Williams triumphs at Sophomore Slam

Grace Williams, Features Editor March 4, 2024

Oak Park and River Forest High School held its annual Sophomore Poetry Slam on Thursday, Feb. 8 in the auditorium. The competition showcased the finalists from each sophomore English class. Fourteen...

OPRf hosts Careers in the Arts night

Madeline Walski, Arts & Entertainmet Editor March 4, 2024

Oak Park River Forest High School hosted a Careers in the Arts night on Tuesday, Feb. 6. The event, held for the eighth time in the last 10 years, provided an opportunity for students and parents...

Speech Team sends two to state

Sophia Lynn, Staffer March 4, 2024

For many people, public speaking in 12-hour-long tournaments would be ac omplete nightmare. But for the Oak Park and River Forest High School Speech Team, it is just another Saturday. OPRF’s Speech...

Author Tiffany D. Jackson talks to students

March 4, 2024

New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson answered students’ questions and dove deeper into her writing during a virtual author’s visit on Feb. 9 at Oak Park and River Forest High School. During...

Artist in focus: Jule Weir

Alex Robinson Bellin, News, Opinion Editor February 5, 2024

Looking back on the 2023 theater season in Oak Park, some of the most memorable productions were “Heathers” at Madison Street Theater and “Last Summer at Bluefish Cove” at Oak...

OPRF students shine at theater fest

Lyla Gerona, Contributor February 5, 2024

Some 4,000 students from 160 schools across the state converged at Illinois State University in January for the 48th Annual Illinois High School Theatre Festival. Among them were 37 students from...

“Proof ” shows twisted family logic

Sophia Lynn, Staffer February 5, 2024

It’s not hard to prove that “Proof ” will be a hit. The play, directed by senior Lindsay Chyna, will be performed in Studio 200 at Oak Park and River Forest High School on Feb. 14,...

Jazz groups to perform

Grace Zoloto, Staffer February 5, 2024

Oak Park River Forest high school’s very own jazz musicians will be perform- ing a showcase of what they’ve been working on Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. in the Little Theater. Featured groups...

Shakespeare comes alive

Ryan Scott, Staffer December 18, 2023

The Shakespeare Slam team brought down the house at the final competition on Monday, Dec. 11. The team was one of 20 from high schools around the region to make it into the Chicago 2023 Shakespeare...

Classic holiday movies, reviewed

Ivy Apacible, Contributor December 18, 2023

When I was a kid, you didn’t have to tell me twice that Santa is magical. But Robert Zemeckis’s 2004 classic film “The Polar Express” tells the story of an attempt to convince an unnamed child...

Spoken Word triumphs at fall showcase

Grace Zoloto, Staffer December 18, 2023

The Spoken Word Club held its first showcase of the school year in the Little Theater on the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 29. Despite some minor technical difficulties with the microphones, the performance...

Classic holiday movies, reviewed

Hunter Romans, Contributor December 18, 2023

Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez’s animated short “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” based on the comic strip by Charles Schultz, made its debut on CBS on December 9, 1965. With an Emmy and a Peabody under...

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