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The city of Carbondale calls itself 'The Capital of Southern Illinois.' The community's arts organizations are working hard
to make sure that title applies to the cultural realm, too.
Where do artists go when they want to get away from it all? For well over a century, architect Howard Van Doren Shaw's summer
retreat in Lake Forest was a prized location.