🌱 Early Voting + Long-Awaited Concert + Team Wins Five Straight

It's a new month, Oak Park and River Forest! In your first April newsletter, find out:

• The results of the River Forest Police Department's March traffic campaign.
• Who will be the next leader of Visit Oak Park?
• Which local sports team is on a win streak.

But first, today's weather: Showers of rain and snow. High: 43 Low: 29.

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Here are the top 4 stories today in Oak Park-River Forest:

1. Early voting continues through Monday afternoon at Oak Park Village Hall. It is not a polling place on Election Day. Several local government positions are on the ballot Tuesday. (VOP)

2. Annie Coakley was named the executive director of Visit Oak Park after previously serving in similar roles in Evanston and Chicago. Her appointment goes into effect May 1. (VOP)

3. The OPRF High School volleyball team is undefeated so far this season, with a 5-0 record since March 20. The group also won at the Oswego Invitational. (Wednesday Journal)

4. The Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest will perform its postponed biennial concert next week in Chicago. The performance was originally planned in 2020 before being canceled due to the pandemic. It is now set for Monday in Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center on Michigan Avenue. (Review)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Bring broken items to Fox Center’s Repair Cafe. (10 a.m.)
• Artist Delia Jean Hickey presents her portrait work at Oak Park Public Library. (12:30 p.m.)
• The 50th Annual Triton Troupers Circus wraps up in River Grove. (1 p.m. and 7 p.m.)
• The final few performances of “Bright Star” are held at Fenwick High School. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Oak Park was included among Livability’s “best places to live in the Midwest.” (Livability)
• River Forest police issued more than 20 traffic citations during its St. Patrick’s Day enforcement campaign. (VRF)
• The Oak Park Area Arts Council is accepting applications for its Off the Wall summer youth program. (OPAAC)
• Oak Park Public Library recognized the Transgender Day of Visibility yesterday. (OPPL)

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Featured events:

• Music to Dine by with Doug Lalli at Tre Sorelle by Mancini (April 1)
• Doug Lalli Performs at Tre Sorelle by Mancini on Saturday, April 1 (April 1)
• "An Afternoon with Tanya Egler – A Heritage of Black Gospel Music," a concert by Tanya Egler (April 2)
• Tre Sorelle Sunday Jazz Jam with John Scoville & Friends (April 2)
• Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest Presents Berlioz Te Deum and World Premiere Symphony (April 3)
• Berlioz Te Deum and a World Premiere Symphony (April 3)
• Wedding Band Event at Bella Cosa Jewelers (April 15)
• A Charcuterie Happy Hour: Networking Event (April 19)
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That's all for today! Have a great weekend.

— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Oak Park-River Forest Patch newsletter? Contact me at georgi.presecky@patch.com.