Some 120 dancers prepare each year to perform in The Nutcracker, being staged for its 35th year.

The 21st Annual Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society Holiday Housewalk and Market takes place this weekend, and includes tours of five Oak Park and River Forest homes.

The holiday shopping season is officially here — the trifecta of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday providing the fanfare.

In his life, Art Murnan has worn many hats, but his longest-lasting gig has been something that bound together his personal and professional lives.

Relative newcomer to the Oak Park culinary scene, Chef Roel Estanilla of Pig & Fire threw a Kamayan Feast at Lantern Haus, 7414 Madison St. in Forest Park) on Nov. 21, with approximately 40 guests enjoying an immersive "Filipino Friendsgiving" dining experience. 

After almost 30 years as the owner of Camille et Famille, RoseMary Gange is retiring and closing the doors of an apparel and accessories shop that became a gathering place.

An Oak Park and River Forest High School student's creativity is on display at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm, Sweden after he and an international team of students finished first in a design competition at the annual Global Student Summit in Davos, Switzerland in July.

On Sept. 20, a few hundred Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School students converged on the school's athletic field, joining millions of young people around the world for a Global Climate Strike.

Season four of the FX show "Fargo" filmed on the corner of Euclid Ave. and Randolph St. Nov. 21. Check out the beautiful antique cars with vintage license plates.

The calendar says it's fall, but winter is already here in the near western suburbs, with Oak Park and River Forest recording inches of snow on Halloween and record-breaking cold temperatures for early November.