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Mentoring Program Looking for Some Big People
Volunteers are needed on Thursdays from 3:45-5:00 p.m. at Perspectives Charter School, 8131 S. May St., Chicago. These mentoring sessions include a coordinator from the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, so you can learn how to mentor better if you are interested, but don’t know where or how to start. There are opportunities to... »
New Opera Goes to Hell to Entertain with Sartre Play
This is not your father or your mother’s opera. Get out of your comfort zone and give this form of multimedia entertainment a try: Chicago Opera Vanguard reimagines Jean-Paul Sartre’s existential play “No Exit” as an opera. For this modern morality play, director George Cederquist has gathered an impressive ensemble of singing actors, musicians and visual... »
Rio To Host 2016 Olympics, Chicago Eliminated in First Round
Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Summer Olympics. The International Olympic Committee today chose Rio as the host city, marking the first time a South American city has been chosen, as Chicago was eliminated in the first round of voting. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama spoke on behalf of Chicago during... »
Google mail fail becomes big Twitter tale
Gmail went out around 3 p.m. CST on September 1, 2009. I was in the middle of sending an email, so I turned to Twitter to see if it was me or my computer, or was it affecting other people, too. I had been using Wordle, too, so I set up a Twitterfall search... »
Work and Walk Saturday at Spicebush Woods with ‘Swallowtail Sleuths’
Be good to Mother Nature without leaving city limits. Friends of the Parks (FOTP) is asking for volunteers to Spicebush Woods on Saturday, August 1 at 9 a.m. to help with the second cleanup of the summer. Rebecca Blazer, Director, Forest Preserve Initiative, at FOTP said the aim of the clean up is to... »
Help Chicagotalks Crowdsource the “Open Streets” Event on Saturday
Thirty thousand people are expected to walk, bike, roll, dance and play along eight miles of Chicago streets this Saturday for Open Streets. The streets will be closed to car traffic between 8:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Participants will be able to enjoy all kinds of activities along the way including yoga, basketball, dancing,... »
Preservationists Say Doherty Amendment Would Harm Forest Preserve Ecology
UPDATE added on July 30, 2009: Via e-mail from Rebecca Blazer, Director, Forest Preserve Initiative, Friends of the Parks Tel 312-857-2757 x17. “In the City Council meeting yesterday, the Air Pollution Control Ordinance with Ald. Doherty’s amendments restricting burning WAS DEFERRED! I believe it takes two alderman for an ordinance to be deferred, but... »
Justice Delayed
July 10, 2009 – When two men were released from prison on July 7, 21 years after they were falsely convicted in a quintuple murder, several questions were raised: Why did it take Attorney General Lisa Madigan six years to free them? How long will it take, and how many procedural battles must be fought, for... »
“Sweet” Development
By Morgan McDevitt June 9, 2009 – Neighborhood and community groups continue to discuss a proposed residential development at Diversey and Lakewood Avenues that will likely include a tribute to a longtime Chicago business that once occupied the site – the Peerless Confections Company. After 90 years in business the candy manufacturer closed its doors in... »
Educational Service Group Closes in Hyde Park
By Lisa Wardle June 2, 2009 – A long-standing Hyde Park service organization that focused on youth and adult education is one of the latest casualties of the economy and state budget uncertainty. The Blue Gargoyle at 5638 S. Woodlawn Ave. closed this spring when it wasn’t able to meet its payroll. The April closing followed... »