🌱 Patch AM: Lunch & Learn and 12 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Vaccine Clinic at Premier Paws Veterinary Service
• Make Your Own Bookmarks at Oak Park Public Library
• New Year Goal-Setting Workshop at Oak Park Public Library

... and check out 7 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: Playing golf is bad for your brain. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Some sun, then clouds; colder, with a high of 24 and low of 19 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 30, low: 18.
• Saturday: Mainly cloudy, with a high of 29 and low of 18 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Forest Park

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 10

• Vaccine Clinic
  Premier Paws Veterinary Service, 7900 Lavergne Ave, Burbank
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Friday January 2

• Make Your Own Bookmarks
  Oak Park Public Library , 834 Lake St. , Oak Park
  4:00 pm

Saturday January 3

• New Year Goal-Setting Workshop
  Oak Park Public Library , 834 Lake St. , Oak Park
  12:00 pm
• Lunch & Learn
  West Central SDA Church , 1154 Wisconsin Ave , Oak Park
  12:30 pm

Sunday January 4

• OP* - Prayers: Wishfulfilling Jewel
  Kadampa Meditation Center Chicago , 13 Harrison Street , Oak Park
  12:30 pm
• Knocking Out Goals
  Oak Park Public Library , 255 Augusta St. , Oak Park
  12:30 pm

Monday January 5

• Art Exhibit: "Unseen Eyes: Exploring Surveillance and Facial Recognition Technology" by Katherine Bergholz
  Oak Park Public Library , 845 Gunderson Ave. , Oak Park
• Coffee Monday
  River Forest Public Library , 735 Lathrop Avenue , River Forest
  10:00 am
• School's Out: Interactive Blues Music Concert with Wendy & DB!
  Oak Park Public Library , 834 Lake St. , Oak Park
  10:30 am

Saturday January 10

• Master Bespoke Tailor Launches Hands-On Fashion Classes at E.W.S. Fashion Academy, est. 1995
  137 N Oak Park Ave , Oak Park
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday January 1

• Youth Boxing 01-2026(6 - 17 yrs old) - Cicero, IL 2026
  Warren Park , 5631 W 16th St , Cicero
  4:00 pm

Friday January 2

• Winter Break
  Riverside SD 96 Riverside, IL 60546
• Coffee + Conversations
  Blueberry Hill , 49 S. La Grange Rd , La Grange
  8:30 am
• Coffee & Commerce
  Blueberry Hill , 49 S. La Grange Rd , La Grange
  8:30 am

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Forest Park PatchAM possible:

• Oak Park Conservatory — (708) 725-2400
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• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
  Teach your kids they can achieve the impossible!
• Laurie Christofano, Realtor | RE/MAX In The Village — (630) 248-1976
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Ground stop at airport in Chicago, Illinois.
  8:56PM on Dec 30: Inbound aircraft to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) are being held at their origin, and a ground stop has been issued… (Nextdoor )

• Sylvan Learning, Inc. posted a job opening for Tutor / Teacher - Part-Time in Forest Park. Apply here.
• Proviso Area for Exceptional Children posted a job opening for Adaptive Physical Education Teacher ~ Center in Maywood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Forest Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

River Forest

• Why Winter's Better In Oak Park-River Forest: Beat The Blues With These Local Picks (patch.com)

Oak Park

• Betty White Was Less Than Three Weeks Away From Turning 100 — Then She Died From A 'Mild' Stroke (allthatsinteresting.com)
• Rioters? Agitators? Immigration agents' claims against US citizens mostly fall apart in court. (chicagotribune.com)
• New Year's Eve Weekend in Chicago with Kids: Countdown to 2026 (mommypoppins.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I just heard a golfer say he had four strokes on the first hole!
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