Weddings Remembered at the Oak Park Arms
“Weddings Remembered” will take place from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at the Oak Park Arms, 408 S. Oak Park Ave. The entire community is invited to historical wedding exhibits, wedding cake and desserts, prizes and gifts, a classic car show along Oak Park Avenue, and dancing in the Arms’ ballroom to the Ed Clarke […]
You be the Critic: “The Package”
Oak Park Arms presents its popular series “You Be the Critic” at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, at the Oak Park Arms, 408 S. Oak Park Ave. The 1989 film, “The Package,” will be viewed and reviewed with radio announcer Dan Kane. Written by John Bishop and directed by Andrew Davis, this political thriller stars […]
Adult day care center open at Oak Park Arms
An adult day care center that will give older adults opportunities to exercise, do art projects, go on outings and share memories from their pasts opened on Monday at the Oak Park Arms retirement community. The facility, located on the fifth floor of the Arms where the Senior Services Center used to be, will provide […]
TV pilot ‘Doubt’ films scenes at Oak Park Arms
Older gentlemen playing bridge at the Oak Park Arms is nothing out of the ordinary – unless, of course, they are Hollywood actors. A patio room in the quaint retirement home was transformed into a television-show set earlier this month for the filming of the new ABC legal drama, “Doubt.” The pilot episode by David […]
Oak Park Arms marks Seniors’ Week May 16-23
The residents and staff have organized free events to celebrate Seniors’ Week, from May 16 through May 23, at the retirement community, 408 S. Oak Park Ave. The month of May is Older Americans Month. As a result, a variety of communities in the Chicago area have proclaimed the week of May 16-23, as “Celebrating […]