🌱 Styrofoam Ban + Mpox Uptick + Movies In The Park Return

Happy Friday, Oak Park and River Forest! In today's Daily:

• Two people were robbed at gunpoint earlier this week.
• An Oak Park attraction is featured in a new Illinois travel book.
• The farmers market returns Saturday.

But first, today's weather: Showers around; not as warm. High: 68 Low: 49.

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

1. Two people sitting in a parked car were robbed at gunpoint Tuesday in Oak Park, according to police. The offender pointed a handgun inside the vehicle in the 200 block of Chicago and demanded their wallets, getting away with $800. (OPPD)

2. Oak Park trustees approved a ban on the use of Styrofoam containers at local restaurants beginning next year, the Wednesday Journal reports. A new ordinance will also ban plastic utensils unless requested by the customer beginning June 1. (Wednesday Journal)

3. The CDC issued a health alert this week after more than a dozen new cases of mpox were reported in Chicago, the highest case count in any city nationwide. Of the 13 reported cases, nine were detected in vaccinated people. More information about mpox, formerly called monkeypox, is available through the Oak Park Department of Public Health. (Patch)

4. The Oak Park Farmers Market returns tomorrow morning and runs weekly through October. The event, entering its 48th season, is held weekly at the Pilgrim Congregational Church parking lot from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. (VOP)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• The River Forest Fire Department hosts a pancake breakfast for seniors at The Sheridan. (9:30 a.m.)
• Austin Gardens offers a “Mistakeumentary Movie Night.” (6:30 p.m.)
• The Hemingway Birthplace Museum presents “The Nick Adams Stories: A World Premiere of a New Piece Based on Hemingway's Famed Stories.” (7 p.m.)
• A “Midnight at the Masquerade” murder mystery party is held at Pleasant Home. (7 p.m.)
• City Voices presents “Musicians Wrestle Everywhere” at First United Church of Oak Park. (7:30 p.m.)
• Artist-in-Residence Joey Weisenberg performs at Oak Park Temple. (8:15 p.m.)
• See a free screening of “Puss In Boots” at Scoville Park. (Dusk)

From my notebook:

• The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio is featured in a new travel book, “100 Things To Do in Illinois Before You Die.” (Paid source: Naperville Sun)
• Concordia University announced new vice presidents of academic affairs, strategy and innovation. (CU)
• Oak Park Public Library will launch its adult summer reading program June 1. (Library)

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That's all for today! See you tomorrow for the Saturday edition.

— 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.

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