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Free Jazz For World Peace Comes To South Shore Community Garden Saturday
SOUTH SHORE — Creating and maintaining peace is like improvising music: You want to bring your unique perspectives and personality to the table, while leaving room for others to do the same. That’s the message behind this weekend’s Free Jazz for World Peace concert, which is 6:30 p.m. Saturday...
CPD seek man in violent robbery on CTA Red Line at 47th Street
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago police are searching for the suspect in a violent robbery on a CTA train earlier this month. It happened on the Red Line train at 47th St. on July 14, around 9:53 p.m. Police said the suspect approached the victim while riding the train and became irate. That's when he struck the victim with a pair of pliers, cutting them, and then began strangling the victim. The robber then took the victim's cell phone. The victim was able to get off the train at 47th Street and notified CTA staff, who then contacted the police. Surveillance cameras captured the suspect, who was said to be between 30-35 years old, and was wearing a red baseball cap with a white Bulls jersey and light blue pants at the time of the incident. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Bureau of Detectives – Mass Transit at 312-745-4447.
Taylor Swift Cover Band Headed to Chicago this August
Are you ready for it? While it might not be the real deal Taylor Swift, a Swiftie still loves to jam out to their favorite Taylor tunes. Summer is the perfect time to grab your friends and head to see your favorite band or artist live in concert. For so...
CPS Won’t Guarantee Busing For General Education Students This Year – But Is Piloting New Strategies
CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools won’t guarantee busing for general education students next school year, but officials are trying two new strategies to help more kids get to school. Those strategies, officials said Thursday, include plans to adjust bell times at 36 district schools and piloting a program...
Men accused of robbing a 60-year-old escape after prosecutors failed to request that the judge detain the men in custody
Prosecutors chose not to urge a court to detain 2 men in custody until trial, so they were ordered to go home with midnight curfews after they were accused of assaulting and stealing a 60-year-old man in Uptown the previous week. Shortly after the July 17 robbery, two 16-year-old boys...
Illinois To Host World’s Largest Karaoke Party
If you like to sing in front of a crowd, then this party in Illinois is perfect for you. World's Largest Karaoke Party At Illinois Concert Venue. Even though I don't do it very often, I enjoy doing some karaoke. The first time I ever did it was in Rockford at the original JMK location at Mulford and Spring Creek. I did "Born To Be Wild." Nowadays, my go-to tune is "Don't Stop Believin'"
Thieves break into 6 Chicago businesses in 45 minutes, steal cash registers: police
CHICAGO - The same group of thieves burglarized six businesses in under an hour in Bucktown, Wicker Park and Lake View on Thursday. In each incident, the offenders used a hammer to shatter the front or side glass doors of businesses to gain entry, according to police. Once inside, the offenders stole cash, cash registers or cash boxes before leaving the business.
Today In Culture, Friday, July 26, 2024: DuSable Lake Shore Renovation | Quantum Comes To South Works | Lyric’s Sunday In The Park
Get Chicago & Midwest culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. “Up-and-coming Chicago artist Jake Troyli has landed a major commission on the West Side, one of six projects tied to the city’s moment in the national political spotlight,” reports WBEZ. A thirty-foot-tall mural “was commissioned by SkyArt, an arts nonprofit that runs free kids programs for its second location in Garfield Park. The center will anchor a new neighborhood arts corridor in a block that has been historically violent. The project is part of ‘Next Stop: Chicago,’ seven public art installations and events funded by Gertie, the cultural consultancy group founded by Abby Pucker, daughter of Gigi Pritzker and a cousin of Illinois Governor Pritzker. Gertie raised more than $400,000 to spotlight artists and arts organizations working in historically underdeveloped neighborhoods along the CTA Green Line train. ‘Next Stop: Chicago’ will launch during the DNC and will be one of many art happenings, some coordinated and others not, to capitalize on the city’s moment on the international stage.” Troyli “is one of the more commercially successful among the group and brings a certain buzz factor to the operation.”
Lake Shore Boulevard? Fixing the Mistake on the Lake
State Representative Kam Buckner, whose district stretches from the Gold Coast to Hyde Park, loves the Lakefront. But he doesn’t love the current design of Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable Lake Shore Drive. He thinks it’s too fast and too big, and that it needs to change to better move people around the city and adapt to a warming climate.
New Pickleball, Tennis Courts Open In Dunning’s Shabbona Park
DUNNING — Shabbona Park’s picklers are enjoying new digs as five aging tennis courts were replaced with three tennis courts and four pickleball courts. The new courts opened last week, Ald. Nicholas Sposato (38th) said. The park is at 6935 W. Addison St. Pearl Melchor said she and...
Chicago Sky announce the construction of a $38 million training facility
This fall the Chicago Sky will break ground for a new training facility in the Village of Bedford Park. The $38 million, 40,000-square-foot facility will be located next to the Wintrust Sports Complex. Included will be two regulation-sized WNBA courts, first-class amenities, private facilities for the players, player lounges, a high-tech film room, an advanced training room with strength and conditioning equipment, a private chef’s kitchen, locker rooms with personalized lockers, secured parking, a content creation studio, beauty stations and more.
Draft Pick Profile: Ryan Gallagher Bringing a Lot of Movement and Quality Pitches with Him to the Pros
The 2024 MLB Draft was a little bit weird. Heading into the draft, it was clear that the Cubs were in need of pitching in the minor leagues. Injuries ravaged the system and people were surprised that the first five picks happened to be bats. When the Cubs selected pitcher Ryan Gallagher from the University of California Santa Barbara, I was pleasantly surprised that he was still available. UCSB is sort of known as a pitching factory, and the fact that the Cubs got the ace of that staff was a gift from the Draft Gods.
Lorraine Hansberry Sculpture To Be Permanently Installed At Chicago's Navy Pier
Alison Saar's sculpture of prolific playwright Lorraine Hansberry will be unveiled at Chicago's Navy Pier as a part of the Lorraine Hansberry Initiative. This Initiative was created by The Lillys, an advocacy organization that promotes gender and racial parity in the American theater. The sculpture, titled To Sit A While, features the figure of Hansberry surrounded by five bronze chairs, each representing a different aspect of her life and work. The life-size chairs are an invitation to the public to do just that: sit with her and think. The sculpture will be a permanent installation and a gift from the Lorraine Hansberry Initiative to Navy Pier and the city of Chicago, Hansberry's birthplace.
Chicago firm plans to buy Lattitude Five25, demolish troubled Near East Side towers
The Latitude Five25 apartment towers are in contract to a company that plans to replace the troubled complex with an affordable housing complex with nearly 400 apartments with the potential to more than double that number. Long known as Sawyer Towers, the Near East Side housing towers were evacuated over Christmas 2022 after being...
Angel Reese and Tyla Turn Heads in Paris With Captivating Photo Together
Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese is no stranger to rubbing elbows with A-list celebrities. The "Chi Barbie" made waves back in May when she attended the 2024 Met Gala in New York instead of the latter half of her Sky practice. The 22-year-old WNBA rookie sensation was seen hanging out at ...
Colliers brokers sale of two Chicago-area strip centers
The Colliers Net Lease Investment team of Chicago’s Peter Block and Rachel Patten recently represented Armco Properties in the sale of two Chicago area strip centers: 19102-19140 88th Ave. in Mokena and 8258-8290 S. Janes Ave. in Woodridge to a private investor. The properties traded at close to asking price, which was $6.8 million.
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