Ashley Lisenby
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Children's book authors detour to Oak Park's Magic Tree Bookstore

Oak Park's Magic Tree Bookstore, 141 N. Oak Park Ave., will host a very full house this Sunday, Feb. 1 at 3:30 p.m. with young readers and parents, five children's book authors, an illustrator and a therapy dog.
Oak Park native charts nationwide Black Lives Matter demonstrations

Oak Park native Alisa Robinson envisions helping people understand each other better through a network of ideas.
New Oak Park wellness studio focuses on parenting

Corazon Ballantine, owner of new Oak Park wellness studio, Mama Tribe, knows it takes a village to raise a child — or as she might put it, a tribe.
Year in Review: Email campaigns by the numbers
The Journal and its sister publications, Austin Weekly News, Forest Park Review and Riverside-Brookfield Landmark, made a shift in digital outreach efforts halfway through 2014.
Latest Blogs
Why not 'colored people'? History says so.
The short answer to the question posed in Jim Bowman's blog post, "People of color OK, colored people not?" [February 2, 2015], is the term "colored people" is not only outdated but also carries historical connotations to enslavement, racism and segregation. That's why it's not OK.
Blizzard brings more than 19 inches of snow to the area

The recent blizzard, which started Saturday and subsided Monday morning, brought more than 19 inches of snow to the Chicago area, the Chicago Tribune reported. The blizzard was Chicago's fifth largest snow storm.
Women are tech founders. Chicago tech incubator 1871 is proof.
A group of female techies are giving WTF a totally new meaning.
WFMT radio host Carl Grapentine returns Monday

Veteran broadcaster and Oak Park resident Carl Grapentine will be back at work Monday after five weeks recuperating from a quadriceps tendon surgery on both legs last November.
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