Carrotmob is a nationwide consumer activism group with local chapters that reward independently-owned businesses committed to making energy-efficient upgrades. To help make those improvements a reality, Carrotmob stages what they call “reverse boycotts.” In one-day events, Carrotmob participants descend on a business of choice to purchase stuff. Although there is no contract, the business...
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July 10, 2009 – Rejection letters have it coming. Writers, publishers, bookmakers and bookworms of all types will come together for food, drink, mingling, and to celebrate the darker side of writers’ lives – by trebuchet catapulting their rejection letters and literary works down the block. From 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. tonight at...
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June 30, 2009 – Maybe you’ve seen them in a parking lot near your house, zipping along a busy thoroughfare, or on display at a local street festival. It’s I-GO Car Sharing, and the Rogers Park community has been savvy on this non-profit’s purpose for years. “The Rogers Park community really reaches out to...
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May 22, 2009 – Same-sex marriage advocacy groups in Illinois are opting for legislation rather than litigation in their quest for the legal right to marry. And as news spread earlier this month that Maine became the fifth state to legalize gay marriage, with New Hampshire not far behind, activists say they are hopeful...
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Feb. 9, 2009 – Governor Pat Quinn will be welcoming folks to the Governor’s Mansion on Thursday, February 12, from 3-6 p.m. Illinois’ historic Governor’s Mansion Governor Quinn wants the people of Illinois to join him at the people’s house on Lincoln’s birthday. President Obama, among others will be visiting Springfield and other state...
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Feb. 4, 2009 – Check out Windy Citizen Categories: Local Politics New Story Politics Public Techology Tags: news website
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Jan. 2, 2009 – Standing outside the Deluxe Diner on the North side of Chicago in Rogers Park, Peter Magai Bul towers over the people around him. An acquaintance from the neighborhood swerves around sidewalk pedestrians on his bike and affectionately gives Bul a nod, calling him "Manute Bol" as he passes. At 6 feet, 6 inches,...
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Dec. 23, 2008 – Lauren Hasselson and Christy Fairbairn of Bloomingdale know they're up against a tough fight. The couple, who demonstrated against the approval of California's Proposition 8 in Downtown Chicago last month, plan to wed May 2 in a commitment ceremony. They want nothing more than their vows to be recognized under...
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Dec. 5, 2008 – Karen Yang works at an import jewelry shop in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood. She said the word among business owners is that times are tough and sales are down. Just up the street from her, a woman behind a counter selling Oriental décor nearly breaks into tears over the slowing economy. "No business...
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For over a week, crews had been preparing Grant Park for what some have called "Obamapalooza," Barack Obama's election night celebration. By the morning of Nov. 4, the stage was set, tents were lifted, big-screens monitors were in place and Chicago was poised for the tens of thousands of supporters expected to attend. Vendors lined the streets from Congress...
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