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Syd is a handsome 6-year-old mixed black and white cat. He is a laid back guy who loves to hangout with other cats and is adoptable to families with children of any age. He has been neutered and is up to date on his vaccinations. His adoption fee is waived by our Match Me Up cat campaign. Please consider adoption. There are so many animals in the animal welfare system right now who need help! Visit www.hinsdalehumanesociety.org to fill out an application today. Hinsdale...
Years ago, when I first moved to Hinsdale from Texas, I was curious to know what my new friends loved to eat. I would often ask people what they thought was best "Chicago food." The most popular answers were deep-dish pizza, Italian beef and hot dogs. But if I were to ask myself that question after living here for seven years, I would say that I love Chicago's family style Italian dishes. One of my favorites is chicken Vesuvio. I first tasted it a Paul Virant's Vistro and...
If you're doing more and more of your reading and watching online, you're not alone. Digital sales and streaming services continue to grow. But before you give your credit card number to one more service, check out the thousands of books, ebooks, magazines, TV shows and movies you can borrow from your local library. Getting started is easy. Just open the "Digital Library" tab on our website. For most of the resources listed here, there's a "Show Me How" video link right below...
Harper is a handsome 1-year-old mixed breed dog. He is a silly guy who loves to play with stuffies and is adoptable to families with children 5 years and older. He has been spayed and is up to date on his vaccinations. His adoption fee is donated by a generous donor. The Hinsdale Humane Society Tuthill Family Pet Rescue & Resource Center is open to the public 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, noon to 6 p.m. Wednesdays to Fridays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Interested...
Of the three primary theater disciplines - acting, singing and dancing - BAMtheatre artistic director Melanie Lamoureaux knew dance was an area where her young troupe needed to step it up. So earning the top Freddie G Excellence in Dance award at last weekend's Junior Theater Festival West in Sacramento, Calif., was a showstopper. "We generally have students who can sing very well and act very well," Lamoureaux said. "This year it was really our goal to perfect every single mo...
This time of year always seems like a good time for a mental health PSA. It can start to feel like there's no end in sight to the cold and dreary days, leaving many feeling low in mood. Moving out of the pandemic, I've noticed the silver lining is a better understanding and acceptance of mental health challenges. As we hopefully continue to progress in this direction, the following can be helpful to keep in mind: • Things aren't always as they look. Despite my professional und...
Kya is a beautiful 2-year-old tabby and white cat. She is a silly girl who loves to play with wand toys and is adoptable to families with children 5 years and older. She has been spayed and is up to date on her vaccinations. Her adoption fee is $75. Please consider adoption. There are so many animals in the animal welfare system right now who need help. Visit www.hinsdalehumanesociety.org to fill out an application today or call (630) 323-5630 for more information. (photo...
"Big Mike" Sirin already has the wet ingredients working in the mixer when I arrive Monday afternoon to learn how to make Page's famous apple cider doughnuts. I'm invited to take a large scoop of doughnut flour out of the 50-pound bag and drop it in the mixer. Then I'm banished from the kitchen. "I'll finish," he says, noting the mix still needs more flour. "I've got to do that by eye," he explains. Sirin is one of four people at Page's who make these popular treats, owner...
The Hinsdale Public Library's Voyagers Travel Discussion Club program Feb. 16 is on New Orleans - just in time for Mardi Gras. For more details, turn to Page 19....
Patty Burke has worn many hats over her nearly two decades of service to the Misericordia Women's League, including serving as benefit chair and league president. However, this year might just be her greatest role, as she and husband Ed have been selected as the nonprofit's 2023 Heart of Gold recipients. Burke's devotion to Misericordia started as a way to give back to the organization that she says "takes care of God's most vulnerable children" including her husband's...
How about a taste? That's the invitation extended to a couple of upcoming events in town that tap experts in libations for participants to enjoy an ounce of education and a full helping of fun. The first is Love is Brewing from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at The Community House, 415 W. Eighth St. Participants can sample six beers and two featured cocktails and enjoy appetizers and live music. Jillian Spizzirri, facility and adult recreation supervisor at The...
Susan is a beautiful 2-year-old brown tabby cat. She is a loving girl who enjoys playing with toys and is adoptable to families with children 5 years and older. She has been spayed and is up-to-date on her vaccinations. Her adoption fee is $75. Please consider adoption. There are so many animals in the animal welfare system right now who need help! Visit www.hinsdalehumanesociety.org to fill out an application today. The Hinsdale Humane Society Tuthill Family Pet Rescue &...
I know a good biscuit when I taste one, but baking them at home was always disappointing. That is, until the pandemic flour shortage changed everything. Suddenly, like a great silver lining to my empty shelf sadness, Pete's Fresh Market miraculously had a bag of White Lily flour. White Lily is the unicorn of flours. It's often talked about as being the key ingredient to the quintessential southern biscuit, but it's scarcely seen outside a small pocket of the South. Alas,...
Couples hoping to enjoy a romantic gourmet meal to celebrate Valentine's Day need not look far. Vistro Prime Steakhouse, Il Poggiolo and Nabuki in downtown Hinsdale are offering special menus for a special day. Vistro, in addition to its full a la carte menu, will offer a four-course dinner for two on Feb. 14. The meal will begin with a choice of beet salad (roasted and pickled) with a smoked apple vinaigrette, goat cheese, arugula and sunflower seeds or carrot and ginger...
Many of us set an intention, select a word to focus on, or resolve to do something at the start of a brand new year. In other words, we make a resolution; a firm decision to do (or not do) something. By this point in January though, it is estimated that two-thirds have already dropped their resolutions (some studies even cite specific days, with Jan. 17 and 19 being THE days to give up the goal). And speaking of specific, one reason resolutions fail is that they are too...
Rock is a handsome 1-year-old mixed breed dog who is goofy and loves to play fetch and play with other dogs. He is adoptable to families with children 8 years and older. He has been neutered and is up to date on his vaccinations. His adoption fee is $300. The Hinsdale Humane Society Tuthill Family Pet Rescue & Resource Center is open to the public 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, noon to 6 p.m. Wednesdays to Fridays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Interested adopters are...
"Art is the language of the soul." That's the message local artist Maureen Claffy wants to impart to her Hinsdale neighbors through a new monthly series called Heartwork at the Hinsdale Public Library, which enlists artistic techniques to tap into adult students' creative force. "My belief is, if you're breathing, you're an artist," Claffy said. "You're creating your life." In each class, the work of a notable artist will guide participants in examining a process, technique...
Ghosting, completely cutting off contact with someone without any warning or explanation, may seem to be the modern way people leave relationships these days but ghosting has always been around. What may be different now is that everyone seems to be doing it often with the justification that since someone did it to me, it must be OK for me to do to another. It can take a lot of moral character to maintain your integrity and resist the temptation of ghosting as an easy way to...
Melya is a beautiful 2-year-old gray cat. She is very sweet and loves to snuggle with her people friends and is adoptable to families with children of any age. She has been spayed and is up to date on her vaccinations. Her adoption fee is $75. Please consider adoption. There are so many animals in the animal welfare system right now who need help. Thank you to all of the adopters who have come forward to get the animals out during this difficult time. Visit...
Those who attend the Stage Door Fine Arts production of "Matilda the Musical" should come prepared for an evening that includes a little bit of everything. From tender songs that evoke tears to outlandish characters that are sure to make people laugh, Stage Door co-founder and artistic director Don Smith said the musical version of Roald Dahl's story has it all, including a little bit of theater magic. Through a soundtrack that goes from softly sung ballads to boisterous...
Charlie is a beautiful 6-month-old mixed breed dog. She is very sweet and loves to play and snuggle with other dogs and cats and is adoptable to families with children 10 years and older. She has been spayed and is up to date on her vaccinations. Her adoption fee is $350. The Hinsdale Humane Society Tuthill Family Pet Rescue & Resource Center is open to the public from noon to 6 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays....
When Clarendon Hills mother Bridget O'Meara was pregnant with her son Liam, doctors learned the left side of her baby's heart wasn't developing. It was a condition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome, or HLHS. At 1 week old, Liam underwent his first open heart surgery to repair the ventricle in his heart, followed by another surgery one month later and his third at 2 years of age. Now, 16 years later, Liam is a thriving sophomore at Nazareth Academy. To celebrate this...
Warm up this winter season with the stimulating experience of live theater. The curtain will soon be raised on productions in and around Hinsdale, offerings that promise to provide entertainment for all audiences. • The Theatre of Western Springs, 4384 Hampton Ave., opens 2023 with its production of "The Father," running Jan. 26-Feb 5. The play follows Andre, a cantankerous old widower suffering from dementia, who receives regular visits from his caring but frustrated daughter Anne. His mood swings and fits of temper r...
Food is a fleeting experience. Yet, the taste and the thrill of its discovery captures our hearts. A cherished dish or restaurant can uniquely become a part of the fabric of our family's celebrations and who we are. A few years ago, when my daughters were in first grade, they each had an assignment called "pieces of my heart." The project was a large construction paper heart whose interior was divided into squiggly boxes. Inside each box my daughters wrote what they loved....
Progress not perfection. Perhaps you didn't achieve all of your New Year's resolutions in 2022 and aren't keen on setting any new ones this year. No worries. We talked to local experts in a variety of fields - from real estate to religion - who shared a few simple suggestions to get 2023 off to a great start. Here's what they had to say. "I think beginning a new year starts with authentic reflection. So that means taking an honest look at the previous year, reviewing your ups...
