Tuesday, February 12, 2013
River Forest police reports, Feb. 4-10.
SUNDAY, FEB. 10 Charles Davis, 19, of Chicago, was charged with obstructing identification and disorderly conduct after a disturbance in the 500 block of River Oaks Avenue, police said. SATURDAY, FEB. 9 Wayne Kuhn, 23, of Rolling Meadows was charged with driving under the influence, battery and resisting a police officer following an incident in the west parking lot at Dominican University, police said. Around 2:20 a.m., campus security told police that a 2001 Honda Accord had been sliding around the lot, plowing into a snow bank. The driver, later identified as Kuhn, then backed up and nearly crashed into a River Forest squad car that had arrived on the scene. After Kuhn got out of the car, officers noticed he smelled of alcohol and had …
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Area restaurants, venues to have parties, special deals for frolickers and their families.
Looking for some great ideas of where to go on New Year's Eve? From kid-friendly doings to a late-night champagne toast, there's a few places around town that can fill those bills. Just let Patch be your guide! Wonder Works' Children's Museum: From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wonder Works, 6445 North Ave. in Oak Park, will be "counting down" to the New Year with a party for the whole family. Sparkling cider, guided crafts, face painting, games from around the world, music and singing all will be included with a $6 general admission. For more information call 708-383-4815 or visit www.wonder-works.org. West Cook YMCA: Celebrate New Year's Eve around the world with family friendly activities from 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at the West Cook YMCA. …
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch
834 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
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Trattoria 225
225 Harrison St, Oak Park, IL
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Maya Del Sol
144 S Oak Park Ave, Oak Park, IL
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Marion Street Cheese Market
100 S Marion St, Oak Park, IL
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6615 Roosevelt Rd, Berwyn, IL
Fitzgerald's Night Club
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Dominican University
7900 Division St, River Forest, IL
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Wonder Works
6445 North Ave, Oak Park, IL
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7403 Madison St, Forest Park, IL
House Red Vinoteca
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225 S Marion St, Oak Park, IL
West Cook YMCA
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Christmas Cheer Foundation is seeking volunteers to help assemble, deliver 15,000 meals to people in 30 area communities.
If you're all ready to make your holiday memorable, here's a great way to make it so for those in need. The Christmas Cheer Foundation needs volunteers to help assemble and deliver an estimated 15,000 meals to individuals, families and seniors in 30 communities, including Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park and the west side of Chicago. All the work starts at 5:30 a.m. Dec. 25 on the Priory campus of Dominican University, 7200 W. Division St., River Forest. What’s for supper? Ham steaks, potato salad, corn, buns and pastry, said Phil Calabrese, the foundation's secretary-treasurer. Once the meals are assembled, drivers will deliver the meals, along with a gift for each child—a stuffed animal, or a book depending on the age, he said. …
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Dominican University, Priory Campus
7200 Division St, River Forest, IL
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Monday, October 15, 2012
Three top-notch performers will share their love of tales on Oct. 19
Renown storytellers will weave their magic Oct. 19 during the Family Festival of Stories at Dominican University, 7900 Division St., River Forest. This year's event, presented by Illinois Storytelling, will focus on entertaining both children grades K-6 and their families. It will be held in Dominican's Performing Arts Center. The evening will kick off with face painting at 6 p.m. followed by a costume parade at 6:30 p.m. Three storytellers will begin to enchant the audience at 7 p.m. They include: Mike Anderson. Known as "the Dulcimer Guy," Anderson, an elementary school teacher, has won praise and awards nationwide for his folk storytelling that often incorporates performances on the dulcimer, guitar, banjo, jaw harp and nose flute. He …
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Dominican University
7900 Division St, River Forest, IL
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
Patch talked with Dr. Paul Heltne about his lecture at 7 p.m. tonight at Dominican University on water scarcity and protection.
Water fans, watch out! That tap might run dry. Tonight, Dominican University will host a lecture titled, Water 101: Adventures of the Miracle Molecule. The lecture is part of an ongoing series exploring the chemistry, history, spirituality and geopolitics of water and will be led by Dr. Paul Heltne, president emeritus of the Chicago Academy of Sciences. In his presentation, Dr. Heltne will discuss the interconnectivity of all the earth's water, as well as its preservation, influence on weather and the potential for conflict arising from water scarcity. The lecture will be held at Dominican's Priory Campus, 7200 W. Division St. in River Forest, in Room 263 tonight beginning at 7 p.m. Patch talked with Dr. Heltne earlier this week to find …
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Dominican University, Priory Campus
7200 Division St, River Forest, IL
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Friday, October 5, 2012
Concert Saturday, Oct. 13 at Dominican features award-winning pianist Yeol Eum Son.
Two of Johannes Brahms masterworks will be on the program Saturday, Oct. 13 during the New Philharmonic's inaugural performance of the 2012-2013 season at Dominican University. Led by its music director Kirk Muspratt, the NP will perform a program called "Brahms - Blissful and Bold," at 8 p.m. at the Lund Auditorium at Dominican University Performing Arts Center, 7900 W. Division St., River Forest. The highlight will be a performance of Brahm's Second Piano Concerto featuring Yeol Eum Son as soloist. A silver medalist at the International Van Cliburn Piano Competition in 2009, Son made her debut with the NP in March, peforming another Romantic period masterpiece, Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor. Son, who won second prize at the 14th …
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7900 Division St, River Forest, IL
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
University and utility officials say installation of steam system on River Forest campus to save energy.
For years, Dominican University has relied on an energy-gobbling boiler system to heat and cool a small handful of buildings at the school's River Forest campus. That began to change about two years ago, when university officials opted to eliminate the need for the boiler in the summer through a partnership with Plainfield-based DRF Trusted Property Solutions to create a custom energy system. The project fell under the umbrella of the Nicor Gas Energy Efficiency Program, which offers rebates for customers that install certain energy-saving products. Now, university officials say they've already started seeing the savings. Last month, leaders with Nicor and DRF gathered at the school's Rebecca Crown Library to hand over a rebate check …
Monday, June 25, 2012
Dominican University's "gifted and talented" program earns rave reviews during rocket launches
Patch paid a visit to Constitution Park in River Forest on Friday, where a handful of kids were eagerly anticipating the launch of model rockets into the summer sky. Some flew more than a thousand feet in the air and returned to earth in a slow float. Others were carried into the trees. At least one shot straight sideways after launch. It was part of Dominican University's Summer Gifted and Talented Program, a series of summer classes designed to "serve the academic and social needs of highly motivated gifted and talented students entering grades 2-8 in the Fall with enriching and challenging instruction that is rooted in discovery-based learning, differentiated instruction and assessments, flexible grouping, hands-on activities, real …
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Constitution Park
7715 Greenfield St, River Forest, IL
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
River Forest campus offers public television film crew a scenic setting.
Why, doesn't this sound fun. Peter Sagal, Oak Parker and beloved host of National Public Radio's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! is hosting a forthcoming PBS series titled The Constitution, which will bring Sagal across the country to talk about, you guessed it, the Constitution of the United States. One of those stops brought the film crew to the picturesque confines of Dominican University, where they shot scenes at the school's Cloister Walk and inside the Noonan Reading Room. "The campus has that academic feel to it," Sagal told a school spokesman."I was familiar with Dominican, and I'm happy that it worked out for us to come here." According to Insignia Films, the four-hour series, a co-production of Twin Cities Public Television and PBS, …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Symposium at Dominican University will tackle issues of race and equality in blues music.
"The blues are the roots. Everything else is the fruits." It's been a long time since blues legend Willie Dixon said that, and the country has made many strides in equality, music and social justice. But what about within the world of blues music? That's one of the main questions to be discussed at this weekend's symposium held at Dominican University. The forum, a biannual event at the university, will bring together scholars, musicians, writers and more to "explore the shared roots of blues and gospel music and their enduring impact on contemporary music and society." The focus will be on race and gender issues in modern blues. "It doesn't help," writes Chicago Tribune arts critic Howard Reich, "that blues artists toil in a music …
James T. Blanchard
9:37 am on Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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