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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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, […]