Chicago Scores for People Who Walk
Walk Score is a site that attempts to rate and compare cities in terms of how pedestrian and public transit friendly they are. They rate walkability, public transit and bike-friendliness. Currently, according to their ratings, Chicago is the 6th most walkable large city in the U.S. with 2,695,598 residents. They rate over 10,000 neighborhoods in almost […]
Conversation on Mental Health
Columbia College Chicago Journalism Department and the Chicago Headline Club are hosting “The Conversation on Mental Health” on Thursday, May 2nd in Room 101 of 33 E. Congress from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Hear firsthand how mental illness has affected the loved ones of Obama strategist David Alexrod and Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page. WVON […]
NATO Protesters Take Aim at Oil Pipeline
Environmental activists covered themselves with fake oil outside the Canadian consulate in Chicago Thursday to protest the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline. While protesters chanted, “No pipeline,” several half-naked activists covered themselves in chocolate syrup, which they said represented oil. They then sat in the middle of the street in front of the consulate, pretending to be […]
Linda Bubon’s ‘Woman and Children First’, The ‘Anchor’ in Andersonville
Linda Bubon, co-owner of Women and Children First – one of the only feminist bookstores in Chicago — said Andersonville looks toward her store as an “anchor” for the neighborhood. Bubon, 60, said the neighborhood had only 14 liquor stores and three retail shops when she opened the store 42 years ago. Since then, the North Shore neighborhood has been transformed into […]
Spring Staycation: Bike the “Tour de Marsh” at Horicon, Wisc.
On Saturday, June 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. join bicyclists, hikers, motorcyclists and autos touring around and through famous Horicon Marsh. Named one of the “seven wonders of Wisconsin” and a “Wetland of International Importance”, seeing and experiencing Horicon Marsh is a great opportunity to enjoy one of nature’s treasures. Imagine an area Covering 33,000 acres, […]
