“Only place in town you’ll hear Morrissey,” a Friday night bar regular will tell you about Briejo, the newest restaurant in the Oak Park Arts District and hands-down the hippest dining spot around.
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The 6/9/09 Wednesday Journal announced the village-wide arts celebration, ArtRageous! Oak Park. The Oak Park Arts District’s newest event, the Arts Retreat: Feed Your Senses • Nourish Your Soul, kicks off the 10-day ArtRageous celebration.

Val Camilletti from Val’s halla Records (239 Harrison) was featured in the 4/21/09 Wednesday Journal for Record Store Day.

Oak Park Arts District Business Association president, Pamela Penney (Pamela Penney Textile Arts, 130 Harrison), and board member, Karen Light (Studio Light, 27G Harrison), presented a check for $1000 to United Cerebral Palsy…

Eastgate Cafe (102 Harrison) was featured in an article in the 3/17/09 Wednesday Journal.

Terry Mueller (Creative Changes, 140 Harrison Street) is featured in a 3/11/09 Wednesday Journal article by Tom Holmes.

Peter and Karen Morava (Morava Studios, 11 Harrison, and Careful Peach, 128 Harrison) are featured in a 2/9/09 Wednesday Journal article.

Local Oak Parker, Tom Bassett-Dilly (Tom Bassett-Dilly Architecture, Inc., 301 Harrison), is featured for his innovative Green Garage design in an article by Brad Spenser on Wednesday Journal Homes.com.

The Oak Park Art’s District Winter Art Camp was featured in the Oak Leaves.

Oak Park Arts District’s attractiveness to home buyers is featured in a 7/28/08 Crain’s Chicago Business article by Darci Smith.