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Oak Park fashion boutique relocating to Forest Park
Takara Beathea-Gudell will be moving her Oak Park-based clothing and accessories store to Forest Park in mid-June, a move inspired, in part, by her desire to find better dance partners. "I'm happy to be part of a business district again. I think, for me, I'm more of a high-end fashion designer and I'm like an island over here" in the Oak Park Arts District, she said. "I'm not really dancing with anyone, so I need to partner with businesses that are right at my price point.
For Oak Park teen, philanthropy is a way of life
ALL IN THE FAMILY: Sadie Briggs is a member of the philanthropic Shakers of Oak Park. | Photo submitted Inside their Oak Park home is a change jar in the kitchen that the family's oldest child, 15-year-old Sadie Briggs, says symbolizes the legacy of her great-grandfather, Joseph R. Shaker. "It's always in my head that if you have extra change, it goes to St. Jude," Briggs said, referencing the Memphis, Tennessee-based pediatric hospital that Shaker was influential in founding.
Big Week July 26- Aug. 2
Savor food, wine, music, dance and all things authentically European. See the "Salon de Paris" art exhibit on Westgate as well as numerous other artists along Marion. Can-Can dancers, mime, French lessons, crepes, a poodle parade (all dogs welcome) and more. Info: downtownoakpark.net/signature-event/art-dans-la-rue/. Marion St. between Lake and North Blvd. Start your weekends early by dining out and soaking in free live entertainment every Thursday through Aug. 31.
River Forest drafts a Welcoming Resolution
The River Forest Village Board is currently working on a so-called "welcoming resolution" draft to spell out its policies toward undocumented village residents and visitors. As reported by Wednesday Journal, nearby communities, including Oak Park, have adopted similar measures in recent months. At its July 10 meeting, village trustees discussed a working draft of the resolution and took public comment.
A leap of faith ... that paid off!
Last year, in what can be described as either a mid-life crisis or a leap of faith (or a combination of both), I quit my day job, packed my bags and went to Hollywood to seek my fortune as an actor. Though I've been a professional actor here in Chicago for the past 30 years, I've never quite been able to make a living in the arts here. Plenty of work, sure, but ... it wasn't enough to pay the bills.
D97 will use extra taxes to pay down debt
Nineteen thousand Oak Park property taxpayers who collectively paid an extra and unexpected $2.6 million in taxes to Oak Park District 97's will have to wait a little longer to get that money back.
Equity in English
Odds and ends with some a bit odder than others: English, please: Wrote an editorial for today's issue lauding District 97 for its intense focus on equity (aka: the achievement gap). Had to work my way through a three-page memo to the school board from Supt. Carol Kelley seeking approval of a new administrative position tied to equity. Have to say this was the most jargon-bound, hard-to-connect-with piece of writing I've been forced to digest in a good long time.
Forest Parker lands Fulbright scholarship
Forest Park resident Brooke Reavey was sitting in a plane on a tarmac in Mexico City in March, anxiously checking her email while her phone reoriented and searched for a cellular signal. Reavey, a professor of marketing at Dominican University in River Forest, had applied for a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship about a year earlier and had made it through the first round of selections in December 2016. She and her husband were in Mexico on a spring break trip.
Alcuin Montessori to expand to Roosevelt Road
Alcuin Montessori School, which holds the title of being the second Montessori school to open in the nation, is growing and could soon have a new facility in the 6900 block of Roosevelt Road. The school was founded by six Oak Park families in 1961 with one classroom of 24 students at the old Lowell School at the corner of Lake and Forest; it has grown over the decades to include classes for 140 students' preschool through 8th grade and 30 employees.
A tangled mess | Articles | News | OakPark.com
Knit knot: Dozens of designers are claiming their patterns were sold by Fiberista Club without their permission. Corrine Walcher, a designer from Towson, Maryland, said her Working Title sock design (not pictured) was sent to Fiberista Club members without her consent or payment in July of 2016. "I don't need the money; that is not the point," she said. "He stole from me and dozens of other people.
Dog attack spurs River Forester to go on months-long hunt
River Forester Lee Neubecker was walking his greyhound, Roxie, in mid-April about a block from his house when a pit bull came bounding toward him and his dog, knocking the 6-foot-6, 300-pound Neubecker into a bush, scratching his chest through his shirt. The 44-year-old Neubecker got up, grabbed a tree branch as protection, and ran toward his fenced-in backyard with Roxie, where the pit bull caught up to the pair and began attacking Roxie, who by then was trying to crawl under the locked gate.
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