Oak Park Festival Theatre announces its 2010-2011 performance season. For the first time in OPFT's history, there will be two productions indoors, in addition to the two outdoors in Austin Gardens.On the heels of a hugely successful 2010 summer season, OPFT will produce Betrayal by Harold Pinter, directed by Kevin Christopher Fox, in the studio theatre at the Oak Park-River Forest Performing Arts Center (formerly Village Players Theatre). A spring production of Faith Healer by Brian Friel, directed by Belinda Bremner, will play in the same location. The summer season in Austin Gardens will be two Shakespeare histories: The History of King Henry the Fourth, adapted by Stanton Davis from Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 1 and Part 2 and directed by Davis; and Henry the Fifth, directed by Kevin Theis. Nobel Prize, Tony, and Olivier Award winner Harold Pinter is one of the most celebrated and influential playwrights in the English language. His masterpiece, Betrayal, is a dangerous, funny, sexy and deeply personal journey backward–from the end, to the beginning of a seven year affair between Jerry and Emma, the wife of Jerry's best friend. The play's unique structure, with Pinter's trademark economy of language and silence, sets the stage for a thrilling meditation on marriage, passion, trust and friendship. Kevin Christopher Fox directed the Jeff Recommended Arms and the Man for OPFT to the delight of both critics and audiences, and now he turns his attention to a later 20th century classic. Betrayal opens Sunday, October 10, 2010 and runs through Saturday, November 13, 2010, with previews October 7 to 9. Brian Friel's lyrical, riveting and haunting work Faith Healer is a masterpiece of storytelling, interlacing three lives and …More
Group Exhibit of select artwork by Oak Park Art League members;
Carol Richardson O’Brien, Christine Worley, Jenny Tiner, Hillaurie Fritz
Opening Reception July 29th 6-8pm More
Oak Park Festival Theatre announces its 2010-2011 performance season. For the first time in OPFT's history, there will be two productions indoors, in addition to the two outdoors in … More
A dial on Tom Bassett-Dilley's iPhone-like "smart meter" showed the architect's modest Oak Park home was using 1 cent per hour in electricity.
"Watch this," he said. He switched on the … More
TribLocal is expanding its coverage of local prep sports this year and partnering with Chicago Tribune sports staff along with The Mash to bring readers more news about their high school … More
A standing-room-only audience celebrated the 90th anniversary of American women getting the right to vote with the League of Women Voters of Oak Park & River Forest at the Oak Park Public … More
Mike says that when he was growing up in California in the 1970s, he was the only person he knew who had a subscription to Organic Gardening magazine. More
Before debates erupted nationally about a mosque to be built near Ground Zero, members of First United Church of Oak Park expressed a desire to get to know our Muslim neighbors. Together, with our Muslim partners, First United Church has … More
The Dominican University men’s soccer team, gunning for their fifth straight Northern Athletics Conference (NAC) Championship, have been tabbed the unanimous favorite to win the conference crown in the annual NAC Preseason Coaches’ … More
Nominations are being sought for Green Awards, a program created by the Environmental & Energy Advisory Commission to recognize specific deeds or actions that embody and advance work toward a sustainable future.
Nominations may be … More
If you are an Oak Parker with a disability, the Universal Access Commission (UAC) wants to hear your ideas on how to make community services and information more accessible.
The UAC, citizen volunteers who advises the Village Board on … More
A dial on Tom Bassett-Dilley's iPhone-like "smart meter" showed the architect's modest Oak Park home was using 1 cent per hour in electricity.
"Watch this," he said. He switched on the … More
TribLocal is expanding its coverage of local prep sports this year and partnering with Chicago Tribune sports staff along with The Mash to bring readers more news about their high school … More
A standing-room-only audience celebrated the 90th anniversary of American women getting the right to vote with the League of Women Voters of Oak Park & River Forest at the Oak Park Public … More
Mike says that when he was growing up in California in the 1970s, he was the only person he knew who had a subscription to Organic Gardening magazine. More
Seeking Participants for Study Regarding Wives of Iraqi War Veterans
A researcher affiliated with the Adler School of Professional Psychology is seeking to interview women who are in their 20’s … More
Seeking Participants for Study Regarding Wives of Iraqi War Veterans
A researcher affiliated with the Adler School of Professional Psychology is seeking to interview women who are in their 20’s … More
A group show featuring diverse artwork by four Oak Park Art League Artist Members
Carol Richardson-O'Brien, Christine Worley, Hillaurie Fritz, Jenny Tiner
Show runs July 13th - Sept 7th More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FROM: New Trier High School East Class of 1980 CONTACT: Elizabeth Kretchmer
Reunion Committee 720/344-4379
mtnliving@q.com
NEW TRIER HIGH SCHOOL EAST CLASS … More
The Legendary Second City comes to Metropolis for a limited engagement run of their mega-hit musical comedy revue, Rod Blagojevich Superstar. It’s a monumentally hilarious comedy about the rise and … More
