Sherry Thomas

Portrait of an Artist

Diane Crites was a young girl living in Detroit, or maybe it was Florida, when she first realized that she saw the world a little differently from others. An alley vignette could be a black-and-white photo. A field of flowers could be an abstract painting or an expressionist drawing in charcoal. Everything, everywhere she went,

Home Is Where The Art Is

FOR NEARLY 50 years, Susan Lawson Bouma’s proverbial “happy place” has been in front of a canvas. The colorful, oversized abstract paintings she creates are bold, infused with energy and movement and often left without titles so those who acquire them can make their own artistic interpretations. “I rarely name paintings,” says Bouma, who moved

The Birthday Club

As Hinsdale Living celebrates 10 years of serving the residents of Hinsdale, Oak Brook, Clarendon Hills, and Burr Ridge in 2021, 10 other local institutions are also celebrating milestones this year. Cheers to these community icons. BRUSH PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY-10TH Mira Albert founded Brush Pediatric Dentistry in 2011 with a vision to make dentistry more fun for

Get Back Under The Stars

When Jeffrey P. Haydon started his new job as President and CEO of The Ravinia Festival last September, he set out on a singular mission— to reopen the 117-year-old institution’s iconic gates in time for summer. While no one knew what pandemic life in 2021 would look like, everyone knew that where there was a

A Sort Of Homecoming

There is an old saying that “you can’t go home again,” that the people and places we leave behind are best left imprinted in our memories. But sometimes, however strange it may sound, home comes back to find you—in my case, exactly 72 years after I left this Earth. My name is Roscoe Harold Zook

Bon Appétit

It has been said that necessity is the mother of invention. However, in the case of Hinsdale chefs and restaurant owners, the necessity that came from a global pandemic shutdown was the mother of innovation. “This past year has been notably difficult for the restaurant industry,” explains Hinsdale Village Manager Kathleen Gargano. “Since the onset

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