LT Kicks Off Film Festival This Weekend

Lyons Township High School's student film festival, the 4th Annual Media Arts Night of Entertainment, runs tonight from 6-9 p.m. at the Reber Center, located at LT's North Campus, 100 S. Brainard Ave.

Photos: Empty Bowls in La Grange Park

Fighting hunger with Empty Bowls in La Grange Park.

With over 700 bowls awaiting donors on Thursday night at the Empty Bowls event in La Grange Park, there was a little something for everyone. Laid out on tables at Village Potters, 333 N. La Grange Rd., members of the community looking to support a good cause picked over handmade bowls crafted by Village Potters, students at Lyons Township High School and members of the First United Methodist Church and First Congregational Church of La Grange. Everything from artistically sculpted bowls to bowls with cats was on display at the event, which ran from 6-9 p.m. "It's a good way to make art relevant," said Village Potter owner Nancy Gorman. “It’s something we wanted to continue." Village Potters has picked up the project, which began in the La …

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Matthew Hendrickson

1:45 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012

Thanks for your comment, Lynn. Windy City's Best Hot Dogs had some really great chili out, which was perfect on a chilly night like last night!   more ›

Classic 'Fiddler' Presenting at Nazareth Academy

The lead of Tevye will be played by 2002 Naz graduate and current guidance counselor Brendan Green of Westchester; Kim White directs.

LT Hosts Festival for Student Films

Lyons Township High School hosts the 4th M.A.N.E. Film Festival on May 18.

Roll out the red carpet, cinephiles (that means film fans). Lyons Township High School will be hosting the 4th Annual Media Arts Night of Entertainment (M.A.N.E.) film festival at the Reber Center, located at LT's North Campus, 100 S. Brainard Ave., on May 18. Organizers said they expect to show between 30-40 student directed and produced films ranging from music videos to animation. "Students are involved in many different facets: submitting entries, creating the flyers and posters and putting them up around school, helping to organize submissions, create the final DVD, hand out programs and help to publicize the event and bring families and friends the night of the show," said teacher and M.A.N.E. organizer Jamie Rey. Students can enter …

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New TWS Artistic Director Presents Shaw’s American Revolution

The Theatre of Western Springs presents George Bernard Shaw’s “The Devil’s Disciple,” a story of patriotism and unexpected courage in colonial times.

Richard “Dick” Dudgeon is not what most people in 1777’s Websterbridge, New Hampshire would call a virtuous man. A freewheeling, carousing scoundrel and a smuggler by trade, he is absurdly irreverent among the strict and pious, prone to mocking japes and loud satanic proclamations. But in George Bernard Shaw’s The Devil’s Disciple, playing the next two weekends at the Theatre of Western Springs, it is Dudgeon—the titular disciple—who takes on an astonishing burden of self-sacrifice in the name of American patriotism, defiantly turning his impudence upon those who have sworn to see him executed. Set against the background of the early Revolutionary War, The Devil’s Disciple shows a community on the brink, occupied by British redcoats in …

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Patch's 'Sunday Toons' Featured in Riverside Art Show

Artist Charley Krebs shows off his Patch work at Riverside Public Library.

For cartoonist Charley Krebs, drawing his thoughts has always been a form of shorthand journalism. "A good image will draw you in," Krebs said of his work. "It makes an editorial comment and can start a good discussion." Krebs has been drawing the news since 1979, first at his college newspaper and most recently here at Patch. Readers can see his Sunday Cartoon weekly on their local Patch site where Krebs offers his unique vision of the world and his opinion on events that matter to readers. While much may have changed in the cartooning business since he got his start, Krebs said he loves the ability to work with a digital news site. "Everything is instantaneous," he said. "I can come up with an idea, draw it and have it up on the site the…

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Charley Krebs

9:43 am on Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Thank you, Wanda. Volatile and political Morton College of the mid-1970s prepared me well for any issues addressed in the Life or now on Patch. It's always nice to hear from someone besides my mother who remembers my work from those days!   more ›

LT Senior Wins Photo Award

Sarah Stanis, a senior at Lyons Township High School and a resident of La Grange Park, was named a finalist in the 32nd Annual College and High School Photography Contest.

With more than 17,700 photos submitted in the 32nd Annual College and High School Photography Contest by students, it's not easy to take home a prize. Lyons Townshiph High School Senior Sarah Stanis was named a finalist in the competition for her photo, Candy Girl. Finalist recieve the honor of having their photo published in the Best of College Photography: 2012. Additionally, the winning photos can be viewed online on the Photographer’s Forum magazine website at www.pfmagazine.com. Congratulations Sarah!

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Local Photographer Chronicles The Flame's Last Night

Former La Grange resident Jeff Johnson talks about chronicling The Flame's last night for a new book of photos titled, 'The Last New Year.'

Jeff Johnson is a professional photographer whose new photo book, The Last New Year, chronicles the final night of the much loved and now closed, The Flame Steakhouse, on New Years Eve 2011. Here’s what he had to say. La Grange Patch: Tell us a little about yourself. What's your connection to La Grange and what do you do for a living? Jeff Johnson: I’m 45 years old. I am a third generation professional Chicago photographer: both my father and grandfather were newspapermen and photojournalists. I graduated from Lyons Township High School in 1985 and lived in La Grange right after high school for many years. I attended the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland and the School of Art Institute in Chicago [at] neither of which did I study …

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LT's Free Radical Rocks in the Age of Rap

Eschewing the trends of hip-hop music and cover songs, the Lyons Township-based alt-rock band proudly harkens back to the heyday of original grunge.