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It's that time of year again, bibliophiles. The Friends of the Oak Park Public Library host the 47th Annual Oak Park Book Fair in the air-conditioned comfort of the OPRF High School cafeteria, 201 N. Scoville, beginning Friday evening, Aug. 4 from 6 to 10 p.m. Since this is the "first crack," they charge a $5 admission. When the doors open, bargain hunters recreate the Oklahoma Sooner land rush. It's something to see. No one has been trampled yet (that we know of). On Saturday, Aug.
Trustees consider new police station
Setting the agenda: Oak Park trustees are working to set their priorities for the next two years and decide on which projects to focus. | File photo The Oak Park Board of Trustees began discussing its goals for the next two years at a planning meeting held Monday night in the offices of the Oak Park Public Works Department. Trustees took a broad look at the village in an effort to prioritize competing needs in the village, including everything from fair housing to economic development.
D97 creates new equity director position
The District 97 school board approved the hiring of a new Senior Director of Equity and reassigned two administrators during a regular meeting on July 18. The personnel moves are just the latest in a series of central office readjustments that have been made by D97 Supt. Carol Kelley since the end of the 2016-17 school year.
Inconvenient, but timely, sequel
Al Gore is back! The first of, we're sure, many popular-vote winners who will lose presidential elections this century (if we make it that far) has returned with a sequel to his well-received (yet largely ignored) documentary, An Inconvenient Truth (2006). Gore's latest, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, will be at the Lake Theatre starting Friday, Aug. 4, "on limited release," which means it might not be around long if enough people don't go to see it.
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.
Lynn Allen has left the building
During a regular District 97 school board meeting last month, Lynn Allen, the newly retired director of the district's Multicultural Center, gave something of a farewell address to the board. Her brief remarks, delivered during the public comment portion of the meeting, chastised district officials for what she felt was their less than vigilant approach to multicultural education in recent years.
Edible Garden tour this weekend
The work of some of the best green thumbs in the village will be on display this weekend during Sugar Beet Food Co-op's 6th Annual Edible Garden Tour. Sugar Beet says the self-guided tour gives residents "an insider's peek into the edible gardens of our neighbors in Oak Park, River Forest, Austin, and more." The tour runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. "into beautiful private and verdant community gardens" in an effort to inspire gardeners to grow their own food.
Food pantry burglarized at First United Church
Six iPads, a docking station and charging cables were stolen from the Oak Park-River Forest Food Pantry at First United Church of Oak Park, 848 Lake St., between 2 p.m. on July 15 and 10 a.m. on July 17. The thief gained entry by unknown means to a locked closet door in the basement. The estimated loss is $4,000. An Oak Park woman was robbed in the 6100 block of West Roosevelt Road at 8:05 p.m. on July 17.
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