Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 15, 2016. The Park Forest Economic Development Advisory Group each year recognizes current Park Forest business owners for excellence in community service and making a difference by honoring the winner with the Sam Montella Business Person of the Year Award. Nominations are now being accepted through 5[Read More…]
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Village of Park Forest and Park Forest Police Department to Host Halloween Fun Activities on Monday, October 31
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 15, 2016. The Village of Park Forest and Park Forest Police Department will host Halloween Fun Activities on Monday, October 31 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The activities are open to the public. Schedule of Events Taking Place in DownTown Park Forest Dining on the Green,[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel And The James Beard Foundation Announce Awards Ceremony To Be Held In Chicago Through 2021
The “Oscars of the Food Industry” Extends Stay in Chicago for Four Additional Years Chicago’s Lyric Opera site of the 2016 James Beard Awards CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and James Beard Foundation President Susan Ungaro today announced the annual James Beard Awards ceremony and gala will be held[Read More…]
Toxic Chemicals Found in Kids’ Makeup Products – What Will You Shop for This Halloween?
New report shows you should be worried about more than just checking your children’s Halloween candy this year Chicago -(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2016. Findings from the new Breast Cancer Fund report published today and co-released by Illinois Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) show potentially harmful chemicals could be in the products[Read More…]
Jamie Kalven’s Exposé of Chicago Police to be Distributed as Pamphlets at 400 City Locations
Polk Award-winning journalist, who broke the Laquan McDonald story in 2014, has released a major investigation of CPD’s code of silence CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2016. Journalist Jamie Kalven published in The Intercept a four-part investigation of the operation of the “code of silence” within the Chicago Police Department. This weekend, the[Read More…]
Park Forest Village Manager Tom Mick to Discuss National Civilian Community Corps’ AmeriCorps Program on October 20
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 12, 2016. UPDATED: Please note that the time for the presentation has changed. It will now begin at 10:30 a.m. Park Forest Village Manager Tom Mick will speak on October 20th at 10:30 a.m. on the National Civilian Community Corps’ AmeriCorps Program. The lecture will be held[Read More…]
National Veterans Art Museum Hosts Opening of CreatiVets Veteran Art Exhibit and Meet and Greet with Luke Pell from ABC’s The Bachelorette
Photo Source: School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Illinois–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2016 – The National Veterans Art Museum (NVAM) is hosting an opening of the CreatiVets veteran art exhibit on Friday, October 21, 2016, from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. This opening event will feature an exhibit of art created[Read More…]
Fat Pig: Dark Comedy Explores Idealized Standards of Beauty, Peer Pressure
University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cow. Slob. Pig. How many insults can you hear before you have to stand up and defend the woman you love? Neil LaBute’s sharply drawn play, Fat Pig, not only wittily critiques our society’s slavish adherence to Hollywood standards of beauty, but boldly questions our own ability[Read More…]
Haymarket Time Capsule Mystery: Researchers, Archaeologists and Historians to Speak on October 27 (Video)
Forest Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2016. On October 3, 2016, archaeologists unearthed a concrete cylinder with marble caps near the Haymarket Martyrs Monument in Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park. Researchers believe it could be the Haymarket time capsule buried in 1892 by supporters of the anarchist Haymarket Martyrs. Oak Park[Read More…]
Illinois Tollway to Host Networking Event on Friday, October 14 to Help Veteran-Owned Businesses Prepare to do Business with the State
Firms invited to register for Veterans Business Program certification and learn about upcoming opportunities for engineering, construction and goods and services contracts DOWNERS GROVE, IL –(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2016. The Illinois Tollway will host an Engaging Our Vets networking event on Friday, October 14, in Palos Hills to help veteran-owned firms[Read More…]
