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After eight weeks of planning and design, four Columbia College Chicago artists finished an art installation in one Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) train car for the Art On Track event on Aug. 7. Linking a private home space with a public commuter train, Encroachment, a mobile art installation created by a Columbia College Chicago...
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If you’ve taken some interesting photos this summer (or in any season) of your neighborhood, or anywhere in Chicago, join our Photo Group and add your favorites. We will have a contest to choose the best summer photos, and more. We need your view of the town. Click the image to go to the...
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By: Lorraine Swanson, Lake Effect News Did you get the message? There is going to be a “flash mob” against BP Oil on Friday, June 11, at Millennium Park. The silent protest is one of many vigils taking place across the country this week marking the 50th day of the BP oil spill in the...
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From The Rogers Park Garden Group – Rogers Park, Chicago comes this proposal that will warm any gardener’s heart during a chilly January. A proposal to “Adopt the Public Way” The Rogers Park Garden Group (RPGG) is delighted to make available a limited number of public gardening grants up to $1,000 for the improvement...
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The Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP) was created in 1987 through funding provided by the Illinois Arts Council Access Program. The goals of CAAP are to discover, nurture and expand Chicago’s multi-ethnic artists and nonprofit arts organizations, and to foster new and emerging individual artists and arts groups by providing grants for professional, artistic...
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Are you an aspiring Writer, Actor, Poet, Spoken Word Artist, Talk Show Host, Recording Engineer, Beat Maker and/or Producer between the ages of 15 and 19 years old? You can audition for the “Apprenticeship After School Program For Talented Teens” sponsored by AfterSchoolMatters.org and get paid while you learn and develop your talent. Teen...
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With debt, foreclosures, unemployment and heating costs on the rise, low-income families often find themselves falling behind. To help bring some relief during the upcoming tax season, the Center for Economic Progress is recruiting volunteers to help bring free tax and financial services to families who need them most.
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The local group OpenGovChicago is having a Hackathon on December 13 at Columbia College. The details are still being hammered out. To start with, “hackers” aren’t “bad guys or pirates. They’re passionate pragmatic craftspeople who relish doing interesting work and doing it with style,” writes Joe Germuska of the OpenGovChicago about the upcoming “Hackathon.” At...
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Calling all D.I.Y. ers. Get in on this opportunity for 2009.
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