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Cashing in from Lollapalooza
Mayor looking into fest's tax-exempt status
08/24/2011
Lollapalooza, the music mega-festival that ran in Grant Park from Aug. 5 through 7, is expected to have its unique tax-exempt status reviewed thanks to questions about whether the city gets the money it should from the event.
Read More...Proposed hotel hopes to give guests a taste of regular life in Lincoln Park
Home away from home
08/24/2011
If out-of-towners coming to visit want to feel like they're at home, a new hotel in Lincoln Park might be right up their alley. A new concept headed to the neighborhood aims to make guests feel like they’re living in a Lincoln Park apartment.
Read more...'Mad Hatter of the Midwest' graced heads, hearts
Heart of the 'hood
08/24/2011
When Nancy Remick was invited to famed milliner Raymond Hudd's 2003 retirement party, the hat-maker had an odd request. Although she owned many of his creations, "he insisted I wear a black dress and no hat," recalled Remick, a Lincoln Parker. Hudd already had something in mind for Remick's head for the huge gala at the Chicago History Museum that night - a chapeau with black-lacquered tree branches and yellow monarch butterflies.
Read More...Photos: Japanese Ginza Holiday at Old Town's Midwest Buddhist Temple
08/17/2011
Web Extra! Slideshow
Chicagoans gathered at Old Town’s Midwest Buddhist Temple over the
weekend to celebrate the Japanese Ginza Holiday, an annual festival
celebrating the Asian nation’s culture. Read More...
Two Chicago hotels serve eviction notices to their tenants, but fate is unclear
Single-room shutdown
08/17/2011
The Sheffield House is one of two SROs that have abruptly shut down in Lakeview amid a change in ownership. The Bel Air Hotel, at 424 W. Diversey Ave., also served eviction notices in mid-July that went into effect this week on Monday.
Housing's authority up in the air
CHA residents cautiously optimistic about one of Emanuel's candidates
08/17/2011
The Habitat Company has long been an influence in shaping the Chicago Housing Authority's plan to redevelop the city's public housing stock. Now the organization may send one of its own to lead the agency into a new era. Earlier this month, Mayor Rahm Emanuel named four candidates for consideration in his appointment of a new CEO for the housing authority.
Read more...Stitching together bags of hope
Heart of the 'hood
08/17/2011
My mother always taught me, "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." Twenty-year-old cancer survivor Yali Derman is doing just that, and then some. Yali may live on the North Shore, but her goodwill is stretching all the way to Skyline turf. I hope you can attend her upcoming event at 5 p.m. Aug. 23 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago Ave.
Read More...Chicago's Anti-Cruelty Society doesn't just show off cute animals - they rescue abused pets, too
Diamonds in the ruff
08/10/2011
The look on Tessa's face was one of nervous hesitation as she watched Nicole Campos climb the steps of the second floor South Side apartment. The young Pit Bull Terrier's bones were showing plainly against her fur, and Tessa's neck was red with irritation from rubbing against the short, rusty chain that held her to the porch.
Read More...Argo Tea tapped as caretaker for Chicago's oldest, smallest public park
Company to take over to combat ‘ongoing vandalism’ and ‘homeless/vagrant problem’
08/10/2011
Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) and the Chicago Park District have found a corporate caretaker for one of the city’s oldest, smallest and apparently most neglected public parks.
After four years, Chicago b-ball tournament still fully booked with fans, talent, fun
Safe summer swishes
08/10/2011
In a packed gym on Western Avenue Tuesday night, the crowd was going insane. Make it Rain had a four-point lead on their rival team, Mayheim, with less than a minute on the clock. Then, out of nowhere, came Sherron Collins. The NCAA-championship-winning former Kansas point guard took the basketball, dribbled down the court and put up a shot from atop the three-point line ...
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