Shout Out: Colleen McNichols, farmers market manager
New Oak Park farmers market manager Colleen McNichols, 54, of Chicago answered a few questions for the Oak Leaves on June 24 about the market, in its 42nd season this...
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Nasty Women Oak Park art event to raise funds for Planned Parenthood of Illinois
Submissions are being sought for a female-focused art show raising money for Planned Parenthood of Illinois. The Nasty Women Oak Park art exhibition and fundraiser will be held from 6-9...
Shout Out: Elena Palka-Flores, King Conservation Scholar
After spending the past three years as a King Conservation Science Scholar with the Chicago Zoological Society, Elena Palka-Flores, 17, of Oak Park graduated high school this spring and took...
Bricks Wood Fired Pizza Cafe headed to Oak Park Avenue
When Bill Wilson first started Bricks Wood Fired Pizza Cafe more than a decade ago, he had his eye on Oak Park. Unable to find the right commercial space, Wilson...
Wire school to focus on ‘music as a business, as a vocation’
When Chris Neville and Jon Smith opened Wire in Berwyn in 2013, they envisioned one day incorporating a music school and recording studio into the music venue. Four years later,...
Shout Out: Brenda Potts, fan of festivals and shawarma
As she left the Oak Park farmers market on Lake Street on a recent Saturday, Brenda Potts, 63, of Oak Park, took time out to answer a few questions for...
Restaurateur aims to fill need in Oak Park arts district
Patrick O'Brien, chef/owner of the Scratch restaurant group, will open District Kitchen and Tap in the last two vacant units in the Harrison and Harvey building in the arts district....
Courageous Bakery and Cafe headed to Lake Street in Oak Park
The owner of an Elmhurst cafe and bakery is set to open her second location in the former Red Hen Bread space on Lake Street in Oak Park. Courageous Bakery...
New owners take over at Cafe Descartes in Oak Park
The couple who've taken ownership of a cafe new to Oak Park are in the process of giving it an Indian flair. Cafe Descartes, at 1018 Lake St., was purchased...
Shout Out: Alex and Marisol Medina, fans of Oak Park festival
As they took part in the 44th A Day in Our Village festival June 4 at Scoville Park in Oak Park, Alex, 48, and Marisol Medina, 49, of Cicero answered...