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What’s Happening (Feb. 28 – March 5)

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 || By Community Editor || michael@wearejohnwilk.com  A lot is happening in Proviso Township this week. Below, we’ve listed just some of those events. To submit a calendar listing, email michael@wearejohnwilk.com  Wednesday, Feb. 28, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Maywood Public Library, 121 S. 5th Ave., Maywood | Join the library and Ms. Sophia and Friends as they […]

Proviso West Freshman Places Fourth At State Wrestling Finals

Proviso West freshman Jamiel Castleberry earned a trip to the state finals earlier this month. | Courtesy District 209  Sunday, February 25, 2024 || By Michael Romain || michael@wearejohnwilk.com  Proviso West has a wrestling superstar on its hands after freshman Jamiel Castleberry secured the 3A 106-pound sectional championship and earned a spot in the state finals in Champaign.  Castleberry wrestled […]

Maywood Church Giving Away Free Laptops, Registration Open

Thursday, February 22, 2024 || By Community Editor || michael@wearejohnwilk.com  A Maywood church is partnering with Cook County to give away free computers to community members who may need them. Rev. Garry S. Mitchell Sr., the pastor of J.W. James A.M.E. Church, 907 S. 6th Ave. in Maywood, said the church will give the devices to 100 families. Registration is […]

Local Student Artists To Exhibit Works 

Jesse Howard at his studio in Maywood in 2015. Howard’s Oak Park Art League students will exhibit their work on March 2. | File  Thursday, February 22, 2024 || By Community Editor || michael@wearejohnwilk.com  The Oak Park Art League (OPAL) will host multiple exhibits running simultaneously in its Carriage House Gallery, 720 Chicago Ave. in Oak Park, through early March.  […]

What’s Happening (Feb. 21 – 27)

Photo by Michelle McEwen on Unsplash Monday, February 19, 2024 || By Community Editor || @michael@wearejohnwilk.com  Wednesday, Feb. 21, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Maywood Public Library, 121 S. 5th Ave., Maywood | Join the library for a multi-lingual book-signing and video presentation with Linda Odom, author of “A Positive Note.” To register or for more info, click here. Wednesday, Feb. 21, 6:30 […]

Black Migration Stories Come Alive In Westchester

Dr. Amira Millicent Davis delivers an interactive presentation on how the two great waves of Black migration from the South to the North enabled a cultural flourishing, particularly in Chicago. | Michael Romain   Monday, February 19, 2024 || By Michael Romain || michael@wearejohnwilk.com  Around a dozen people gathered at the Westchester Public Library, 10700 Canterbury St. in Westchester, on Feb. […]

Join Loyola University Chicago’s Research Study

Monday, February 12, 2024 || By Community Editor || michael@wearejohnwilk.com  Loyola University Chicago  is conducting a race-based stress reduction program on well-being and inflammation in Black women at risk for heart or metabolic disease. The purpose of this study is to learn whether the stress reduction program, called “Resilience, Stress, and Ethnicity” (RiSE) improves the body’s response to stress in […]

What’s Happening (Feb. 14 – 20)

The poster art for the film “Alice’s Ordinary People,” which will be discussed at the Maywood Public Library on Feb. 17. | Provided Monday, February 12, 2024 || By Community Editor || michael@wearejohnwilk.com  Wednesday, Feb. 14, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Maywood Public Library. 121 S. 5th Ave. in Maywood | Join the library for a Special Storytime with Ms. Sophia […]

$1.5M In Relief Grants Open For Suburban Arts And Culture Nonprofits

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 || By Community Editor || michael@wearejohnwilk.com  ‘Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle recently announced that the county is launching a new grant program to assist arts and culture organizations. The funding includes “relief grants, creative placemaking investments and new research on the suburban arts sector,” county officials said in a Jan. 30 statement. The county will provide […]

Third-Grader Wins Westchester Vehicle Sticker Contest, Westchester Sticker Fees Increase

Westchester third-grader Sebastian De Guzman won this year’s annual vehicle sticker contest for his drawing (shown above) depicting local residents celebrating the village’s upcoming centennial. | Courtesy Westchester  Wednesday, February 7, 2024 || By Community Editor || michael@wearejohnwilk.com  During a village board meeting on Jan. 23, Westchester President Greg Hribal presented Sebastian De Guzman, a third-grader at Westchester Intermediate School, […]


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