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Opposing Opinions Surface Over Wrigley Field Remodeling in One Neighborhood

Opposing Opinions Surface Over Wrigley Field Remodeling in One Neighborhood

  Wrigley Field has been an iconic ballpark since opening day 100 years ago. However, some Cubs fans are speculating that the renovations are going to put an end to an old era. “Oh I was a ‘ball hawk’ since I was a little boy, I can remember waking up at the crack of dawn […]

Protests regarding Brown, Garner march through Chicago streets

Hundreds of activists have gathered daily in downtown Chicago since a grand jury announced it would not indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager. Numbers of protesters have grown again in the days following the grand jury decision in New York not to indict a police officer […]

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Kick The Calories with UFC South Loop

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Kick The Calories with UFC South Loop

As the winter creeps up making running outdoors brutal, UFC gym in the South Loop provides fun ways to keep fitness going. UFC South Loop is located at 8 E. 9th St on the corner of 9th Street and State Street. Reporter Alyssa Medina takes us for a visit. For more information on all the […]

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A Labor of Love

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A Labor of Love

Amy Engstrom Clugg is no stranger to Christmas around the World at the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI). As a child, she would come to the museum with her parents and pose in front of their trees: the Swedish tree, the Irish tree and the Czechoslovakian tree. Now Engstrom Clugg is a parent of two […]

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Join the Largest Hour of Code in Chicago at BLUE1647

It is Computer Science Education Week from 12/08-12/14/14 around the country. In Chicago,  BLUE1647 the entrepreneurship and technology innovation center will host the largest “Hour of Code” session in town. Located in Pilsen, BLUE1647 was listed in the first City of Chicago Technology Plan. The CEO of BLUE1647, Emile Cambry, Jr. sits on the Mayor’s Council for Technology Diversity […]

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Dating for Nerds Winter-Themed Party

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Dating for Nerds Winter-Themed Party

Go from subzero to sizzling at a winter themed Dating for Nerds from 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14 at Blokes & Birds (3343 N Clark St.). Turn up the temperature during a Bad Santa icebreaker where attendees ask and answer questions to find their holiday alter egos. Feel warm and fuzzy with other single smarties […]

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