Forest Park Changes Curfew + Oak Park Hosts Back-To-School Day

Good morning, Oak Park and River Forest! Thanks for starting your week with the Patch newsletter.

First, today's weather: Clear throughout the day. High: 80 Low: 65.

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

1. Forest Park is again adjusting the curfew for bars along Madison Street, which will now be required to close at 1 a.m. due to “multiple incidents of violence and rowdiness.” (Forest Park Review)

2. School supplies, backpacks and COVID-19 tests and vaccinations were distributed at the 18th Annual Back-to-School Day in Oak Park this weekend, hosted by West Suburban Medical Center and the West Side Pastors’ Coalition for AIDS and Inner-City Health. (CBS Chicago)

3. River Forest resident Lucy Economos will sing the National Anthem before tonight’s White Sox game versus the Oakland Athletics. Economos is an OPRF High School graduate and studies theater at University of Illinois. (VORF)

4. Masks are required in indoor settings throughout Oak Park, but is it safe to dine indoors? The Tribune answers frequently asked questions about the safety of eating out - and how those who feel uncomfortable can still support local businesses. (Chicago Tribune)

5. On this day in Oak Park history: In 1942, 32 doctors and 46 nurses from West Suburban Hospital went to basic training before shipping out to the Pacific to serve as war medics. (OPRF Museum)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest

• Pick up a craft bag at River Forest Public Library. (All day)
• The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio offers "Sound and Space: Designing with Architecture and Music" for students grades 3-5. (8:30 a.m.)
• Outdoor story-time on the River Forest library lawn. (10 a.m.)
• The Roosevelt School Board of Education meets. (6 p.m.)

Oak Park-River Forest Patch Notebook

• Resident registration is now open for River Forest Park District fall programs; non-resident registration begins Aug. 30. (RFPD)
• Oak Park is accepting nominations for the Aging in Place Awards. (VOP)
• The River Forest Village Board recognized Roosevelt Middle School student Marin Chalmers for winning an honorable mention at the One Earth Film Festival Young Filmmakers Contest. (VORF)
• One Off Hospitality is hosting a back-to-school version of its monthly supper club in late August and early September. (VORF)

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