Mar
24
By Kelly Pollock, feature writer for The Buzz Cafe Since 1987, March has officially been Women’s History Month and the Oak Park Arts District celebrated with the 6th annual WOW! Women Owned Works event on March 19 to promote women-owned businesses in the district. Here are some of their stories: Caty...
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Feb
28
By Kelly Pollock, feature writer for The Buzz Cafe Dima Ali doesn’t usually have things come easily for her. “I spent the first 28 years of my life in a war zone. So when something comes together easily, I think that it was meant to be.” And while Dima is...
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Feb
20
It all began in 1972. To be factually accurate, it began several years before as NMC Discount Records, but for what we now know as Val’s halla Records, this July marks the big 50. Celebrate with them: The first item up is our SHARE A MEMORY project. If there is one thing...
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Jan
03
By Kelly Pollock, feature writer for The Buzz Cafe The art on the walls at Buzz Café is such a part of the experience that many customers might not stop to wonder how it ends up there. The answer comes from Charlie Doyle, the art manager and new full-time morning...
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Dec
03
By Kelly Pollock, feature writer for The Buzz Cafe Need to do some holiday shopping? Check out the businesses of the Oak Park Arts District. They have gifts for everybody on your list! For Her... Purple Sun Arts (142 Harrison Street) is celebrating the season with a holiday lights sale—find...
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Nov
03
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.”...
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Oct
06
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...
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Sep
30
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...
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Sep
01
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...
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