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“Walking the Camino” Takes You on a Trip in Time and Space at the Gene Siskel Theater
The first time I heard about the Camino de Compostela, it sounded to me like Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. The route of the pilgrimage isn’t the actual route of Spain’s Camino, but some things have remained the same, despite the passing of eons. The Camino de Compostela is a 300 mile trek that starts in France […]
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A new analysis released by Ted Villaire, Communications Director for Active Transportation Alliance, provides the first estimate for total daily bike trips in the city of Chicago, including nonwork trips that are typically excluded from data about the number and percentage of trips taken by bike. The analysis finds that an average of nearly 125,000 daily bike […]
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You can sign up for the Bike Commuter Challenge and you can encourage your employer to get involved, too. By biking to work, you can win prizes, much less feel better and save money and energy. There are more than 7,000 people and 450 Chicagoland companies and organizations signed up for the Bike Commuter Challenge June […]
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Chicago officials said Thursday they are hoping the city’s newest attraction, a moveable platform that leaves people hanging 1,000 feet out above Michigan Avenue, will help reach its 2020 tourism goals. “It’s going to help tourism in the city and help bring new perspective,” said Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd) Fioretti was one of six city […]
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When Jordan Vouga graduated from Columbia College, he knew he didn’t want to work for a corporation. “I knew so many people that were going out and starting their own projects, and making their daydream their day job despite what their parents or society was telling them,” said Vouga. He said it motivated him to […]
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Bikers in Chicago face lots of challenges. Potholes are a major challenge for bicyclists and drivers because of the need to plow our streets and the extreme cold. Do your part when you see a pothole. Start here or go right to the pothole reporter site . You can add this link on your smartphone, and […]
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When Ernesto Saldivar’s students began to pester him last fall about taking a class trip out of the country, he didn’t want to take them just anywhere. As a Latin American literature teacher at Jones College Prep High School, Saldivar wanted his trip to impact his students’ education. “I didn’t want to […]
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