Hay Caramba celebrates 25 years in Park Ridge
When Robert Fitzsimmons first started dining at Hay Caramba in Park Ridge, he recalled his son being brought into the restaurant in a baby carrier. "And now he's 15, and...
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Animal Care League’s holiday bazaar adds 3rd day
The Animal Care League has added an additional day, as well as a new location, for its annual holiday bazaar. That's a third day of unique gifts, photos with Santa,...
‘A true creative’: Friends, family pay tribute to Eric Brightfield
Music from Bob Dylan, Al Green and David Bowie played in the softly lit room, and an enormous "W" covered the rear wall on the stage. In front of it,...
‘She lived to teach’: Nearly 200 pay tribute to ‘Miss Dee Dee’ in Oak Park
The soft chug of Sweet Honey in the Rock's, "We Are," one of her favorite songs, played in tribute to Dr. Deneita "Miss Dee Dee" Farmer as nearly 200 students,...
Teatro Leyden takes on ‘Story of a Stairway’ in both English, Spanish
What story could your stairs tell about your life? For some that might be an interesting tale day to day, but now imagine what that story might be over decades....
Battle of the Bard: Shakespeare, slam-style, at OPRF
Feet stomp, fingers snap, arms flail and bodies fall to the ground. Now add rap music, ripped jeans, T-shirts and, most importantly, soaring voices, bellowing the prose of William Shakespeare...
Forum at Oak Park church seeks solutions to combat racism
Participants gathered around more than a dozen round tables on Sunday in the basement of Euclid Avenue Methodist Church, where they put their heads together about racism. The focus was...
Leyden students say overseas trip builds understanding of human rights
For the first time, students from West Leyden and East Leyden high schools combined for a summer Education First excursion to Italy and the Netherlands in the name of human...
‘Spirits’ come alive at Town of Maine Cemetery event
Alex Sewielski wore a brown brimmed hat that tilted slightly to the right. Dressed in a navy blue, gold buttoned coat, dingy blue baggy trousers and brown knee boots, Sewielski...
‘Powerful story’: W. Leyden teacher spent summer helping Syrian refugees
West Leyden High School math teacher Aysha Shedbalkar said she had been aware of the plight of those affected by war in Syria, but it took one famous image to...