Volta String Quartet Sunday, Jan. 27, 3 to 4 p.m., Compound Yellow:  Hear Schubert's Cello Quintet, written near the end of his life in 1828. 

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Crain's Chicago Business named award-winning journalist Ann Dwyer as the first woman editor in the publication's 41-year history on Jan. 17.

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FitzGerald's Nightclub, 6615 Roosevelt Rd., is holding a fundraiser at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25, for a man seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident on Nov. 8.

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Federal employees on furlough because of the government shutdown can get a free workout at any OrangeTheory Fitness studio in the Chicago area through Thursday, Jan. 31. 

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Caroline Swain, a senior at Oak Park and River Forest High School, was recently presented the Cook County Sheriff Commitment to Service Award. 

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It's that time of year again – for the farmers market. What, you say? A farmers market in the winter? Yes, you read that correctly.

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Fritos are "the original corn chip." It says so on the bag. They were certainly the first corn chip I ever had. Fritos are more than just a snack, however; they have become an ingredient

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Lula Washington Dance Theatre Saturday, Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Center, Dominican University: See a mix of African, modern, ballet and hip-hop that explores social and humanitarian issues reflecting aspects of African American culture and history.

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You might be forgiven, as the snow fell atmospherically, if you thought you were hallucinating — or caught in some kind of time warp — on Jackson Boulevard last Saturday afternoon as a horse-drawn hearse made its way west.

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If you weren't able to make it to the fourth annual TEDx Oak Park Woman Conference held in December at the Nineteenth Century Club.

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