Join us for process painting, free meditation classes and other enriching activities!

Join us this month for events and classes! Our Third Friday event is in conjunction with Kathy Reller’s Designs at 31 Harrison.

Karen Morava of the Careful Peach Boutique will be moving to Downtown Oak Park to expand her space. Best of luck, Karen, the Arts District will miss you!

Flashpoint Academy students filmed at Val’s halla Records for a documentary on the health of independent music stores.

Two Arts District members, Laura Maychruk and Georgina Mitchell, were runners up for Wednesday Journal’s 2009 Villager of the Year.

By Laurie Borman
Chicago Street Smart

Chicago’s Magnificent Mile® and State Street are must-dos for any holiday strolling, of course. The store windows in Macy’s, the lights up and down Michigan Ave. But there are lots more places …

Finish your holiday shopping in the Oak Park Arts District this weekend. We’re open late this Friday (6-9 PM, with some restaurants open later!), and will light the street in your honor. Don’t forget to support Oak Park schools with your purchase of Origami Gratitude Cranes!

“Shop the Village” is back in Oak Park!  This year, organizers outfitted a character “Super Shopper Spotter,” in a customized super-hero costume, complete with bright red cape, mask and boots. With the letter “S” in …

For the holiday ritual that drove people out of town, Longfellow moms and a whole bunch of helper elves put together a neighborhood fundraiser. See more of the article in the Wednesday Journal by Matthew Wilson.

The new addition to Dancing Krow Studio, the Third Friday Gallery (43 Harrison), looking for new artists to join us in showing their work during the January and all future Third Fridays.  If you are interested in being seen, …