🌱 Village Could Reschedule Fireworks + Reproductive Rights Resolution

Good morning! Let's get to the Oak Park-River Forest Daily for July 13.

First, today's weather: An afternoon shower in spots. High: 82 Low: 65.

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

1. An attempted armed carjacking led to a crash early Monday morning in Oak Park, according to the police department. Two males approached a driver at Washington Boulevard and Lombard Avenue around 12 a.m., but the man in the car drove away before they could steal his vehicle. The carjackers were later involved in a crash at Randolph Street and Ridgeland Avenue. (Patch)

2. Oak Park trustees passed a resolution to classify reproductive rights as human rights in the village code, Wednesday Journal reports. Trustee Art Walker-Peddakotla requested the resolution, which passed unanimously. “It is very important to me that we use the language reproductive health because this is not just about abortions,” Walker-Peddakotla said. (Wednesday Journal)

3. Performances of “The Winter’s Tale” begin tonight at Austin Gardens and run through Aug. 20. The Shakespeare adaptation is being presented by Oak Park Festival Theatre. (OPFT)

4. Oak Park is featured in a new online exhibit about the history of discriminatory housing practices and segregation, according to the OPRF Musuem. “Unvarnished: Housing Discrimination in the Northern and Western United States” also features Naperville and four other U.S. communities. (OPRF Museum)

5. The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park will honor the hometown author’s birthdate with a 90-minute walking tour of “Young Hemingway’s Oak Park.” Tickets are still available for the event on July 22. (Hemingway Birthplace)

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Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Beer Shop hosts a “yappy hour” event for dogs and owners. (5 p.m.)
• The Park District of Oak Park hosts a job fair at Fox Center. (5 p.m.)
• Hear live music at the Dominican University Quad. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Making weekend plans? Check out happy hour on the patio at FitzGeralds Friday, the Forest Park Garden Walk on Saturday morning or a summer concert in Scoville Park Sunday night. (PDOP)
• Oak Park could potentially reschedule its July 4 fireworks display, which was canceled last week out of caution and respect for the Highland Park shooting victims. (Wednesday Journal)
• Insect Fest will be held tomorrow at Cummings Square. (FPDCC)
• Taco El Tio is expanding to Joliet. (Patch)

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You're all caught up! See you tomorrow for the Wednesday 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.