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Vol. 40, No. 3
Also serving North Riverside
January 22, 2025
FitzGerald’s named to National Register of Historic Places Page 12
Silent film speaks volumes for Lyons students
‘Color Blind’ to be screened Wednesday at Downers Grove’s Tivoli Theatre By GREGG VOSS Contributing Reporter
Historic anniversary STORY BY TRENT BROWN , PAGE 4
ERICA BENSON
Riverside kicks off its 150th anniversary with celebrations.
The film is a tad eerie because it begins in a noir way – black and white, with no sound. A high school girl sits at a desk in a classroom and writes a note to the guy sitting in front of her. His response? Leave me alone. And that propels forward the Lyons Township High School production of “Color Blind,” a roughly five-minute-long film entered into the Student Silent Film Festival, which will take place at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland Ave. Downers Grove. The festival is a competition in which students from Lyons and 10 other area high schools create original motion pictures. But unlike other competitions, each See FILM on page 8
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