Monday, January 14, 2013
APPLAUSE, a performing arts group at Oak Park and River Forest High School, is looking for someone with the skills to make their programs and fliers come alive.
If you have a knack for knowing what looks good on a page, then a booster group at Oak Park and River Forest High School could use your help. APPLAUSE!, the performing arts booster organization, needs a volunteer who can help create concert programs, flyers, banners and other print pieces. The ability to design for the web would be a plus. The designs created would be used as templates, so any software used should be easily accessible to other volunteers. To learn more, contact Beth Franken at bfrank1111@comcast.net.
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Oak Park & River Forest High School
201 N Scoville Ave, Oak Park, IL
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Harrison Street Ukulele Players get profiled at their annual Christmas Party.
The crew over at WGN News was out in Oak Park recently capturing the holiday spirit over at the Eastgate Cafe. Every Thursday night, the cafe hosts the Harrison Street Ukulele Players. WGN stopped by to film the group's annual holiday party, featuring a number of Christmas standards—all played on the ukulele of course! You can watch the video on our site via YouTube above. Profiled in the story is ukulele player and owner of Oak Park's Wonderwall Music Shoppe and Emporium, GiGi Monaco. Players at the Christmas concert described played the ukulele to WGN as "joyful," "intimate", and my favorite, "cheap thearapy!" Check out a video of the club performing The Beatles Eight Days a Week above in videos too and check out the Harrison Street …
This year's appearance is the fifth in as many years for BRAVO program.
BRAVO, the fine arts and performing arts program at Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School, has done it again. The troupe of 46 performers will head to the National Junior Theater Festival, being conducted over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend in Atlanta, GA. This is the fifth consecutive year that the talented group will represent Brooks and the entire state of Illinois in one of the most prestigious national competitions of its kind. The festival is sponsored by iTheatrics, a New York-based organization that takes Broadway shows and changes the keys of the songs to fit younger performers’ voices, shortens the scripts and in the case of such shows as Hairspray, makes them G-rated. The Saturday night of the festival, the cast will …
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Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School
325 S Kenilworth Ave, Oak Park, IL
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Friday, January 4, 2013
Fixings for a meal the Crawleys would love to eat and a dinner Mrs. Patmore would have to cook.
Get set folks—season three of one of our national obsessions is about to start Sunday. No, not American Idol—we're talking about Downton Abbey. Yes, I am a fan, and I plan to have my set turned to WTTW at 8 p.m. for the third season premiere on American television. Will Mary and Matthew will marry? What new intrigues will O'Brien and Thomas concoct? Who will win the one-on-one competition between the Dowager Countess and Cora's American mother, Mrs. Levinson? And of course - will John Bates go free? This is a huge event—and like the Super Bowl, it requires its own special food. But what does one serve during such an important festive occasion? Should it be the sumptuous fare that the Crawleys favor and Mrs. Patmore has to cook? Or, will it…
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Whole Foods Market
7245 Lake St, River Forest, IL
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel to be shown Jan. 10 at Howard Mohr Community Center.
A trip to India is planned for next week, and you won't even need a passport to get there. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, last year's big hit about the adventures of a group of Brits who outsource their retirement to India, will be shown at 1 p.m. Jan. 10 at the Howard Mohr Community Center, 7640 Jackson Blvd. Admission is free and popcorn will be served. Enticed by ads for the newly-restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, the group arrives to find a run-down palace instead. But while their new digs are less luxurious than imagined, they are transformed by the experiences they share and discover that life and love can begin anew. The film stars some greats of British cinema including Judi Dench, Maggie …
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7640 Jackson Blvd, Forest Park, IL
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Monday, December 17, 2012
Winning entries will be shown during the One Earth Film Festival this March.
Youngsters with a passion for filmmaking and the environment—this competition's for you. One Earth...Our Earth the Young Filmmakers Contest is being sponsored for the first time as part of this year's One Earth Film Festival. Students from upper elementary school through college submit their environmental entries now through Jan. 25, 2013. Winners will be announced by mid-February, and their films will be screened during the festival, March 1 through March 3 in venues throughout Oak Park and River Forest. The contest is open to students from Forest Park, Oak Park and River Forest - and throughout the Chicago metropolitan area. Successful filmmakers also will receive cash prizes and matching grants for a non-profit organization or …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Stacey Sevriukova, of Oak Park, has been chosen the statewide winner in the Lions International Peace Poster Contest.
An Oak Park middle school student has been picked as the winner from Illinois in the Lions International Peace Poster Contest. Stacey Sevriukova, a student at Brooks Middle School, was picked as the best in the state. A presentation will be made to Sevriukova at Brooks Middle School on Thursday, Dec. 13 at 3:30 p.m. by President Tina Gaddy and Secretary Hope Bell of the sponsoring Oak Park and River Forest Lions Club. Sevriukova's poster will go on to be judged at the international level at the Loyola University Museum of Art in Chicago in late January. The Lions International Peace Poster Contest was created to encourage young people to express their vision for peace through art. Each year a theme is picked, and students can use a wide …
Monday, December 10, 2012
Mameloshn, latkes and the warmth of the Festival of Lights.
Gut yontif and pass the latkes! For the past 15 years, the Yiddish singing group, Mameloshn, has brought some of the traditions of Chanukah and plenty of the warmth of the Festival of Lights to the Buzz Cafe, 905 S. Lombard Ave.. Started 18 years ago at Oak Park Temple, the group performs during Shabbat services and stages programs for the synagogue. Mameloshn also frequents other events throughout the state including the Greater Chicago Jewish Folks Art Festival. But the yearly performance at the Buzz is one they really look forward to, according to Michael Bass, a member of the group. "It's become a very nice tradition," Bass said. "It's an opportunity to gather as a community and to have a lot of fun." The group will be putting on its…
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Buzz Café
905 S Lombard Ave, Oak Park, IL
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Catch silent movies, holiday carols and more in Forest Park, Oak Park and River Forest this week.
The holiday's getting closer. Here are a few ways to take in the cheer. Willard Elementary School Principal Merryl Brownlow will share some of her favorite stories during Local Celebrity Spotlight at 4 pm, Tuesday, Dec. 11 at the River Forest Public Library , 735 Lathrop Ave. This kid-friendly event is great for elementary school children ages 5 and up. And it's free. Call 708-366-5205 for more information. The Artist , the 2012 winner of This year's Academy Award for Best Picture, will be shown at 1:30 pm Wednesday, Dec. 12 at the Maze Branch of the Oak Park Public Library, 845 Gunderson Ave. Directed by Michel Hazanavicius, this romantic comedy is about the transition from silent film to talkies. It's a silent picture with great scene …
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Midwinter's Tales: Miracles and Mirth event on Saturday, Dec. 8 to support Walk-In Ministry and the Oak Park Festival Theatre.
Take in the warmth of the season tonight at Midwinter's Tales: Miracles and Mirth, the sixth co-benefit for the Oak Park River Forest Walk-In Ministry and the Oak Park Festival Theater. The program will be at 7 p.m. At Unity Temple, 875 Lake St. General admission is $20 for adults, $15 for folks 60 years of age and up and $15 for students. This year's presentation is a celebration with words and music of the marvels and merriment of the season and features entirely new family-friendly material. Selections are drawn from authors such as Lemony Snicket, Daniel Pinkwater, Paul Rudnick, Mike Royko, Frank McCourt, and Maya Angelou read by Festival Theatre favorites Jack Hickey and Kevin Theis, Walk-In MInistry volunteers and others. …
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