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Sara Clarkson

Sara Clarkson and her family moved to Hinsdale in 2003 after nearly 10 years of living in Asia. She grew up in Connecticut, earned a …

Hinsdale senator reflects on Abraham Lincoln

Kirk Dillard’s Reflections on Abraham Lincoln talk emphasized what an important and involved lawyer Lincoln was. The talk at the Hinsdale Public Library included how Lincoln’s years in the Illinois Assembly shaped him politically and readied him for the presidency. But just as interesting about …Read More
Hinsdale native’s acting opportunities, talents are inspiring

HINSDALE — There sits an attractive couple at a table on a date, and they break the ice by comparing their diets. The attractive blonde with the big blue eyes is on the “Master Cleanse” which can’t compare to the guy’s plan, the “Survivor Sub-Saharan …Read More
Conference expands vision of Hinsdale Central journalists

HINSDALE — Seasoned professionals may think of trade conventions and yawn, but the dozen Hinsdale Central students freshly returned from a journalism convention in San Francisco last week were fired up. They were inspired and came back feeling that their work on the high school …Read More

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Program focuses on how to love your teen

HINSDALE — Being part of a rather large crowd at last week’s Loving Your Teen Without Losing Your Mind presentation was encouraging and empowering, though some material was downright startling. “Parents of teenagers all feel like fools and failures,” said Michael J. Bradley. “You’re here …

Hinsdale Central bass fishing team knows it’s all about attitude

HINSDALE — Fishing, a pastime revered because it inspires philosophical meditations and spiritual contemplations, is considered a sport and is an activity one may be able to pursue in high school. So, of course Hinsdale Central offers a Bass Fishing Team. There are more than …

Expert to talk on loving your teen in Hinsdale

Not to get too, too personal, but a parent-education presentation next week is so appropriate that it might be the title of a chapter in my autobiography. With one teen in high school and the other enjoying college’s pleasures and rigors, there is still so …

The Big Read brings Irish immigrant to redone Clarendon Hills library

CLARENDON HILLS — Margaret and her son Emmet left their small Irish village with a pair of candlesticks (“a wedding gift,” she explained), a good petticoat and just enough clothes and other necessities to fill two small trunks. After undergoing what Margaret felt was an …

‘Giselle’ to freature professional ballet talent

Residents are nothing if not discerning, especially when it comes to academics, sports and the arts. So most should enjoy the debut of the Hinsdale Ballet Theatre when it presents “Giselle” this Saturday and Sunday at Hinsdale Central High School auditorium. While this weekend’s production …

Picasso and Chicago: A neat trip for spring break

We’ve spent our fair share of spring breaks right here in un-tropical, un-warm and often un-sunny Illinois, often because our son was required to stay with the baseball team for practice and games which were invariably canceled due to weather anyway. When here during spring …

Middle School Mix art funny, clever, contemplative

Clarendon Hills Middle School and Hinsdale Middle School provided the artists whose works grace the Quiet Reading Room walls in the Hinsdale Public Library. Called Middle School Mix, the exhibit is quiet — this is visual art after all — but that doesn’t mean that …

On to national competition for Hinsdale Central teenage global marketers

HINSDALE — Ask the four teens what they learned from creating a first-place global marketing project and they will say it cemented their friendship and taught them a whole lot about hands-on marketing. Then, after they recall the many hours and afternoons spent working together …

High note in concert is homegrown

HINSDALE — Listen and look carefully during the free Syracuse University Singers concert to hear a familiar but more mature soprano. It will be the voice of a young woman who perhaps last performed here at the Hinsdale Central auditorium when she was part of …

Upcoming activities include Liberals in Hinsdale

As winter ever so slowly draws to a close, here are three activities, a little out of the ordinary, which may strike your fancy or answer a need. One, is a meeting of the newly formed Liberals of Hinsdale, another is a presentation on de-cluttering …

Fictional farms a welcome antidote to winter’s malaise

The French created a word for my February funk: ennui, defined as a “feeling of listlessness and general dissatisfaction resulting from lack of activity or excitement.” My personal ennui may have a little more to do with seasonal affective disorder, but I will probably never …

Use gratitude as a gateway to happiness, Hinsdale speaker says

HINSDALE — Being married to a person who is positive and optimistic can be trying, especially in this grey and still dark time of year. Some of us think of happiness as less about being a choice and more like the result of a serendipitous …

Braving the outdoors in the name of love

Instead of commemorating Valentine’s Day inside, someplace warm and cozy, head over to this surprisingly popular outdoors event — the Fullersburg Woods Romantic Night Hike on Saturday. It will warm your heart while you enjoy nature. According to Keriann Dubina, a Fullersburg naturalist, the night …

Hinsdale Central students gifted in art

HINSDALE — The Hinsdale Central High School first semester art show was a wonderful testament not just to the student body’s talent but also to the breadth and depth of art classes offered. All Central students were encouraged to view the show and to vote …

‘So Sexy So Soon’ Hinsdale Central PTO talk spurs conversation

HINSDALE — Stunned silence — the profound absence of sound — is rare at Parent Teacher Organization meetings. Yet stunned silence resonated at the “So Sexy So Soon” Hinsdale Central High School discussion after the audience viewed a brief montage of prime time television scenes …

‘Whole-brain child’ topic in District 181

HINSDALE — I wasn’t born knowing how to be a parent. I’ve grown into the role as my kids have matured, and I have reacted to their emotional outbursts more often than I have responded to them. But one of the most useful resources I’ve …

Kids burrow into warm fort building at library

HINSDALE — On the sunny first “business day” of the year last week, the hottest place in Hinsdale on that cold but bright day was the library. In the early afternoon, there was a mini traffic jam as cars lined up to find parking as …

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