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Updated: March 3, 2012 8:04AM

You Be the Critic:
Feb. 10 at OP Arms

Oak Park Arms presents its popular monthly series, “You Be the Critic” at the retirement community at 408 S. Oak Park Ave. Hosted by radio announcer Dan Kane and offered to the public at no cost, “Journey through History … Hollywood Style” is the theme of the 2012 movie selections. A year’s worth of historically-based movies — free to the public.

“Dan has planned an extraordinary line-up of films,” said Desi Vasquez, social programming director at the Oak Park Arms. “It’s an enjoyable way to learn history.”

All films are shown at 3:30 p.m. on the second Friday of a month in the Terrace Room. The line-up for the year includes: 

Feb. 10: “King Arthur” starring Clive Owen and Keira Knightley;

March 9: “Becket” starring Peter O’Toole and Richard Burton;

April 13: “The Lion in Winter” with Katherine Hepburn and Peter O’Toole;

May 11: “The Adventures of Robin Hood” with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland;

June 8: “Luther” starring Joseph Fiennes;

July 13: “A Man for All Seasons” starring Paul Scofield and Robert Shaw;

Aug. 10: “Elizabeth” starring Cate Blanchett and Joseph Fiennes;

Sept. 14: “Waterloo” starring Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer and Orson Welles;

Oct. 12: “Amistad” starring Anthony Hopkins, directed by Steven Spielberg;

Nov. 9: “The Alamo” starring John Wayne;

Dec. 14: “Love Actually” starring Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson and Liam Neeson.

“Following each film, Kane leads a discussion that occasionally morphs into a spirited debate,” Vasquez said. “It’s all in good fun.”

The Oak Park Arms is a rental retirement community which provides independent and assisted living apartments and a full schedule of activities and services. Furnished apartments are also available for a short-term stay — a weekend, a week, a month or longer.

See one or see them all. Each movie is free and open to the public.

Call Jill Wagner at (708) 386-4040 or visit http://www.oakparkarms.com.

Benefit Day Feb. 15
at Whole Foods

The Children’s Clinic will be the recipient of the next Community Support Day to be held from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the River Forest Whole Foods Market, at 7245 Lake St. Whole Foods will donate 5 percent of its sales to The Oak Park-River Forest Infant Welfare Society, sponsors of The Children’s Clinic. The Society members hope to reach their goal of $4,000 at this special event. The Children’s Clinic has the funds earmarked for its nutritional programs, which include an on-site dietician, individual nutritional counseling and a community outreach program.

The mission of the OPRF Infant Welfare Society is to provide medical, dental and social services care to families who cannot afford the cost of private health care. The Society sponsors The Children’s Clinic at 320 N. Lake St. in Oak Park. The Clinic provided more than 9,400 medical and dental visits and 1,500 social work visits in the past year to 3,200 children in need.

For more information regarding the OPRF Infant Welfare Society and The Children’s Clinic, contact Jill Marie Aller at (708) 848-0528, Ext. 235 or e-mail at jaller@childrenscliniciws.org.

Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market (wholefoodsmarket.com, NASDAQ: WFM), is the leading natural and organic food retailer. As America’s first national certified organic grocer, Whole Foods Market was named “America’s Healthiest Grocery Store” by Health magazine. The company’s motto, “Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet” captures its mission to ensure customer satisfaction and health, Team Member excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder value, community support and environmental improvement. Thanks to the company’s more than 64,000 Team Members, Whole Foods Market has been ranked as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America by Fortune magazine for 15 consecutive years. In fiscal year 2011, the company had sales of more than $10 billion and currently has more than 315 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.