FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th
The street will be lined with luminaries as galleries & stores stay open with special guests and events.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11th
More than 50 artists will be exhibiting along the sidewalk.
Live Music and Dance performances …
Descriptions of the businesses, galleries, and restaurants you’ll find in the arts district.
We have many district-wide events – Art Festivals, Third Friday Gallery Walks, Celebrations and Retreats!
Many of our member galleries and business have exhibitions, events, and classes throughout the year.
Read what the press has to say about the Oak Park Arts District and our members.
Public announcements and notices from our individual members and/or association.
The Joe Olson Trio will perform at Creative Changes during the What’s Blooming on Harrison event. Enjoy the teen jazz improv from 7-10 PM on Friday, May 15, at 140 Harrison.
Enjoy readings from a dozen local writers, including a potpourri of fiction,
poetry, memoir, drama, and children’s literature. Presented by the Oak Park Writers’ Group at Eastgate Cafe (102 Harrison).
Enjoy the music of Gilmary Doyle-Andrews at a party celebrating the release of her first CD, “Comes Up Grinnin’.”
Jewelry and clothing from “upcycled” materials are all the rage at this year’s What’s Blooming on Harrison event sponsored by the Oak Park Arts District.
Ridge Art hosts a show of traditional Haitian papier mache carnival masks, bowls and ornaments made by children in Jacmel, Haiti. The artists are a part of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, a non-profit arts organization.
Call for submission - Ridge Art, located at 21 Harrison Street in Oak Park’s Arts District, is looking for artists who work in papier mâché for a group show. The show opens during the Arts District’s …
Save your local economy..three stores at a time.
Check out the new DineOakPark.com website for great May deals at local restaurants, including our own Buzz Cafe, Trattoria 225 and Briejo. Want free dinner for your kids? How about a dessert on the house? Or that second wood-fired pizza?
Val Camilletti from Val’s halla Records (239 Harrison) was featured in the 4/21/09 Wednesday Journal for Record Store Day.
The Oak Park Arts District hosted its 2nd annual Easter event on Friday, 4/10. Over 200 children and their families attended the event on Harrison Street between Austin and Ridgeland. Read more…
Arts Retreat Weekend
2010 ArtRageous! Oak Park events in the Oak Park Arts District
Friday, October 8 through Sunday, October 10, 2010
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Back by popular demand, the Oak Park Arts District is offering an arts retreat weekend for …
Trattoria 225 will keep its name and menu in the switchover but will lose Craig Charlton, the Oak Park resident who brought the eatery to life in 2007. He closed the sale on Monday to …
Ridge Art, is thrilled to announce that it will be showing vintage Haitian metal sculpture from the 60’s and 70’s at Gallery Pink, 149 Harrison Street, Oak Park, IL, from September 10th through October 30th. …