Credit Matthew Hendrickson

Sticking around town this New Year's Eve? If you do, you're in for a treat at House Red Vinoteca, a Forest Park wine bar and restaurant. House Red will be bringing in the New Ye...

Credit West Suburban PADS

If you've got some time to spare on Christmas Day here's a way to spread some holiday cheer to the area homeless. Volunteers are needed to help staff three shifts at the West Suburba...

Credit Casey Cora

Do your taste buds thrive on more than just ham and turkey? Can't do without your daily jolt of java? Well, you'll be in luck as a few places will be open Tuesday for those folks we...

Credit Matthew Hendrickson

Since 1987, families in Oak Park have been taking home their Christmas trees from a little lot on Chicago Avenue, just east of Harlem. For years, the lot was maintained by Jim Brusso...

Credit Chuck Ingwersen

Are you blessed with insight and good humor? Or just bored today? Share your wit with your neighbors by entering Patch's comic caption challenge. Just add your dialogue for today's comic ...