🌱 Tap Room Controversy Continues + Celebrating Seniors Week

Good morning, Oak Park and River Forest! Today marks one year of curating your Daily Patch newsletter! It’s been a joy and privilege to bring a summary of local news to your inbox every day, and I look forward to many more.

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First, today's weather: Partly sunny and warmer. High: 85 Low: 69.

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

1. A hearing will be held tomorrow at Forest Park Village Hall to determine if Forest Park Tap Room will keep its liquor license. Police Chief Kenneth Gross asked the liquor commissioner not to renew the license after several complaints about noise, rowdiness and COVID-19 violations at the Madison Street bar. (Forest Park Review)

2. Dominican University professor Elvira Kizilova continues to speak out about the war in her native Ukraine. The marketing and business professor spoke to WBBM this week about Russian influence in the U.S. and Europe. (WBBM)

3. Celebrating Seniors Week will return to Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park beginning May 12. The week-long event will feature a community scavenger hunt, blood drive, “Golden Girls” trivia, pickleball, yoga and more. Sessions on housing, mindfulness, writing and health will also be offered. Click here for the full schedule. (Patch)

4. The library’s Leading Edge Teen Advisory Board is collecting essentials to donate to three Oak Park charities: Sarah’s Inn, New Moms and Housing Forward. Hygiene products, soap, socks, deodorant and more can be dropped off at Oak Park Public Library through May 16. (OPPL)

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Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Go for a morning story walk in Scoville Park. (9 a.m.)
• Oak Park Public Library hosts Scrabble Club (10 a.m.), virtual chair yoga (12:30 p.m.) and an employment workshop with the Illinois Department of Human Services. (2 p.m.)
• Triton College softball takes on Illinois Valley for a quarter-final play-off game. (3 p.m.)
• Interested in becoming an Oak Park tour guide? Join OPRF Museum for an enrichment session. (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Artistic Director Bill Chin is leaving Pro Musica Youth Chorus after 18 years. His last performance with the group is May 17. (Wednesday Journal)
• The Village of River Forest is seeking volunteers for its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee. (VRF)
• The deadline for vehicle licenses in Oak Park is July 15. (VOP)
• Author June Skinner Sawyers will discuss her book “Chicago Beer: A History of Brewing, Public Drinking and the Corner Bar” in Forest Park this weekend. (Paid source: Oak Leaves)

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That's all for May 10! See you tomorrow for another Daily.

— 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.