that played before the gala concert told the story of how one such school, Catalyst Circle Rock, recently named its new public performance space the Sistema Ravinia Auditorium in recognition of the festival’s long-term investment in the Austin neighborhood. “Work begins on a Ravinia gala almost the day Jennifer Hudson wows the crowd at Ravinia Women’s Board’s annual gala. after the current one ends, so it’s wonderfully gratifying to see guests enjoying every beat of such soulet; with a lavender opera cake for dessert. sented in pre-dinner remarks by Executive Vice a complicated evening, and know that not only are The party was held in an 80×220-foot tent (ac- President and U.S. Chief Operating Officer Daniela they having the time of their lives, but that they companied by a 20×110-foot food- prep area) O’Leary-Gill of Riverwoods, and toasted by Kauff- are giving other people throughout Chicagoland erected over a seven-day period just for the occasion. man in a private VIP reception in Ravinia’s new a chance to be touched by music in an equally The jewel-tone design, populated by oversized rooftop bar, BMO Club. The Dinner Sponsor was moving way,” Vender says. “I’ve watched the chilChihuly-like flowers, was created by Kehoe Designs. Allstate Insurance Company, represented by its dren in our Reach Teach Play programs grow. They The concert was also open to the public and broad- President of Emerging Businesses Don Civgin of aren’t just learning about music; they are learning cast on a 48×56-foot LED video screen on Ra- Northfield. self-esteem and how to take a leading role in society. vinia’s Lawn. The concert was sponsored in memory of Keene There’s no better feeling in the world than knowing Marilyn Vender of Glencoe, chairman of the H. Addington II. The Chairman of Ravinia’s Board you contributed to that growth in some small way. Women’s Board, welcomed the dinner guests, of Trustees, Jennifer Steans of Chicago, thanked All of our gala guests can share in that sense of thanked sponsors, and congratulated 2019 Gala the Women’s Board for more than 50 years of pride.” Committee co-chairs Mary Alice Miller of Ke- dedication as the nonprofit festival’s greatest finannilworth and Kathy Paleczny of Glencoe. The cial supporter. For more information about this program or the Cocktail Reception Sponsor was BMO, repreIt was Ravinia’s Women’s Board that initiated remainder of Ravinia’s 2019 season, visit ravinia.org.

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Laporte, IN

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Conner/Schmitt • 1bed/1ba • $699,000 219.874.7070 • 1009East800.info

Klaus Nyman • 3bed/3ba • $639,000 269.469.0700 • 19450Dogwood.info

Ted Lelek • 3bed/4ba • $599,999 219.874.7070 • 118W850.info

Liz Roch • 3bed/3ba • $599,000 269.469.0700 • 14HarborIsle.info

Mequon, WI

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Jim Treis • 4bed/4ba • $595,000 262.348.0200 • 7005WestLafayettePl.info

Jake Hansen • 3bed/2.1ba • $519,000 262.348.0200 • 8749184ThAvenue.info

Noreen Mitchell • 4bed/3ba • $515,000 219.874.7070 • 54CircleDr.info

New Buffalo, MI

Three Oaks, MI

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Patricia Tym • 4bed/2ba • $499,000 269.469.0700 • 49210Perkins.info

Mario & Ron Zarantenello • 3bed/2ba • $459,000 269.469.0700 • 7885Martin.info

Micky Gallas • 3bed/2.1ba • $439,000 219.874.7070 • 2030SomersetRoad.info

Jack Zahrndt • 3bed/4ba • $405,000 219.874.7070 • 2030Warnke.info

Galien, MI

Lake Geneva, WI

Delavan, WI

Trail Creek, IN

Michael Conner • 3bed/3ba • $372,000 269.469.0700 • 2125Dayton.info

Diane Krause • 3bed/2ba • $270,000 262.348.0200 • 1218TomikeSt.info

Allison Lieske • 3bed/1ba • $259,900 262.348.0200 • 4131SpruceSt.info

Rose Elipani • 4bed/2ba • $159,900 219.874.7070 • 328Johnson.info

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5 BED | 3.1 BATH | $1,695,000

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5. 270 Ravine Forest LAKE BLUFF Sunday 1-3 $1,095,000 Susan Lincoln & Cathie Powell, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847-846-8814

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18. 847 N McKinley Rd LAKE FOREST Sunday 2-4 $1,675,000 Ann Lyon & Kim Campbell, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847-828-9991

29. 824 Timbers Edge Ln NORTHBROOK Saturday and Sunday 12-4 $844,000 Lisa Novelli 847-559-0500 or 847833-2763

19. 711 Timber Ln LAKE FOREST Sunday 10:30-12:30 $619,900 Laura Henderson, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000

30. 811 Timbers Edge Ln NORTHBROOK Saturday and Sunday 12-4 $839,900 Lisa Novelli 847-559-0500 or 847833-2763

20. 269 Vine Ave HIGHLAND PARK Sunday 2-4 $549,000 Janet Borden, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage 847-433-5400

31. 1119 Adams Street B NORTHBROOK Sunday 11:30-1:30 $539,000 Susan Teper, @ properties 847-509-0200

21. 439 Orchard Ln HIGHLAND PARK Sunday 10-12 $725,000 Janet Borden, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage 847-433-5400

32. 1190 Mayfair Ln GLENCOE Sunday 2-4 $919,000 Jacquie Lewis, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage 847-433-5400

22. 981 Judson Ave HIGHLAND PARK Sunday 1-3 $899,000 Pam Devendorf, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage 847-433-5400

33. 1156 Cherry Street WINNETKA Sunday 1-3 $749,000 Carrie Tarzon, @ properties 847-881-0200

23. 1940 Park Ave HIGHLAND PARK Sunday 1-3 $ 1,150,000 Maxine Goldberg, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage 847-433-5400

34. 90 Indian Hill Rd WINNETKA Sunday 1-4 $4,885,000 Nancy Powers, @ properties 847-251-1100

24. 107 S Deere Park Dr HIGHLAND PARK Sunday 11:30-1:30 $ 1,199,999 Janet Borden, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage 847-433-5400

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17. 837 N McKinley Rd LAKE FOREST Sunday 2-4 $1,345,000 Ann Lyon & Kim Campbell, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847-828-9991

9. 685 Burton LAKE FOREST Sunday 2-4 $1,099,000 Suzanne Myers, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000

4. 420 E North Ave LAKE BLUFF Sunday 1:30-3:30 $549,000 Susan Lincoln & Cathie Powell, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847-846-8814

25. 44 Turnbull Woods Court HIGHLAND PARK Sunday 12-2 $550,000 Joe Pasquesi, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 312-371-2277

16. 30 Orchard Circle LAKE FOREST Saturday 10-5; Sunday 11-4 $1,099,990 Elizabeth Jakaitis & Luke Mutter, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847-840-7842

8. 1040 Sir William LAKE FOREST Sunday 12:30-2:30 $1,099,000 Vera Purcell, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000

3. 620 Garfield Ave LAKE BLUFF Sunday 1-3 $549,000 Marie Colette, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847-234-0816

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15. 258 Westminster Rd LAKE FOREST Sunday 1-3 $1,349,000 Proximity Partners, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847-234-0485

7. 161 E Stone LAKE FOREST Sunday 2:30-4 $653,000 Vera Purcell, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000

2. 28601 Isleworth Ct LAKE BLUFF Sunday 2:15-4 $499,000 Lisa Trace, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847-234-0485

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Dave + Amy Chung are a team of Real Estate agents affiliated with Compass. Compass is a licensed Real Estate broker with a principal office in Chicago, IL and abides by all applicable Equal Housing Opportunity laws. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only, is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, and changes without notice. All measurements and square footages are approximate. This is not intended to solicit property already listed. Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, accounting or other professional advice outside the realm of Real Estate brokerage.

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Houses Of The Week

Location: 1111 Normandy Lane, Glenview Size: 5 Bedrooms / 5.3 Bathrooms Price: $3,695,000

Location: 1177 Oxford Court, Highland Park Size: 5 Bedrooms / 3 Bathrooms Price: $639,000

Location: 675 Rockefeller Road, Lake Forest Size: 4 Bedrooms / 3.1 Bathrooms Price: $899,000

Colorado Resort Living in Glenview! One acre+ nestled in with prestigious homes backed up to forest preserve. Amazing stone & cedar mountain home. 9,954 Sq. Ft. of living space all above ground. Stunning entry into huge great room with unique architecture - a blend of stone, dramatic two-story beamed cathedral ceilings, window wall, custom cabinetry/built-ins, and stone fireplace. Designed by David Schultz, built in 2012 by Homes by James. Geothermal heating & cooling, Radiant heated floors, Smart home all media, lighting, security electronically controlled. Rare find on the North Shore!

Absolutely STUNNING 2015 gut rehab in the heart of Centennial Park. Open concept living boasts a beautiful modern kitchen featuring quartz countertops and SS appliances. Kitchen opens to the bright dining room/ living room with floor to ceiling windows and hardwood floors throughout. Travel upstairs where you will find a gorgeous master suite with an enormous walk in closet that is completely built out and luxurious spa bathroom. 2 additional generous sized bedrooms and additional full bath round out the top floor. Below the main level living space, find a spacious family room w/wbfp, 2 additional bedrooms and a full bathroom.This level has sliding doors leading out to the fully fenced backyard. This magnificent home also features a finished basement that has been transformed to an enchanting playroom. 3 car garage and a circular driveway make this home one you will not want to miss. Steps from the park, tennis courts and Centennial Ice Arena. Close to major transportation.

Quality-built in Villa Turicum! East Lake Forest home sited on nearly an acre of grounds bordered by a stunning ravine. Surrounded by nature, this brick and stucco home welcomes you through an impressive foyer with marble flooring and rich wood paneling .Hardwood floors on the first and second levels. Dramatic formal living room w/beamed cathedral ceiling and wood burning fireplace. Formal dining room w/floor-to-ceiling windows and butler’s pantry. Large open family room. Kitchen has white cabinets, granite counters and stainless appliances. Enjoy informal dinners in the kitchen eating area, on the rear deck or brick patio. Full bathroom AND powder room on the 1st floor. Four roomy bedrooms on the 2nd level with lovely large master suite. Roomy finished basement. 3-car garage opens to a huge laundry/mud room. Understated, elegant, comfortable and within walking distance to Metra, Lake Michigan and bike/walking trails. Best value around! Seller motivated to sell now!

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Twin Hasn’t Peaked Rising Lake Forest High School junior outside hitter Caroline Graham continues to show heaps of promise in volleyball circles. BY BILL MCLEAN THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

Among Caroline Graham’s escapes from volleyball is paddleboarding. The Lake Forest High School junior-to-be—a 6-foot-1 outside hitter and standout front-row force for the Sky High 16-1’s North Shore club team—negotiates her way atop bodies of water either near her home in Lake Forest or during visits to the home of grandparents Bill and Gretchen in Door County, Wisconsin. “Sometimes,” Graham says, “I’m on a paddleboard with two others. It’s not always easy, staying on the board when we’re out there. At times all three of us have fallen into the water.”

I play as much for my teammates as I do for myself. Yes, I want the ball, always want the chance to attack and win the point for my team, but what drives me is to get better as a player for my teammates. I also enjoy working with my teammates toward the same goals.

GRAHAM CRACKING: Lake Forest High School junior-to-be Caroline Graham, seen her in action at a recent Sky High volleyball club match, earned recognition on the 2019 Ultra Ankle Junior Volleyball Association Watch List. The Division I college prospect led the Sky High 16-1’s North Shore team in kills in the 2018-19 season. PHOTOGRAPHY BY CANDACE JOHNSON

get better as a player for my teammates. I also enjoy working with my teammates toward the same goals.” Show kindness toward others—that’s what her parents, Steve and Sara Graham, have urged Caroline and her twin, Katherine, to demonstrate in all settings. It isn’t unusual for Caroline Graham to blast a resounding winner on match point and then find the time to listen to a good friend or praise a teammate’s efforts minutes later. There’s an ‘I’, but not an ego, in Caroline Graham. But on land, specifically on and off volleyball “Nice and really sweet,” Lake Zurich High courts, Graham has found that enviable balance School rising junior and 16-1’s North Shore teamof being aggressive and highly competitive in mate Morgan Davis says of Graham, an all-North matches—all while maintaining her humble and Suburban Conference Honorable Mention sekind nature around two sets of teammates, friends lectee last fall. “I liked her right away, on the day and family, and peers at school. I met her two years ago during Sky High tryouts. “Teammates have asked me, ‘Why don’t you talk She’s one of my best friends, absolutely hilarious. about your volleyball success more?’ ” says Graham, Humble, too, without a mean bone in her body. who paced 16-1’s North Shore squad in kills and And she’s a phenomenal all-around player for us, helped it finish in 18th place in the Bronze division our go-to in the front row. An amazing hitter, an at the USA Volleyball Junior Girls National Cham- accurate passer, Caroline also has a crazy-good pionships in Indianapolis earlier this month. “That’s topspin serve.” just not me, talking about myself. I play as much Born in St. Louis, Caroline and her family for my teammates as I do for myself. Yes, I want moved from Portland to Lake Forest before the ball, always want the chance to attack and win Caroline and Katherine, a right-side hitter, entered the point for my team, but what drives me is to the fifth grade at The School of St. Mary. Caroline

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had attended golf camps in Oregon because her father was, and still is, an avid golfer. “My dad, I think, suggested I give volleyball a try in the third grade, after I had participated in golf camps,” Graham says. “I remember enjoying volleyball almost immediately, though my sister and I didn’t like the club volleyball experience in Portland because all of the other players on the team were older than we were.” The twins competed as seasoned veterans for The School of St. Mary fifth-grade volleyball team in 2013; all the other spikers were first-year competitors back then. Caroline Graham, a former Sky High 13 Purple club player, battled for the LFHS sophomore team, as a middle hitter, in her freshman year and made the Scouts’ varsity crew in 2018, when she shifted to a six-rotation outside hitter. The Ultra Ankle Junior Volleyball Association named Graham to its 2019 Watch List, and coaches from 12 Division I college volleyball programs have shown interest in her 4.95 GPA, volleyball abilities, and leadership traits. She and Davis, also an outside hitter, served as 16-1’s North Shore co-captains in the 60-match 2018-19 club season. “Caroline will have a lot of options to play college volleyball,” says Sky High 16-1’s North Shore coach Chas Kennedy, whose team trains in Libertyville.

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“Smart kid, with a very good approach. She’s unstoppable when she’s ripping down-the-line shots. Dominant. Her confidence, as it grows, will make her even more of a dominant player. Her consistency and overall game are impressive. Caroline pushes herself, truly wants to improve, and, as a coach, you couldn’t ask for more than that. “It’s been fun for me, watching her learn and develop as an athlete,” adds the coach, in his 25th year at Sky High. “Her next two years—in high school and club volleyball—will be special ones.” Graham attended girls’ volleyball camp at LFHS on July 15, a day after returning from a well-deserved family vacation in Door County. The camp concludes on July 25. The Scouts, seeded 10th in the Class 4A Grayslake Central Sectional last year, lost to Mundelein High School’s eighth-seeded Mustangs in a regional semifinal. LFHS lost six of the 16 varsity players to graduation in 2019; the Graham twins and libero/outside hitter Kelly McCaskey collected varsity letters as sophomores. Who knows? Maybe you’ll see that trio sometime this summer, laughing and adeptly navigating a paddleboard without tumbling into Lake Michigan. Balance rules. Right, Caroline? THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND


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Spectacular 17 Room Georgian Residence masterfully rebuilt and expanded. $3,300,000

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One-of-a-kind 6 BR, 6.1 BA. 6,500 appx sf renovated home on gorgeous 1.8 acres. $2,795,000

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One-of-the-kind 5 br, 5.5 ba Charles Page estate. Newly-renovated. Appx acre. $2,490,000

Updated 5 br, 4.5 ba custom home. Appx 1.66 priv acres on cul-de-sac near town. $2,400,000

Serene setting. Refined 5 br, 4.5 ba 3-story w/6,400 appx sf. High-end finishes. $2,195,000

Newer Farmhouse-inspired 4 br, 4.5 ba. Prolandscaped. Town/train/beach close. $1,650,000

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Classic red brick Georgian. Appx 125-ft wide lot. 6 br, 5.5 ba updated to 2019. $1,499,999

Fabulous property in East Kenilworth. 6 br, 4.5 ba, adjt to ravine. Needs work. $1,350,000

Luxury community in central LF. 4 br, 3.5 ba. Model home now open. $1,099,990

Renov 4 br, 3.5 ba home. Flr-to-ceil windows. 2-sty great rm w/fplc. LL w/fplc. $980,000

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Pristine 4 br, 3.5 ba in Onwentsia Gardens. Close to 1 acre. Hdwd throughout. $949,000

East LF 4 br, 3.5 ba on nearly appx acre. Oak hdwd flrs. Liv rm fplc. Fin bsmt. $899,000

Great location. Adorable 5 br, 2.5 ba in heart of Whispering Oaks. Wooded yard. $599,000

Glenmore Woods. Panoramic views. 4 br, 2.5 ba in cul-de-sac. Newer features. $539,000

Jasmine Shapiro & Rina Du Toit 847.432.3200

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S U N D AY B R E A K FA S T

Talking shop with Airoom CEO Michael Klein BY BILL MCLEAN ILLUSTRATION BY BARRY BLITT

Decades ago, as a student at Niles West High School in Skokie, Michael Klein built a foosball table for an assignment in shop class. His teacher gave him a ‘B+’ instead of an ‘A’ for a very good reason. “The height of the game table I turned in was incorrect; I built the legs 2 inches too short,” the 57-year-old Klein recalls. “I had miscalculated.” He lived. He learned. “Measure twice, cut once—that’s what I learned,” adds Klein, his grin widening with each word. As CEO of The Airoom Companies— based in Lincolnwood and founded in 1958 by his late father, Burton—Klein now attempts to achieve nothing short of perfection. Airoom’s Design-Build philosophy and S.T.A.R.T. (System to Assure Resources and Timing) Process encompass every aspect of home remodeling and building. Airoom combines architecture, engineering, construction, interior design, purchasing, and financing for home additions, highend kitchens, luxury master baths, and custom homes. Airoom, which majors in personalized home remodeling and renovations, has designed and built more than 16,000 projects in the city and suburbs. Airoom wants you to love your home again. “We are in the business of completing custom, one-off home projects that match each customer’s style and wishes, and we’ve stood the test of time,” says Klein, who served as vice president of Airoom from 1984-2000 and is a founding member of Chicago’s National Association of Remodeling Industry. “We’ve survived in a very difficult industry.” It’s also a field with plenty of rewards for Klein, perhaps none bigger than working with his eldest son, 23-year-old Maxx, an Airoom project development manager for about a year. Like his father, Maxx graduated f rom Indiana University’s Kelly School of Business. “It’s been nice,” says Klein, who, with his wife, Maryfran, has lived in Winnetka for 25 years (and usually orders an omelet with feta cheese at Café Aroma, his favorite breakfast spot in his hometown). “Youth and optimism,” he adds, “can be unstoppable. Maxx has that spark, that constant enthusiasm.” Michael Klein’s father? “He had discipline, along with a strong work ethic,” the Lincolnwood native notes. “Most people born in the 1930s, they became start-

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up, entrepreneurial businesspeople. My interest in doing what I’m doing now began in shop class in high school, making furniture and other pieces. I loved shop, took every shop class I could.” Among his passions today is helming the Airoom Charitable Foundation, which he launched in 2003 with a primary target in mind—to provide research funds for heart valve disease. His family has a history of the condition. His middle child, 22-year-old Jack, received an aortic valve replacement at the age of 18. The foundation funneled capital toward the creation of a medical imaging center at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. “My wife and I felt strongly about selecting a specific issue that the foundation would address,” says Klein, whose third child with Maryfran is Natalie, 20. “You have to have a focus. You have to push technology, as well as support a particular type of medical research, if you’re truly interested in seeing breakthroughs. “ We ’r e excited about the foundation and L u r i e ’s efforts in the partnership.” Klein considers Airoom a viable associate with homeowners in an e vol ving housing market. The cost of construction, he reveals, has risen 27 percent in the last three years. In his first 25 years in the industry, the price of most homes—even if a homeowner did little to enhance or update the asset—“kept going up, up, up,” sometimes in spite of the home’s old appearance. “You’ve heard homeowners say, ‘Well, our house has charm’,” says Klein, a member of YPO Gold, the National Kitchen and Bath Association, and National Association of Home Builders. “The word charm, in most cases, is code for ‘old and needs work.’ Buyers want fresh. Buyers want current. It’s important for people to

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look at their homes as an asset that needs attention. Buyers don’t want your 20-year-old kitchens, baths, mudrooms, and musty basements. Today’s homeowners are finally realizing that it’s critical to prevent depreciation and devaluation by keeping the house updated and spaces current using today’s style, technology, and lifestyle requirements.

My wife and I felt strongly about selecting a specific issue that the foundation would address

“You do that,” he adds, “and you’re protecting your asset from devaluation and getting more enjoyment and appreciation from your home at the same time. If you don’t, your obsolete home is going to take a haircut in price, as no one wants outdated without a major discount for the work and updating you never did. More focus on creating a current physical environment that enhances your family’s lifestyle and fun at home will most likely translate to better values when you want to sell.” Airoom’s home in Lincolnwood reflects that kind of healthy, farsighted thinking. Its showroom looks more striking than ever, since undergoing a transformation 18 months ago. Most of the 30,000 square-foot space was rebuilt to accentuate sturdy, sustainable materials and design trends in kitchens, appliances, baths, doors, and window technology. It was designed, essentially, to fuel each customer’s imagination, and case studies f rom previous Airoom work are available for visitors to explore. Back to Klein’s previous life, as a budding builder at Niles West HS. “I didn’t peak in high school,” Klein recalls. “I was still growing and was a late bloomer. I was a year younger than everybody else in my class. I was always chasing.” Today, that former chaser continues to run a company that’s well ahead of the pack in the remodeling industry. Airoom’s Design Build Center is located at 6825 Lincoln Avenue in Lincolnwood. For more information, call 847-763-1100 or visit airoom. com. THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND


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1386 GREEN BAY ROAD, LAKE FOREST

871 WOODSTREAM COURT, LAKE FOREST

609 CENTER AVENUE, LAKE BLUFF

$1,595,000 | 1386GreenBay.info

$1,299,000 | 871Woodstream.info

$995,000 | 609Center.info

OPEN SUNDAY! 1 - 3 PM

600 RAVINE AVENUE, LAKE BLUFF

OPEN SUNDAY! 1 - 3 PM

770 WASHINGTON ROAD LOT 2 , LAKE FOREST

517 WASHINGTON AVENUE, LAKE BLUFF

131 WASHINGTON ROAD, LAKE FOREST

$995,000 | 770WashingtonLot2.info

$985,000 | 517Washington.info

$949,500 | 131Washington.info

$1,499,000 | 600Ravine.info

NEW PRICE! OPEN SUNDAY! 1 - 3 PM

VISIT GGLOPENS.COM FOR ALL OPEN HOUSES THIS WEEK!

YOUR LOCAL MARKET EXPERTS OPEN SUNDAY! 1 - 3 PM

OPEN SUNDAY! 2 - 4 PM

NEW PRICE!

258 W. WESTMINSTER ROAD, LAKE FOREST $1,349,000 | 258Westminster.info

JUST LISTED!

185 WASHINGTON CIRCLE, LAKE FOREST

923 TIMBER LANE, LAKE FOREST

1030 BRECKENRIDGE AVENUE, LAKE FOREST

$849,000 | 185Washington.info

$799,000 | 923Timber.info

$648,500 | 1030Breckenridge.info

OPEN SUNDAY! 12 - 2 PM

237 NOBLE AVENUE, LAKE FOREST $489,000 | 237Noble.info

WWW.GGLREALTY.COM

OPEN SUNDAY! 1 - 3 PM

OPEN SUNDAY! 2:15 - 4 PM

595 WAUKEGAN ROAD, LAKE FOREST

620 GARFIELD AVENUE, LAKE BLUFF

28601 ISLEWORTH COURT, LAKE BLUFF

$599,000 | 595Waukegan.info

$549,000 | 620Garfield.info

$499,000 | 28601Isleworth.info

LAKE FOREST: 847.234.0485 | LAKE BLUFF: 847.234.0816 280 E. Deerpath Road, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 8 E. Scranton Avenue, Lake Bluff, Illinois 60044

THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

SATURDAY JULY 20 | SUNDAY JULY 21 2019 |

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884 HIGGINSON LANE, WINNETKA, $4,399,900

JENA RADNAY, 312.925.9899

THE #1 LUXURY BROKERAGE FIRM IN CHICAGO AND THE NORTH SHORE.

Source: MRED $1 million+ sales, Chicago and North Shore, 1-1-2018 to 12-31-2018.

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