Nov 03

Spreading Her Wings on Harrison Street

By Kelly Pollock, feature writer for The Buzz Cafe After more than 30 years as a professional artist, Tia Etu of Whatever Comes to Mind Studio feels like she has finally arrived. “Of course, I want to arrive higher than this,” she laughs, “But 2021 has been a good year.”... read more →
Oct 06

The BackStory Project

Theater, at its heart, is storytelling. When Open Door Theater found itself unable to produce live theater, due to the pandemic, the company needed to find another way to tell stories, to connect with its communities. The answer was to look into its communities to share the stories of people... read more →
Sep 30

Taco Mucho Gusto!

By Kelly Pollock, feature writer for The Buzz Cafe As a child growing up in Indiana, Ron Aleman loved watching his mother and grandmothers in their own kitchens. After college at Purdue University, Ron worked in sales. But he had always really enjoyed cooking and was considering culinary school. It... read more →
Sep 01

Barrie Fest!!!

By Kelly Pollock, feature writer for The Buzz Cafe On Saturday, September 11, from 12pm-5pm, the 17th annual BarrieFest will take place in Barrie Park at 1011 S. Lombard Avenue, just across the Eisenhower Bridge from the Oak Parks Arts District. First celebrated in 2005 when Barrie Park reopened after... read more →
Jun 07

Going With the Flow at INTUIT Dance

By Kelly Pollock, feature writer for The Buzz Cafe When Diane VanDerhei founded INTUIT Dance! in 2004, her goal was to develop lifelong lovers of dance and to involve her students in the full creative process. She never imagined a global pandemic and the adaptations that it would require, but... read more →
May 24

Dye Hard Yarns New Launch!

Dye Hard Yarns launches its very first B.I.P.O.C. Box! B.I.P.O.C. : The acronym stands for Black, Indigenous & People of color. This box is a labor of love from Chastity Dunlap, owner of the fiber studio, to you. It's a gathering of Artists from diverse cultures and backgrounds. It's a... read more →
Apr 30

Village Church of Oak Park comes to the Arts District

by Kelly Pollock, feature writer for the Buzz Cafe One of the first things that Mark Doebler, Lead Pastor of Village Church of Oak Park, tells you after meeting him is that he is a rabid South Carolina Gamecock who abhors the color orange since he associates it with his... read more →
Apr 05

Meet the Managers of Buzz Cafe

by Kelly Pollock, feature writer for the Buzz Cafe This month, The Buzz is turning the spotlight on ourselves to highlight the fabulous managers of Buzz Café. Read on to find out what their favorite menu items are, where they shop in the Arts District, and what they do when... read more →
Mar 01

WOW! Women Owned Works

By Kelly Pollock, feature writer for The Buzz Cafe In 1980, President Jimmy Carter proclaimed the first Women’s History Week and a few years later, in 1987, Congress formally established Women’s History Month. Since then, women’s contributions to the United States have been celebrated every March. In the Oak Park... read more →
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