The Portage seeks acknowledgment from the city, in the form of official landmark status, to stave off attempts by an Albany Park church to acquire and renovate the 92-year-old movie theater in northwest Portage Park. [ more › ] »
On Monday, March 26, 2012, at 7 p.m. a community meeting will take place at the Portage Theater, 4050 N. Milwaukee Ave., in responds to the news that the Chicago Tabernacle Church in Albany Park are looking to purchase... »
An Albany Park Church is moving forward with plans to buy the legendary Portage Theater, including removing the marquee from the building and evicting many businesses housed there. ... (Like this story? Click the headline to vote it up on WindyCitizen.... »
The Chicago Tabernacle of Albany Park has filed for a special use permit which would allow them to operate the historic theater as a church. [ more › ] »
This week in my story about the Yemeni restaurant Sheeba, I wrote that southwest-suburban Bridgeview has arguably the best Middle Eastern food in the area—and maybe in the midwest outside of Detroit. If you haven't been to Almawal, I urge you to eat th... »
Rene Romero Schuler's solo show at the Jennifer Norback Fine Art Gallery is up through the end of the month and shows incredible sensitivity to the female state; the outer image and the more ephemeral internal spirit. »
Supporters rallied Monday to save the Portage Theater, one of the city’s oldest movie houses. »
