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On June 19, you can get flexible at a free Outdoor Yoga Event to at Chicago’s North Avenue Beach. Sponsored by Men’s Health and Women’s Health magazines, health and lifestyle magazine brands published by Rodale and Old Navy. There will be expert instruction and a full-schedule of classes – including “Mommy and Me” yoga-...
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This Saturday is the Annual Naked Bicycle Ride. This is a world-wide event that has been celebrated in Chicago for about eight or nine years. Many of the riders are part of Critical Mass, but anyone is welcome to join. Degrees of nakedness are permitted, after all you are on a bike. The route...
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It’s Back…The Commuter Nation Free Ride Sweepstakes Is Now Open. This is a program where employers get involved to encourage employees to commute and save gas, money, and our environment. Check it out, and forward it to your boss. function scro11me(f){f.contentWindow.scrollTo(0,0); }
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Sal Thomas, writing for TheWeekBehind, provides some good advice for those of us who have over-extended our digital social selves. Summer pace is a bit slower than the rest of the year, so maybe you have time to read, consider and pare down your possibly bloated social network: It occurs to me that the...
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The Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) has issued a notice about the climbing temperatures over the next few days. Please remember a few key things: 1. Check on your neighbors – especially seniors and families with young children, as they are the people in greatest danger in extreme heat and humidity. 2. Drink...
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This was at what intersection in Chicago until the 1980s? Do you know where this waterfall was? Do you have a memory about it, to share it with us? While it looked different than this in the 50s and 60s, it still was a waterfall. You can read and see some newer...
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The West Side’s Austin Town Hall Park needs the help of the Chicago community to win a much-needed renovation up to $50,000 from Maxwell House. Next Friday (6/17) is the last day to visit MaxwellHouse.com to vote. The center is competing with community houses from across the country. Only the top five will receive...
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Chicago Detours makes tours that are like mobile exhibits. Guests interact with each other, urban space, and historical media to engage with Chicago’s architecture, art, history, politics, entertainment, and city life. Tours bring people to explore stories and places that locals don’t even know about. Highly trained guides share forgotten stories from the past,...
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Here’s an interesting staycation suggestion. Join portoluz for the Lane Tech Murals – a cultural tour on Thursday June 9th, 5 p.m. It’s one part of the groundbreaking cultural series WPA 2.0: A Brand New Deal. Here’s your unique opportunity to experience a collection of rarely viewed Chicago visual arts gems. June programming icludes a rare...
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Over 100 Action Now members and Englewood residents are holding a “We Are Englewood” march and press conference to protest the lack of Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funds allocated to the Englewood community to rehab vacant buildings June 4. Englewood residents will march from 55th Street and Peoria Street to 61st Street where there are a large...
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