🌱 Patch AM: 'Aqui en Chicago' curator to speak and 7 more events

Good morning Oak Park! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism at The Nineteenth Century Charitable Association
• Democracy Doesn't Defend Itself at The Nineteenth Century Charitable Association
• Free Downsizing Seminar at Oak Park Public Library - Maze Branch

... and check out 11 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 68 and low of 51 degrees.
• Tuesday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 71, low: 55.
• Wednesday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 76 and low of 54 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oak Park

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★ Featured events ★

Monday October 5
• Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism →
  The Nineteenth Century Charitable Association, 178 Forest Ave, Oak Park
  1:15 pm
Thursday October 8
• Democracy Doesn't Defend Itself →
  The Nineteenth Century Charitable Association, 178 Forest Ave, Oak Park
  9:30 am
Saturday October 10
• Free Downsizing Seminar →
  Oak Park Public Library - Maze Branch, 845 Gunderson Ave, Oak Park
  10:30 am
Sunday October 11
• IWRG vs GALLI: La Jaula de Las Locas — Chicago Showdown at Cicero Stadium, October 11 6pm →
  Cicero Stadium, 1909 S Laramie Ave, Cicero
  5:30 pm
Friday October 16
• Camerata Chicago — Mendelssohn's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' →
  Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E Chestnut St, Chicago
  7:30 pm
Saturday October 17
• The Wellness Retreat: A Festival Where Mind, Body, and Music Meet →
  1521 S. Linn White Dr., Northerly Island, Chicago, IL 60605,
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday October 6
• 'Aqui en Chicago' curator to speak →
  Oak Park River Forest Museum, 129 Lake St, Oak Park
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Dinner + a Show with Comedian Vik Balaji →
  Salerno's Pizza & Pasta of Oak Park, 7128 Roosevelt Rd, Oak Park
  7:00 pm
Sunday October 11
• Stories from '76: A Bicentennial Remembrance →
  Oak Park River Forest Museum, 129 Lake St, Oak Park
  3:00 pm
Monday October 12
• The Hidden Crisis of Child-to-Parent Violence and Abuse (CPVA) →
  The Nineteenth Century Charitable Association, 178 Forest Ave, Oak Park
  1:15 pm
Friday October 16
• The Sandra Delgado Experience →
  Dominican University Performing Arts Center, 7900 Division St, River Forest
  7:30 pm
Saturday October 17
• Mutt Strut: A Whimsical Woodland Walk →
  Animal Care League, 1013 Garfield St, Oak Park
  9:00 am
• Sweetest Day Paint Your Partner Challenge 🎨🥂 →
  Toast To Paint, 7185 W Bloomingdale Ave, Chicago
  7:00 pm
• Sweetest Day Paint Your Partner Challenge 🎨🥂 →
  Toast To Paint, 7185 W Bloomingdale Ave, Chicago
  7:00 pm

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• Looking for my cat!
  Missing for three days. Please let me know if you see a brown cat with white chest and white hair on the nose. Thank you! (Nextdoor Southtown Oak Park)

• Forest Park School District 91 posted a job opening for SSA at Field Stevenson in Forest Park. Apply here.
• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Elmwood Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oak Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

Chicago

• Off-Duty Cop Shoots Pedestrian Twice, Fires At Group After Altercation: Chicago Police (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I ?" — Footsteps (Thank you Patty G. for sending it in!)
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