Wicker Park Fashion
It’s not only the bars that bring the 20-somethings out in droves to the Wicker Park neighborhood. They also come out for the fashion. Fashion brings many young people to Wicker Park on a daily basis, with every possible style of dress represented on the streets of Milwaukee, North and Damen – the famous “Six Corners” [...]
Don’t Fret: Marcelo’s Elotes
Don’t Fret: Marcelo’s Elotes, a photo by the extinction blues on Flickr. Don’t Fret: Marcelo’s Elotes, originally uploaded by the extinction blues. Don’t Fret: Marcelo’s Elotes Via Flickr: Tamales. Fautas. Champurrado. At North, Milwaukee & Damen Chicago, IL. We would love see your photos, too. Go to flickr.com/chicagotalks and get an invitation to add your [...]
You’re Not in Kansas Anymore
Statues of Dorothy, Toto, the Cowardly Lion and other characters from the classic film “The Wizard of Oz” are featured in Oz Park on Chicago’s North Side. Created by sculptor John Kearney, the park is a little-known jewel visited by neighbors, children, and dog owners. Established in 1967 in the Lincoln Park area, its 13 [...]
Photos that Make Us Smile
Mexican American Kid blows his own horn at Sarah Palin during Rally, a photo by beartnow on Flickr. From Chicago’s Union Park, taken on May Day 2011 by Nancy Bechtol. She labeled it “Mexican American Kid blows his own horn at Sarah Palin during Rally.” Via Flickr: ©2011 nancy bechtol May Day 2011, Palin, Mexican [...]
Flowers in bloom at the Lincoln Park Conservatory
The Lincoln Park Conservatory‘s annual Spring Flower Show started Jan. 22 and will continue through May 8. The conservatory was designed not only to showcase hundreds of exotic plants but also to grow and maintain thousands of flowers needed for parks around the city. The Palm House, more then 45 feet long, is the centerpiece [...]
Local Color: Romantic Tableau CTA-Style
Anyone who rides the CTA frequently has likely come across a few sordid tales. Meetings with Chicago’s strangers, drunks, hustlers and an assortment of other oddities can be found regularly on just about any line in the city year-round. Kevin O’Neil, the CTA Tattler, has been documenting these stories for more than five years and was [...]
The Perfect Pet Photo
Photographers love clicking pets, second only to their love of clicking children. The following tips will help you take perfect pictures of your pets. Standard lenses can give good pictures; however to make shooting pets easy one should use a longer telephoto lens of 80 to 200mm size. A telephoto lens is what you need [...]
Word Wars Spell Out Excitement for Scrabble Tournaments
In preparation for the Scrabble Shown later in the Month, Cinema Minima is laying it down with Word Wars (2004, 80 min), a documentary about the tiles and tribulations on the Scrabble tournment circuit. Word Wars follows four players in the nine months leading up to the 2002 National Scrabble Championship. As the camera narrows it’s focus on these four [...]
Historic Prairie District Neighborhood Event to Feature 6000 Eggs
The Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance will host its Annual Easter Egg Hunt, at Chicago’s Women’s Park and Gardens, featuring a variety of family activities, on Saturday, April 23 from 12:00 p.m. to 2 p.m. This popular holiday event is expected to draw over a 1000 people from the South Loop and surrounding communities. The Easter Egg [...]
Pedaling a Tour of Lincoln Park
Sunday April 17, join the latest addition to the tour lineup this spring is one of the most requested areas for tours. Lincoln Park, Community Area 7 sits 3 miles north of Chicago’s Loop. It occupies what is now some of the most desirable real estate and wealthy sections of the city, but it was certainly [...]
How About That Cricket World Cup Victory
To many Americans, cricket is an insect. To billions of people around the world, it is a favorite sport. On April 2nd, the South Asian community in Chicago burst onto Devon Ave. to celebrate cricket and India‘s Cricket World Cup Victory, with cheers, parading cars, flags, and singing. Local blogger, cricket lover, and videographer [...]
White Sox Win Home Opener
Pitcher Edwin Jackson pitched for 8 innings and with help from White Sox slugger Alex Rios, beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5 to 1 at U.S Cellular Field. It was a chilly, foggy, but satisfying day for White Sox fans. Lori Moreland had her debut on the organ that had been Nancy Faust‘s domain since [...]
Biking Heats Up Even if Weather Remains Cool
Tour Albany Park on Saturday April 2 on your bike and see some bungalows that are on the National Register of Historic Places. Community Area #14, Albany Park is located 8 miles northwest of the Loop. In very short fashion, this community grew from rural farmland to a vibrant urban neighborhood that today is one [...]
April Fool’s Day Ride with the Liar
If you dare, get on your bike and ride with the Liar’s Tour. All year long, I toil and slave over a hot pile of research to bring to you bi-monthly meticulously detailed epic journeys through the very heart of the greatest city in the world. Neither bad city record-keeping nor dark forces of microfiche [...]
No Joking, Cubs Fans Look to Goats to Reverse Curse
The Chicago Cubs baseball team haven’t won a pennant since 1907. Television hadn’t been invented. Radio hadn’t been invented. Its been a long time for the Cubs. Jeremy Freeman, a fan and entrepreneur, has come up with a light-hearted way to lift the infamous Billy Goat curse, which, according to legend, has kept them out [...]
Chicago’s 10th annual St. Paddy’s 5K and 8K Run/Walk benefiting the Irish-American Heritage Center
St. Patrick allegedly fought off snakes. We had technical difficulties with filing this story, but we’ve driven them out of our site. Jacquelyn’s review of Chicago’s 2011 St. Paddy’s 5K and 8k Run/Walk which was held on March 20th at the Irish Heritage Center in Mayfair features some of the participants, including some local students [...]
