Sherry Thomas

The Highlanders of Barrington

One of Meghan Norton’s fondest and most vivid childhood memories is going on a bird watching expedition to Baker’s Lake. She was a Hough Street School fifth grader the first time she discovered this local gem, but her eyes were as wide open to the beauty that surrounded her then as they are today. “Baker’s

Art in the Time of Coronavirus

The irony of the pandemic is not lost on the Barrington area artisans who have been toiling away all year to prepare for the annual Barrington Art Festival. They, like all great masters through the centuries, once craved the luxury of solace to focus on their medium of choice. What we just lived through isn’t

Seasons of Change

When Marianna Shubalis Bannos was a little girl, her mother taught her to always look on the bright side of life, to seek out the goodness in any situation, even if it felt hard or uncertain. Those lessons, and those family bonds, stay with the Oak Brook mother today as she navigates challenges no one

There’s No Place Like Home

Before the COVID- 19 pandemic swept through our country, Megan McCleary admits that she had never even heard of a trendy videoconferencing app called Zoom. But months later, the real estate broker with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services says she has had more Zoom meetings than she can keep track of. “We had various tools in

L'Art de Enfants

Wade Schaaf ’s first memory of Barrington Dance Ensemble (BDE) includes driving up in a silver Oldsmobile, nervous and not quite sure if he’d get out of the car. He was 16. Eager to take on the world of dance—yet intimidated by the formidable local nonprofit where he secured a coveted audition—the teenaged Schaaf gathered

Where the Heart Is

When Jane Coyne and her husband Mike Coyne moved into their 1935 pre-war Dutch Colonial in Hinsdale, the first room to get a makeover was the kitchen. “We set out to renovate the kitchen only but ended up updating the design of the rest of the rooms to complement it,” she explains. “Today, our kitchen

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