The public is invited to an open house from noon to 3 p.m. Friday, May 2, at the Oak Park Arms Retirement Community, 408 S. Oak Park Ave. The open house will offer tours of the grounds and the apartments, light refreshments and prizes. The public will get the chance to learn more about the […]
A discussion titled “Engaging with Ageing” will be held at 7 p.m., Monday, May 19, at the Oak Park Arms retirement community, 408 S. Oak Park Ave. Members of the baby boomer generation in the United States are turning 65 in record numbers, and soon there will be the largest senior population in the nation’s
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A wine and cheese reception will take place for the opening of a new art installation from 2– 4 p.m. Sunday, May 18, in the Narrow Gallery at the Oak Park Arms, 408 S. Oak Park Ave. This is a senior group show, which includes students from Nancy Fong’s art class. They will present their
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The Oak Park Arms Reader’s Theatre Ensemble (ARTE) presents readings from “Spoon River Anthology,” at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 17, at the Oak Park Arms, 408 S. Oak Park Ave. The lives of native Illinoisans are portrayed in soliloquies from “Spoon River Anthology,” written in 1915 by Edgar Lee Masters. The work is a collection
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A Treasure or Trinket event will be held from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Thursday, May 15, at the Oak Park Arms retirement community, 408 S. Oak Park Ave. The public is invited to bring in personal items for evaluation by certified appraisers. On hand will be experts in jewelry, fine art, textiles, toys, dolls,
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The Oak Park Arms Music Club (record spinning club) will celebrate Mother’s Day, Memorial Day and the start of spring at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 8, 408 S. Oak Park Ave. Host Dan Kane will spin the oldies in a song salute to motherhood, the flowers that bloom and veterans. A resident of Oak Park,
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The Monday Night Concert Series continues with a vocal performance by Howard McClain at 7 p.m. Monday, September 19, at the Oak Park Arms, 408 S. Oak Park Ave. McClain will be accompanied by pianist Jeremy Kahn and clarinet/saxophone player Eric Schneider who will also perform selected duets together. In addition, Monday Night Concert host
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A genealogy workshop will be held from 2 – 4 p.m., Sunday, October 15, at the Oak Park Arms retirement community, 408 S. Oak Park Ave. Oak Park resident Dan Kane, founder and proprietor of Extended Family Ties, will facilitate the workshop. It is free and open to the public. Genealogy is the study of
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Roberta Kulik will teach a cha-cha dance workshop at 11 a.m., Thursday, May 8, at the Oak Park Arms, 408 S. Oak Park Ave. The cha-cha-cha, or “cha-cha” for short, is an energetic Cuban dance. Often danced at ballroom events and Latin clubs, cha-cha music’s beginnings are attributed solely to Cuban composer and violinist, Enrique
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The Polish Film Festival series continues with the film, “The Promised Land,” at 4 p.m. Friday, May 9, at the Oak Park Arms, 408 S. Oak Park Ave. The film will be viewed and reviewed with radio announcer Dan Kane. The 1975 drama was directed by Andrzej Wajda and based on a novel by Wladyslaw
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