🌱 Oak Park To Lift Mask Mandate + Wright Trust Seeks Volunteers

Happy Sunday, Oak Park and River Forest! Here's a quick guide to what's making headlines in the area.

First, today's weather: Mostly sunny. High: 40 Low: 27.

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Here are the top 5 stories in Oak Park-River Forest today:

1. Oak Park will lift its mask and vaccine mandates tomorrow, the health department announced Friday. The statewide indoor mask mandate also expires Monday. (VOP)

2. Two men were arrested at the Forest Park Blue Line terminal last week after robbing a CTA passenger at knifepoint, police said. Both were charged with armed robbery. (Forest Park Review)

3. Dominican University professor Elvira Kizilova discussed the Russian invasion of Ukraine on ABC this week. The River Forest educator lived in Ukraine for more than 30 years and said the current crisis is a “nightmare.” (ABC)

4. The Wright Plus House Walk will return May 12 after multiple pandemic delays and cancellations. The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust is seeking volunteers to assist with the event. (Wednesday Journal)

5. Donors raised more than $23,000 in a GoFundMe campaign for the family of the late Charisma Ehresman, the 20-year-old nursing student whose body was found in Austin last month. An Oak Park man has been charged with her murder. (CBS)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Learn about grief journaling with Oak Park Public Library. (2 p.m.)
• Student composers recital at Concordia University. (7 p.m.)
• Oscar nominee “The Worst Person in the World” opens at Lake Theatre. (7:15 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Fenwick High School girls basketball team defeated Trinity this weekend and will advance to the super sectionals Monday. (Twitter)
• Today’s Global Film Forum event at River Forest Public Library has been canceled. (Library)
• Former Forest Park village administrator Tim Gillian was appointed to the village Fire and Police Commission. (Forest Park Review)

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— 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.