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Curb Auto: A Path to a New Future

Curb Auto: A Path to a New Future

Two blocks behind Chicago Midway International Airport on116 S. LaVergne St. is Curb Auto, a body shop that not only specializes in the renovation of classic hot rods, but also provides Chicago’s troubled youth and ex-gang members with a place to learn life and job skills. In 2007, Alex Levesque turned the empty warehouse on Chicago’s […]

Teacher: ‘You don’t have to be flexible to do yoga’

Hatha yoga focuses on a sequence of physical exercises that are driven to align your skin, muscles and bones. The different poses allow the flow of energy by opening up the different channels within your body.  The Hatha and meditation yoga class offered at Tula Yoga studio in Lincoln Park helps its participants to achieve the ultimate […]

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Rev. Charles Brown: A Voice for Change in Austin

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Rev. Charles Brown: A Voice for Change in Austin

Chicago’s West Side neighborhood is often in the news for its high rate of crime. There have been 32 homicides in the neighborhood this year, according to data collected by the Chicago Police Department. Driving through the neighborhood, one can see the physical impact the violence has taken on the community through the years. Buildings […]

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Criminals, not Grinch, Stealing Christmas in the 33rd Ward

Are burglar alarms replacing Christmas carols as the new sign the holiday season has arrived? The holiday brings joy and tradition but is also accompanied by a spike in violent crimes in the 33rd Ward, according to police representatives at the 19th District Chicago’s Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) beat meeting. “We tend to see a […]

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Mom and Taekwondo Master Looks for “균형” in Personal Life

After a night filled with intense and grueling workouts and visits to the gym. Students lay across the floor after sparring, sweating, which caused exhaustion after intense preparation. They begin to compare and match bruises while trying to muster up the energy to stand. Julia Do, 37, dojang master and mother of four begins to […]

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Logan Square Community Groups Use Biblical Procession to Protest Chicago Housing Authority

Residents and community leaders marched through the Julie C. Lathrop Homes on Chicago’s Northwest Side in December to protest what they say is a broken promise by the Chicago Housing Authority to renovate the low-rise public housing development. The procession, called “Las Posadas” after the Spanish word for “inn,” involved youth dressed as biblical characters […]

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Christmas Spirit in Chicago’s Loop

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Christmas Spirit in Chicago’s Loop

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