Behind the Lens
Atticus Fair on storytelling, technology, and building a business BY LARRY ATSEFF Based in Westmont, Atticus Fair is the founder of two emerging companies—SkyPath Productions and SkyPath Aerial Data—focused on video production and aerial data services. Over the past four years, Fair has also contributed video work to Hinsdale Magazine Group, supporting its digital storytelling…
Read MoreA Gala for Giving
Upcoming fundraising benefit supports healthcare access BY ANNA HUGHES For over 75 years, the Clarendon Hills Chapter of the Infant Welfare Society (CHIW) has been supporting families across the Chicagoland area. Founded in 1948 by nine women with a shared mission to support mothers and children, CHIW has grown into a powerful force of 50…
Read MoreJust Having Fun
Sunday Funday Sports offers low-key games for youths BY JEFF VORVA James Epsom’s goal is to play in the National Football League. He is 7 years old. He is 4 feet tall and weighs 60 pounds. Oh, and he just beat leukemia. Time will tell if the Burr Ridge cancer survivor ever obtains that dream…
Read MoreChef Showdown
Culinary Competition for Community Impact BY HINSDALE MAGAZINE GROUP STAFF | PHOTOS COURTESY OF LOAVES & FISHES COMMUNITY SERVICES Loaves & Fishes Community Services will bring together culinary creativity and community impact at its popular Chef Showdown, taking place Thursday, April 16, from 6 to 9 pm at the Linnea Eleanor Rutkowski Food Distribution Hub…
Read MoreJens Jensen
The internationally recognized landscape artist left his mark on the American Midwest BY MAUREEN CALLAHAN If you live in the Chicagoland area, you’ve probably seen the genius of visionary landscape architect Jens Jensen. His designs of outdoor spaces are nothing less than masterpieces. Born to a prosperous family near Dybbǿl, Denmark, in 1860, he grew…
Read MoreHistory in the (Re)Making
FoundersFest celebrates the early days of Downers Grove BY VALERIE HARDY Downers Grove returns to its roots during the annual FoundersFest celebration. Commemorating the village’s opening chapter and featuring its founding fathers and mothers, the weeklong series of events is a time-honored tradition for residents and merchants each spring. The 2026 FoundersFest will open on…
Read MoreKeeping the Grove Green
The Environmental Concerns Commission strives to keep our village on a green path BY MAUREEN CALLAHAN Did you know that Downers Grove has an Environmental Concerns Commission (ECC)? The group of seven members is from different backgrounds. Some have worked for the EPA, and some have business experience. Just as important are the members who…
Read MoreBuilding Up a Sport
DG’s Janowiak, COD, hoping to bolster junior college volleyball BY JEFF VORVA Big things are happening in the world of junior college men’s volleyball and the College of DuPage. And Downers Grove’s Adam Janowiak is going to be a big part of it. Let’s face it, college men’s volleyball is low on the food chain…
Read MoreWhat’s Old is What’s New
A Historic Rehab and a Newer Home Rehab BY MAUREEN CALLAHAN Oak Brook has a wide variety of home types, and one of the best things about this town is its respect for older home restoration. Some are added onto gradually as years pass, and some are gutted and remodeled in one fell swoop. There’s…
Read MoreFrom Vision to Home
One family’s Oak Brook beginning BY HINSDALE MAGAZINE GROUP STAFF Ten years before they ever broke ground on their own house, Oak Brook was already quietly working its way into Inna and Sulman Husain’s future. Inna still remembers the early suggestion that first planted the idea. “I still remember 10 years ago when I first…
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