The North Shore Weekend, July 29th, 2023

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Dr. Eve Feinberg's Chicago Coalition for Family Building provides support for individuals and couples struggling with infertility

LIFESTYLE & ARTS

9 material pursuits

This weekend's edition features an Andy Warhol exhibit, engagement photos at Wrigley Field, and a Swedish megacar

10 north shore foodie

Our reimagined ambrosia recipe on a plate is perfect for all your summer soirees

12 #hashtag

Kenilworth resident and tastemaker Shannon Stoelting shares what's currently trending in her world

LAST BUT NOT LEAST

14 sunday breakfast

Veronica Hunt is a passionate co-owner of the recreational cannabis dispensary Green Rose

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PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART

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GRANTING PARENTHOOD

Dr. Eve Feinberg helps ease the financial strain of infertility.

BY JULIE MANGURTEN WEINBERG THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

When Dr. Eve Feinberg struggled to conceive a child, she gained firsthand knowledge of exactly how expensive infertility treatments could be.

“My own experiences were both humbling and eye-opening. They made me realize that if the process is this difficult for me as somebody who has the knowledge, the expertise, the training, good health care, and is in the field, how are my patients doing this?” says the Highland Park mother of three teens.

As a Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility Specialist at Northwestern Medicine, Feinberg sees many of her patients struggle to pay for treatment. “They’re putting payments on credit cards, and they’re mortgaging their houses—they’re financially stressed,” she explains. “You see these amazing people who so badly want to become parents but are unable to even try because their health insurance does not provide coverage and they cannot afford treatment. They have mountains to move to get to the point where they can afford to have a chance to try. As if infertility isn’t hard enough.” In fact, infertility affects one in eight couples in the United States.

In 2013, Feinberg, along with Dr. Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron, launched the Chicago Coalition for Family Building. The mission of the organization is to provide both educational and financial support for individuals and couples struggling with infertility. The organization was originally launched to honor the legacy of Dr. Kevin J. Lederer, a reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist who died after battling cancer. As the organization grew to encompass nearly every fertility practice in Chicagoland, the group became the Chicago Coalition for Family Building to reflect its widespread community efforts.

The nonprofit organization hosts educational webinars and offers two different types of grants, either a financial grant or a donated services grant that might include a donated IVF cycle, donated genetic testing, or donated medications. Financial grants are typically for up to $10,000 but last year the Coalition awarded $75,000 to a family to help with the cost of using a gestational carrier.

“There are a lot of working couples who make a decent living but don’t have insur-

ance coverage and simply cannot afford to access IVF,” explains Feinberg.

By networking with her colleagues, Feinberg recruited more than 75 percent of all IVF practices in Chicagoland to donate one cycle of IVF annually through the coalition. Since its inception, the coalition has awarded more than $2 million in grants; a generosity that has led to 74 live births.

The Chicago Coalition for Family Building is not Feinberg’s first foray into volunteerism. As a college student at Emory

University, she served as the President of Volunteer Emory. Her responsibilities included making phone calls to alumni asking for donations. “I realized that a little bit of money from a lot of people would go a long way to help a large group of people,” she says.

The organization raised enough money to bus Emory students to inner city Atlanta to teach reproductive health to high school girls. “I taught topics like hygiene, menstruation, safe sex, all of those embarrassing ones that people don’t always teach,” she explains,

“It was one of my most rewarding experiences.”

Feinberg became interested in reproductive health at an unusually early age. “My mom was pregnant with my younger brother when I was 5. And I was insanely fascinated with where babies came from, not so much the sex part of it, but the reproduction part of it, the sperm, the egg, the embryo,” she recalls.

Not surprisingly, Feinberg knew as a child that she wanted to go to medical school. However, as a high school student she considered a future in theater, performing in school productions at Glenbrook North High School and attending summer theater camp in upstate New York. The stage skills Feinberg learned then have continued to serve her well. “Some of the improvisation you learn in theater, some of the empathy and communication, and some of the ability to read people and emotions are really helpful in connecting with other people as a physician.”

Feinberg credits a supportive husband, extended family, and a village of friends for helping her handle her busy life along with “incredible organizational management skills” and a healthy attitude.

“I give myself grace in understanding that I am one person and I’m not going to be the best at everything every single day but I’m always going to try my hardest. I also think about seeing the big picture, not sweating the things that are not important,” she says.

One thing is consistently important to Dr. Feinberg—the quest for parenthood. “I truly believe that people who want to become parents will become parents. There’s always a workaround in terms of treatment or alternative treatment or adoption. We can’t always fix some of the biological issues, but we can always fix the financial issues.”

For more information, visit coalitionforfamilybuilding.org.

Dr. Eve Feinberg. Photography by Maria Ponce

“We can’t always fix some of the biological issues but we can always fix the financial issues.”

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BY LAURA LAYFER TREITMAN THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

Abby Pucker’s new Chicago-based initiatives, Gertie and Art in Common, are proof of the time-honored saying—the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Pucker, whose mother is a filmmaker and art collector and whose grandparents include a Boston art gallery owner and a Chicago philanthropist who commissioned a portrait by Andy Warhol, is continuing a family legacy of art appreciation and civic mindedness through two projects designed to establish more opportunities for Chicago’s artists and art enthusiasts.

“One of my greatest role models is my grandmother, Cindy Pritzker, who is almost 99, and though she never technically took a salary for a job, she is largely responsible for the establishment of Millennium Park and the Harold Washington Library Center in its current iteration,” shares Pucker. Similarly, Pucker’s mother, Gigi Pritzker, is a strong influence and sounding board. Both women told Pucker to “go for it” when she contemplated launching these projects in her hometown. “I believe my grandmother said ‘pick yourself up, get out there, and just go get involved,’” laughs Pucker. “My mom said something similar in message, but really helped me to understand that it’s less important that everything fits into a preconceived notion of my personal narrative as things have a habit of making sense and falling into place.”

Gertie, a for-profit community platform where the culturally curious can gather and share artistic interests, was a bright idea born out of the dark days of the COVID-19 pandemic. During that isolating time, Pucker struggled for alternative ways to connect with

people and places. “I’m usually the one hosting dinner parties and gatherings, so much so that a friend refers to me as Gertrude Stein,” she says. Thus, “Gertie” is a nod to this late American writer and art collector whose weekly salons in her Paris apartment brought together an avant-garde set of liter-

ary, artistic, and musical figures of the early 20th century.

Gertie launched last fall with the publication of (A) Part: A Recipe Guide-Book to Chicago. Pucker, along with her co-producer Vic Wynter, reached out to more than 20 individuals working in the arts, tech, hospitality, music, and finance industries, each recognized for having made some impact on the arts and culture ecosystem in Chicago. “We asked each contributor to take us through their ‘recipe for a perfect day’ in Chicago; a day that leaves them full in their head, heart, and stomach,” recalls Pucker. The one-of-a-kind book, sold at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Andersonville’s Women and Children First bookstore, and New York’s Gagosian gallery, is applicable to residents, newcomers, and tourists.

Another Gertie publication is an artrelated community content-filled newsletter available to all website registrants. Gertie has also recently begun to offer neighborhood art tours and gallery walks with various dealers and curators. “The goal is for enthusiasts, young or old, students or professionals, to assemble into a multi-generational art club consisting of some fee-based events and

others open free of charge—nobody will be excluded as this journey is focused on improving art access at every level in our city,” Pucker explains.

Pucker’s second endeavor, Art in Common, is a nonprofit organization working to create contemporary art experiences outside of formal institutional settings. The concept stemmed from a chance meeting between Pucker and Los Angeles-based independent curator Zoe Lukov at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2021. “I was fascinated by how her group show, Skin In The Game, brought together so many different cultural components, mixed media, and performance art with more traditional fine art forms,” recalls Pucker. “I introduced myself and said, ‘I know you don’t know me, but what do you think about bringing this show to EXPO CHICAGO?’”

With a joint vision, innate trust, and only five months to plan, the pair were able to bring Skin In The Game, which featured works by 50 artists including Theaster Gates and Marilyn Minter, to a 20,000-square-foot industrial space in Fulton Market where 750 guests attended the launch party. Pucker and Lukov’s latest collaboration, Boil, Toil + Trou-

Sphinx, 1990

Painted polyester 11 x 16 15/16 x 125/8 inches

Photograph courtesy of Anita Posada Art in Common

Abby Pucker.

Photography by James Gustin

ble, explores the themes of water and magic through the works of artists like Bruce Nauman and Marina Abramović. After wrapping up shows at Art Basel Miami and Frieze Los Angeles, Boil, Toil + Trouble will make its Midwest debut at EXPO CHICAGO. The path that led to the creation of Gertie and Art in Common was a winding one that took Pucker far from home and then back

again. This path is one peppered with artists and has been guided by Pucker’s desire to build bonds between these creatives and their audiences.

Pucker grew up in Lincoln Park in a house filled with Tibetan art because her mother was an organizer of Chicago’s Tibetan Resettlement Project. Her grandfather, who owns Boston’s Pucker Gallery, represented multigenerational artists, some of whom joined the family for Passover seders. It was during these interactions with artists like painter Samuel Bak and ceramicist Brother Thomas Bezanson that Pucker observed “re-

gardless of what side of the business you are on, it’s the human connection and conversation that brings so much of one’s art to life.”

It is this reason why her own collection is largely made up of work by emerging artists whom she has met or knows. Pucker’s passion for contemporary art has recruited other fellow family enthusiasts. “My dad and I have really been able to deepen our relationship and build a strong bond over our interest in modern and contemporary art.”

Pucker’s high school experience at Walter Payton College Preparatory High School fostered a deep appreciation for Chicago’s many facets. “My teen years were when I really began learning about different neighborhoods and towns through the diverse group of friends I made at Payton,” notes Pucker. For college, she attended New York’s Columbia University graduating with a degree in Middle East, South Asian, and African Studies. She then spent several years between the East and West coasts pursuing an array of interests from a stint at Sotheby’s auction house to a post at United Talent Agency in Los Angeles. By the time she decided to return home permanently, Pucker had already temporarily relocated to Chicago to oversee the production of Nevermore Park, an immersive art installation telling the origin story of Chicago street artist Hebru Brantley’s beloved “Flyboy” character.

MATERIAL PURSUITS

This weekend’s curated luxury trends

WARHOL EXHIBITION

On view through September 10 at the Cleve Carney Museum of Art, the WARHOL 2023 exhibition features more than 200 original works and photographs by the iconic artist, including 94 works comprising “Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop | Works from the Bank of America Collection” and a collection of 150 Warhol photographs and original works from College of DuPage’s Permanent Art Collection. Visitors can experience Andy Warhol’s life in over 11,000 feet of exhibition space that features interactive exhibits, recreations, and videos created exclusively for this show including a historical exhibit, Kids Pop Art Print Factory, Studio 54 Experience, Central Park-inspired outdoor area, and Silver Clouds installation. A series of on-site events including lectures by internationally renowned authors and Warhol experts, workshops, concerts, and more will take place throughout the exhibition’s run. Warhol2023.org

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Campbell Trademarks used with permission of Campbell Soup Company.

With the creation of Gertie and Art in Common, Pucker lands like an apple at the base of a family tree that has long fostered creativity and inclusivity. Like their contributions, her voice and vision are sure to make a lasting impression.

For more information, visit artincommon.art, gertie.co or follow @gertie.chicago.

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KOENIGSEGG

Swedish car manufacturer Koenigsegg has unveiled their newest model—Jesko, which for more than $2.8 million dollars could be yours. Founded in 1994 by Christian von Koenigsegg, Koenigsegg Automotive AB is a world leader in the engineering and manufacturing of ultimateperformance megacars and cutting-edge mobility technologies. This summer, the Koenigsegg Regera set a new world record for homologated production cars by rocketing to 400 kmph (249 mph) and then completely stopping in just 28.81 seconds. Going from zero to 249 mph back to zero is considered the best test of a vehicle’s acceleration, speed, and braking abilities. koenigsegg.com.

Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Soup II: New England Clam Chowder (1969) © 2022

Armani Howard, Riverbed, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 68 inches. Photograph courtesy of Anita Posada. Art in Common

Wangechi Mutu, Howl, 2006, Archival pigment print with screen printing, 42 x 30 1/2 inches. Photograph courtesy of Anita Posada. Art in Common

Alison Blickle, Heaven/Hell Infinity Pools, 2022, Oil on canvas,40 x 30 inches. Photograph courtesy of Anita Posada. Art in Common

AMBROSIA REIMAGINED

BY MONICA KASS ROGERS THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

Anyway you slice it, there is nothing quite so refreshing as chilled fresh citrus with mango, pineapple, and banana. Arranged in rounds on the serving platter, the oranges make a pretty surround for chunks of mango, pineapple, and banana piled in the middle. Add a cloud of whipped yogurtcream on top and you are in tropical heaven. This plate of bright beauty is simple to make. To prepare it, you’ll wash and chill four Clementines and three Cara Cara oranges (a bit sweeter and tangier than other navel oranges—and with a pretty, pinkish hue.) If you like, you can add a blood orange for even more color variation. Peel the Cara Cara before slicing into wheels. But with the little Clementines, it’s easier for me to make perfect slices by leaving the skin on, slicing into wheels with a sharp knife and then snipping off the peel and pith around each wheel with kitchen shears. (If you peel the Clementines before slicing, they tend to break apart.) You’ll then core and cube a small fresh pineapple, and either cut up and chill two fresh mangoes (best flavor), or, thaw a package of frozen mango cubes (easiest) and slice a few bananas. For the topping, I either whip a half cup of whipped cream and whisk in a third cup of Greek yogurt or just spritz on a swirl of coconut whipped topping if my guests are avoiding dairy. For a bit of crunch, sprinkle a bit of shredded coconut on top.

Serves 3 - 4

INGREDIENTS

• 4 Clementines

• 3 Cara Cara oranges

• ½ of a small fresh pineapple, peel and top discarded, cored, trimmed & sweet flesh cubed

• 2 fresh mangoes, peel and pit discarded & sweet flesh cubed or 1 cup frozen mango cubes, thawed

• 2 bananas, peels discarded, cut into chunks

• ½ cup heavy whipping cream, whipped into soft peaks

• ⅓ cup Greek yogurt

• 1 Tbsp confectioners sugar (optional)

• 2 Tbsp shredded coconut (optional)

METHOD

Wash and refrigerate four Clementines and three Cara Cara oranges until very cold. Peel Cara Cara oranges and using a sharp knife, cut each orange into wheels and arrange in a circle on serving platter. Leave peels on Clementines and using a sharp knife, cut into wheels. Using sharp kitchen shears, snip and discard the peel and pith from the edge of each

clementine wheel and arrange slices over the Cara Cara slices. Set platter aside. Whisk whipping cream to soft peaks. Fold in yogurt and powdered sugar (if using) and whisk briefly again. Refrigerate. Peel and cube pineapple and mango and toss in a bowl together with banana chunks. Pile in center of orange ring. Top with whipped yogurt-cream. Sprinkle with shredded coconut, if desired. Serve immediately.

Photography by Monica Kass Rogers

EDITED BY DUSTIN O'REGAN ILLUSTRATION BY TOM BACHTELL

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With double undergraduate degrees in art history and public relations, a Master’s Degree in Art History with a Certificate in Museum Studies, and a Certification in Contemporary Art from Sotheby’s Institute of Art-London, Kenilworth’s SHANNON STOELTING has a deep understanding of the art world. Her resume—Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Assistant Director at Gallery KH, and Director of Showrooms for Maya Romanoff Chicago and New York—reveals a career spent working alongside gifted interior designers and artisans. Leveraging her innate love and eye for beauty and her background in the arts, she now helps clients put the finishing touches on their homes with her design firm, SR Stoelting, (@SR_Stoelting, srstoelting.com).Many homeowners do not need nor can afford a complete renovation; this is where Stoelting comes in. Scouring real estate sales, markets, galleries, shops, and digital destinations, she hand selects the right pieces for every client so each project is unique. This art and design guru put down her paint samples and fabric swatches to share how she stays on trend.

RELIEF PITCHER

Lake Forest resident and former ace medical cannabis dispensary co-owner Veronica Hunt continues to tout the benefits and safety of the product—this time as co-owner of Green Rose, a recreational cannabis dispensary in Chicago.

BY BILL MCLEAN ILLUSTRATION BY BARRY BLITT

Veronica Hunt’s Compassion Tour—otherwise known as a successful career in the legalized cannabis industry—resumed last November with the opening of Green Rose, a recreational cannabis dispensary in Chicago.

The Lake Forest resident had co-owned elevele, a medical cannabis dispensary in Highland Park, from 2016 to 2020 with her husband, Andy Hunt. Older friends were struggling with serious illnesses when the couple researched legalized medical cannabis and learned it could provide great relief.

Green Rose, located in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, became the first social equity dispensary in Illinois to pass inspection. The Hunts and Ross Morreale co-own it, with Veronica serving as the general manager of the boutique-style venture. Their aim through offering an elevated cannabis experience is to remove the negative stereotype often associated with herb.

The Hunts’ transition from the field of medical cannabis to the realm of recreational cannabis has been a smooth one, in part because what served as the impetus to launch their first dispensary seven years ago continues to fuel them.

“Our compassion, which sparked us to open elevele, has carried over to our mission at a recreational cannabis dispensary,” says Veronica, who strongly believes that cannabis, if regulated properly and sold in a safe environment by knowledgeable budtenders and other employees, could play a vital role in stemming the opioid and fentanyl crises.

“People are ailing and seeking products that are safe alternatives to addictive painkillers,” she adds. “Cannabis alleviates pain and anxiety and nausea, and it helps people who have trouble sleeping, among other conditions.”

Illinois—one of 31 states that has legalized cannabis—is home to 113 cannabis dispensaries, 21 cultivation centers, and two craft groves. The management team at Green Rose is 75 percent Black and Latino, and the rest of the staff is equally diverse. A Mexican American, the 58-year-old Veronica joined a diverse group of people—including a former Chicago police commander, business people, and residents from neighborhoods adversely impacted by the “war on drugs”—that applied for a social equity license last year.

“At Green Rose,” she says, “we’re independent, meaning we’re able to offer consumers a better variety of products compared to bigger dispensaries, as well as run good deals and specials. We’re more customer-based than we are bottom line-based, and we want customers to feel as comfortable entering Green Rose as they do when they enter a Walgreens.”

Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica are the two main types of cannabis used for medical and recreational purposes. “Sativa has primarily an energiz ing effect, while indica has a relaxing effect and can help you sleep,” according to healthline.com

“People who walk into Green Rose smile right away as they look around, because we created an attrac tive space with a friendly and nurturing atmosphere,” Veronica explains. “We want to educate people on can nabis and help them find relief.”

The budtenders at

Green Rose are the most experienced in the industry. The dispensary at 612 North Wells Street welcomes cannabis-related pop-up stores and holds educational seminars at its flagship location. Green Rose intends to open a site in Lincolnwood this summer and launch another recreational dispensary in Harwood Heights, before expanding nationally at some point.

“There’s a lot to this industry,” says Veronica, who was dubbed a “pot pioneer” shortly after the opening of elevele. “It’s not easy, making tons of money in this, but people think it is. I’m in this mostly to help others find affordable solutions to what’s ailing them. One of the keys is controlling inventory. The other three keys are compliance, compliance, compliance. The existence of dispensaries is to take the criminal element out of cannabis so that its safety can be ensured.

“When I go to bed each night, I feel good about what we’re doing at Green

Veronica grew up in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood as one of Alfredo and Martha’s three children (Veronica’s brothers are Marco and her

twin, Alfredo). It took her about an hour to commute, via public transportation, to Saint Ignatius College Prep, where she was a student from her sophomore year until the end of her senior year in 1982.

She was 7 when she started hanging out near the cash register at her father’s Chicago restaurant and greeting each diner with a hearty “hi” and an ear-to-ear smile.

Her customer-service chops would come in handy years later. From the ages of 22 to 35, Veronica teamed with Marco (now living in Monterrey, Mexico) to run Burrito Buggy, a popular food truck business in Chicago.

“I’d wake up at 4 a.m., and head to my father’s restaurant to make the burritos, mostly breakfast burritos, with my brother,” recalls Veronica, a Loyola University-Chicago graduate. “We’d start selling them at 10 a.m., and work until about 2 p.m.”

Veronica married Chicagoan Andy Hunt, a Sullivan High School graduate, in 1997. They lived in Lake Bluff from 1999 until 2007, before moving to Lake Forest. They have four children—Olivia, 24, Ethan, 22, JuJu, 19, and Genevieve, 16.

“The best part of motherhood to me is unconditionally loving my children and supporting them, no matter what,” she says. “I’ve been their biggest cheerleader. And Lake Forest is a great place to raise a family.”

Andy was a retired trader for Citigroup at the Chicago Board of Trade when the couple formed elevele in 2016. Elevele was sold right before recreational cannabis became legal in Illinois.

Veronica likes to golf, cook five-course Mexican meals, and volunteer for the food pantry at Christ Church in Lake Forest. If Lake County were to ever conduct a poll to determine its Most Personable Citizen, she would be perennial contender.

One of Juju’s high school friends wrote an essay all about Veronica for a school assignment, expressing her gratitude for always being able to sit down and talk with Mrs. Hunt like a pair of longtime good friends do.

She wants to be there for Green Rose customers, too.

“If my legacy ends up being someone who helped others find solutions to their health issues, while providing safe products to alleviate their discomfort along the way, I’d be okay with that,” says Veronica.

Green Rose is located at 612 North Wells Street in Chicago. For more information, call 312-268-007 or visit greenroseil.com.

We’re more customer-based than we are bottom line-based, and we want customers to feel as comfortable entering Green Rose as they do when they enter a Walgreens.