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Author Archives: Stan West

Posted inColumns

Civic Cinema is the theme at Oak Park Film Fest

by Stan West September 14, 2021September 14, 2021

In 2005, after filmmaker Yves Hughes and I screened “Diversity in Oak Park” at focus groups in Cannes, France, we joined casting director Donna Watts to launch the Oak Park International Film Festival at the Oak Park Public Library, thanks to the largesse of then-Associate Director Jim Madigan. Our vision was to present diverse films […]

Posted inOpinion

‘Champagne Stan’s’ Top 10 holiday bubblies

by Stan West December 23, 2019February 10, 2021
Posted inEats

“Champagne Stan’s” Top 10 Holiday Bubblies

by Stan West December 19, 2019
Posted inOpinion

Celebrating an epic, transformative year

by Stan West October 22, 2019February 10, 2021
Posted inFeatures, News

A visual feast of film

by Stan West September 4, 2019February 10, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Oak Park Film Fest showcases ‘Reel Resistance’

by Stan West September 11, 2018February 10, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Oak Parkers well represented at Chicago Film Fest

by Stan West November 7, 2017February 10, 2021
Posted inOpinion

‘Resist’ rocks!

by Stan West September 26, 2017February 10, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Baracoa from an Oak Park lens

by Stan West April 4, 2017February 10, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Black History Month in the Trumpocalypse

by Stan West March 7, 2017February 10, 2021

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