Unity Temple

Unity Temple is growing. That's news because denominations that have been around for more than a hundred years haven't been doing so well lately — last year Southern Baptists were down .42 percent, United Methodists down 1.01 percent, ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church of America) down 1.96 percent, Presbyterian USA down 2.61 percent, Episcopalians down 2.48 percent. (National Council of Churches Yearbook)

The theft of metal in Oak Park and River Forest has focused mostly on copper downspouts and coping. But overnight between Sept. 28 and Sept. 29, the epidemic hit one of Oak Park's most famous landmarks, and hit it hard.

Mayan buildings at the 1893 Columbian Exposition inspired Oak Park's favorite architect and shaped the evolution of his Prairie Style

Tonight, Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m., Oak Park music historian David Patterson will re-introduce architecture fans to William C. Wright, the long-neglected yet highly influential composer-father of America's most famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. 

This coming Saturday, January 12, Unity Temple (875 Lake) will host Sugar Beet Cooperative's Winter's Eve Farmers' Market/Membership Kick-off Party. The proposed community-oriented grocery store will provide accessible, price-competitive locally sourced food and other items from a brick-and-mortar location planned for northeast Oak Park.