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20 | July 18, 2019 | the orland Park Prairie life & Arts
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Latest ‘Toy Story’ tugs our
heartstrings once again
BOB MEYERS
Orland Park resident
Library to host fifth comic con
STAFF REPORT
MPAA Rating: G | Genres: Fantasy/Adventure | running time: 100 minutes
Orland Park Public Library is hosting a
mini comic con for the fifth year in a row
on from 10 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July
20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
It includes an Artists’ Alley where local
artists bring their work to the library
for display and for community members
to purchase original pieces. This year the
library hosts 16 different groups of artists
“You watch ’em grow up
and become a full person ...
and then they leave. They
go off to do things you’ll
never see. Don’t get me
wrong, you still feel good
about it, but then somehow
you find yourself, after all
those years, sitting in a
closet feeling — just feeling
— useless, your purpose
fulfilled.”
These words summarize
the essence of what it
means to feel lost and at a
crossroads in life.
The picture sees Sheriff
Woody (Tom Hanks)
spending a majority of his
time watching the happenings
of Bonnie’s room from
the viewpoint of her bifolded
doors.
He is not Bonnie’s go-to
toy and he feels a loss of
purpose that we all can relate
to at some point in our
lives as we get older and
the inevitability of change
is on our individual horizons.
Bonnie has kindergarten
orientation and has a hard
time adjusting to the dawn
of school as well as making
friends.
To ease her nerves, she
creates a special toy all her
own, a spork named Forky
(Tony Hale).
Forky is firm in his belief
that he belongs in the garbage
and has yet to fully
grasp his importance to a
child.
He is relentless in making
a run and escaping the
family RV when Bonnie
takes him and the others on
a road trip.
Forky aims to drift
through the wind and get
out of the window, a goal
he accomplishes under the
blanket of darkness.
including Mystery Unincorporated, Raz
Ortiz, Bridgette Wilhelmi, John Streetz,
and Zach Zollars. Links to all the artists’
webpages are available at the library’s
website.
For more information or to see the full
schedule, visit the library’s special OP-
PLCon webpage at orlandparklibrary.
org/comiccon or call (708) 428-5100. The
Orland Park Public Library is located at
14921 Ravinia Ave
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Woody sets out to find
him and the two forge
a bond as Woody discusses
his loss of purpose
and Forky relates to his
plight.
Just as the duo reach
Bonnie’s vehicle, Woody
notices the lamp of longlost
friend Bo-Peep in the
window of the Second
Chance Antiques store.
As he sets out to find her,
they run into ventriloquist
dummy Benson and Gabby
Gabby, a Chatty Cathy/
Talky Tina-inspired pullstring
doll who has had a
defective voice box since
she was opened.
As Woody and Forky
try evading capture from
Gabby Gabby and the
Goosebump Slappylooking
henchmen at her
side, Buzz sees the need
to search for his pal, and
Please see
unscripted, 21
Assassinations the
subject of July 20
talk at museum
STAFF REPORT
St. Julie picnic to return after long absence
STAFF REPORT
After an absence of several
years, St. Julie Billiart
Roman Catholic Church
will host its parish picnic
from noon to 4 p.m. Aug.
4 on the St. Julie grounds,
7399 W. 159th St. in Tinley
Park. If it rains, it will
be moved indoors to the
Divine Center.
Organizers are not sure
when the last picnic took
place, but some parishioners
were hoping for its
return.
“It’s been awhile,” said
Bill Kokaska, the chairman
of communication for
the event. “But we want to
bring it back. We want to
have people come out and
meet new people and to
have a gathering. We had
a few meetings and there
was enough interest to go
ahead and bring it back.”
The event is open to the
public and free but there
will be food for purchase
including burgers, hot
dogs, Croation sausage,
Chicago Historian Clarence
Goodman began exploring American
assassinations a decade ago and will
give a presentation in Orland Park on
Saturday, July 20. PHOTO SUBMITTED
Chicago Historian Clarence Goodman
began exploring American assassinations
a decade ago, explaining their links to
Chicago in his presentation, “Conspiracy!
On the Trail of the Assassins.”
“The 50th anniversary of President
Kennedy’s death really seemed to jump
start interest in it,” said Goodman, a professional
musician who also leads private
tours of Chicago.
Goodman will discuss major assassinations
and their Chicago connections. at 1
p.m. Saturday, July 20, at the Orland Park
History Museum.
“I was born at the beginning of the
‘golden age of American assassinations,’
to borrow from the great Sarah Vowell,”
Goodman said.
The program is open to those ages
18 and older at the museum, 14415
South Beacon Ave. The cost is $15 for
museum members and $20 for non-members.
Registration for the program is available
at the village’s Sportsplex, 11351
West 159th St, at the Frederick T. Owens
Village Hall, 14700 South Ravinia Ave.
and at the museum at 14415 South Beacon
Ave. Registration will also be available
at the door.
For more information, call (708) 873-
1622.
My Dad’s Cover Band will perform at the St. Julie
Billiart picnic on Aug. 4. PHOTO SUBMITTED
shish kabob, beer, wine
and soft drinks.
Entertainment will be
provided by My Dad’s
Cover Band. There will
be games for children and
adults including a bags
tournament. There will be
a split-the-pot raffle.