Photographer lights up landscapes at La Grange Art League
It's never too late to learn something new, it seems and, even more important, to discover something you love. Although, technically, photography is hardly a new interest for Oak Brook...
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Silent movies still making big noise at Pleasant Home
Just like Charlie Chaplin in the 1916 comedy "The Rink," John Farson, the millionaire banker who built Pleasant Home in Oak Park, liked to slip on a pair of skates...
Citadel Theatre’s ‘Spoon River’ celebrates life in death
Veteran actor and director Frank Farrell has been attracted to outdoor theater throughout his career, so much so that he attempted to stage outdoor productions in winter while serving as...
Muse of Fire keeps busy with Shakespeare this summer
Now beginning its eighth season of performing free outdoor Shakespeare, Muse of Fire Theatre Company is just now getting around to staging "A Midsummer Night's Dream." It's not that the...
Sinfonietta Bel Canto debuts vocal festival at Mayslake
Ordinarily, the term sinfonietta either refers to a shorter symphonic work or a smaller orchestra company, but Dan Pasquale D'Andrea had something else in mind when he co-founded Sinfonietta Bel...
‘The Things They Carried’ author Tim O’Brien to share personal reflections on Hemingway
A National Book Award winner for his novel "Going After Cacciato," Tim O'Brien was also a Pulitzer Prize-nominee for his best selling "The Things They Carried" — both books, like...
Oak Park Art League exhibit honors all things Hemingway
The Oak Park Art League has an intimate connection to Ernest Hemingway. The league was championed by Hemingway's mother, Grace Hall Hemingway — a painter who exhibited at art league...
Hemingway writer-in-residence tunes into ‘Night Radio’
For a kid who grew up captivated by stories and storytelling, David W. Berner, the current writer-in-residence for the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park, found an unusual outlet for...
Get on board for trolley tour of Wilmette celebrity homes
Kathy Hussey-Arntson and Patrick Leary, director and curator of the Wilmette Historical Museum, were discussing ways to promote their new "Local Legends" exhibit, when the notion of a Hollywood Homes...
OPRF walk features 11 distinctive gardens
There is no shortage of tour-worthy private gardens in the Oak Park/River Forest area. After all, the Garden Club of Oak Park and River Forest has been highlighting quite a...