Former Chicago Tribune reporter David Mendell made history writing President Barack Obama's first biography, Obama: From Promise to Power.

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Riccardo Muti, conducts the Symphony of Oak Park–River Forest during a rehearsal held at the Kehrein Center for the Arts in Austin on Nov. 10.

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Oak Park and River Forest High School held its first Young Women in Business workshop Nov. 7.

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Reality Allah, an outreach worker with READI Chicago, an organization dedicated to lowering the number of shootings and homicides in the city by engaging the people most likely to shoot or be shot.

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In a space considered a treasure the world over, with programming that fulfills a dream for an Oak Park couple, performed by and for this community — that is the newly revived Chamber Music Series presented by the Unity Temple Restoration Foundation (UTRF) at Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple.

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On Nov. 4, the Oak Park Village Board of Trustees approved landmark status for the Robbins-Chapman House at 408 N. Kenilworth Ave., acting on the recommendation of the Historic Preservation Commission, which approved the application in October.

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Since 2016, downtown Oak Park has experienced a building boom. Four new apartment buildings have gone up in the area bounded by Harlem and Forest and Lake and South Boulevard. 

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With approximately 250 projects this year, nearly 50 installations are occupying residents' lawns, porches and windows in Oak Park.

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In 2011 a group of local attorneys who had taken a break from their legal careers launched the Pro Bono Network.

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Since 1956, Oak Leyden has worked to empower children and adults with developmental disabilities, offering youth services and adult life-long services from its Chicago Avenue bases in Oak Park.

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