Every year, on the last day of the Oak Park Farmer's Market, the village prepares, serves and enjoys Stone Soup.

You’ve heard of it! Parent Cafes for the Community - an opportunity to create conversations about alcohol and substance use among teens in Oak Park, River Forest.  

Polls are now closed throughout Cook County, and Wednesday Journal is tracking the results of Oak Park and River Forest's twin referenda as they come in.

I'd like to call this blog, The Blog Café. I'd like to think of it as coffee with friends, a chat with neighbors and a sharing of information in a casual friendly way. It's the destination for 'what's going on, in and about River Forest'. I see it as a way for our community to share ideas, keep up to date and learn more about our Village. I truly believe that great ideas can come from small conversations. So let the conversations begin!

What's the best thing about the Oak Park Farmers' Market? Many quickly say that it's the nationally known donuts! I say it's community! Last Saturday marked the last market of 2010. It'll be six and a half months until the next market on May 21, 2011.

Original Pancake House in Forest Park gives you a break on the price of pancakes. Only one catch: you have to exercise your right to vote.

Oak Park composer premieres original music at MOMENTA's upcoming fall dance concerts on November 6, 7, 13 and 14.

My wife Marsha tricked me into going to the Obama rally in Hyde Park Saturday. She told me that the gates opened at 4 p.m., and the program began at 4:30 p.m. 

Many Oak Park neighborhoods seek permits for block parties on Halloween that seem designed not to celebrate the community but to keep the community out.