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By Cristobal Martinez of Neighborhood Sports Chicago This summer, the open space at 31st Street and Lawndale Avenue in Little Village has been overtaken by families. They gather on Tuesday nights as part of Project Play, a creation of the non-profit Beyond the Ball. At Project Play, kids, moms and dads are able to...
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By Joseph White of Neighborhood Sports Chicago Summer and vacation go hand in hand. But for too many kids, “vacation” just means a break from school, because they rarely actually go anywhere. Instead, they spend most of their summer inside the house, or hanging around the neighborhood. But for the last ten years, Andrew...
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The eight blocks of Roscoe Street, between Damen and Oakley, make up the heart of the Roscoe Village neighborhood. The two-lane street sits comfortably somewhere between quaint and modern, with gift and stationary shops, a shoe store, a barber shop, a salon and a Starbucks. The neighborhood center is marked by two posts meant...
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By James Ginderske of The Urban Coaster The Village North Theater, the Rogers Park movie house that showed first-run movies until being shuttered for renovations last winter, has reopened as The New 400 Theater. While residents may know it best by its most recent moniker, the new name actually hearkens back to a previous...
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By Patrick Barry of LISC Chicago July 6, 2009 – Remember Sunday Parkways, that experiment last fall that closed down Chicago boulevards to cars and opened them up to thousands of cyclists, pedestrians and skaters? It’s back. Renamed Open Streets, it will take place this year on Saturday, August 1, across 7.5 miles of...
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By Eli Kaberon June 17, 2009 – When it comes to art in Chicago, River North leads the pack. There are more than 100 galleries in the neighborhood according to the Chicago Traveler, and their wares range from oil paintings to photos to abstract drawings to anything else the creative mind can think up...
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June 4, 2009 - Chicago Blues icon KoKo Taylor died June 3 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital after suffering complications from surgery. The 80-year-old singer was admitted to the hospital about two weeks ago to correct gastrointestinal bleeding. She is survived by her husband, daughter and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Feb. 26, 2009 – Today, most people under the age of 30 have been introduced to computer tools that let you paint, manipulate, and create images. For most grade schoolers this is part of art, as well as media literacy. There are plenty of free paint-style programs, even some that come with whatever computer...
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February 10, 2009 – Tech Cocktail is one regular technology-social networking event. Now Risque Café , 3419 N Clark Chicago, IL 60657, is announcing another — a brand new Burlesque Industry Night every Tuesday! Enjoy 2-for-1 well drinks and mingle with the hottest stars of Chicago burlesque. We’ll be playing classic burlesque performances on...
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Dec. 16, 2008 – Baseball season may be nearly four
months away, but Wrigleyville rooftop owners are among the Lakeview
businesses looking to cash in on the first hockey game ever played at
Wrigley Field. Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) last week paved
the way for rooftop owners by introducing an ordinance that would allow...
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