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What Goes into Hustling a New Book
NBC Chicago Business News
Feb 06Marketing a book is no cakewalk. As an author you often hope your job description comprises: writing, suffering, drinking and writing some more. No one talks about all the work that goes into promoting your work. Authors with major publishing deals try... »
Tolerance is no easy out in riveting 'Disgraced'
Chicago Tribune Theater Critic
Feb 01THEATER REVIEW: "Disgraced" at American Theater Company ★★★½THEATER REVIEW: "Disgraced" at American Theater Company ★★★½ ... The literary career of the prolific Ayad Akhtar, a first-generation Pakistani-American who was born in Milwaukee, seems to have... »
Tolerance is no easy out in riveting 'Disgraced'
The Theater Loop
Feb 01THEATER REVIEW: "Disgraced" at American Theater Company ★★★½ THEATER REVIEW: "Disgraced" at American Theater Company ★★★½ ... The literary career of the prolific Ayad Akhtar, a first-generation Pakistani-American who was born in Milwaukee, seems to hav... »
Faulty boiler forces evacuation of 60 kids from North Center child center
Chicago Breaking News
Jan 30Smoke from an overheating motor forced authorities to move about 60 children from a childcare center attached to a church this afternoon on the North Side. »
Ameya Pawar- 47th Ward Alderman
Welles Park Bulldog
Jan 30Ameya Pawar- 47th Ward Alderman Chicago Alderman since 2011 Neighborhood connection- Resident of North Center Ward Service Office: 4243 N Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL 60618 +1.773.868.4747 +1.773.549.4757 fax City Hall Office: 121 N LaSalle St., Ste.200 Ch... »
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Don Cornelius Remembered
N'DigoChitChat & All That
Feb 01Last labor day at Millenieum Park, Michelle Boone, the city's Cultural Director, had a celebration remembering the days of Soul Train. It was a remarkable success. Salute was paid to Don Cornelius, the creator of Soul Train. Little did we realize hi... »
"DISGRACED" (American Theater Company): MUST SEE!
The Fourth Walsh
Feb 01When I was in Morocco, I was sensitive to the Muslim culture. I stayed covered up. I didn’t wear a burka but I did wear long sleeves, pants and a scarf around my neck. One day on a crowded street, I got separated from my group. A young local confro... »
Laundromat Turned Apartments in North Center
UrbanTurf Chicago
Jan 30Chicago developer Earthwood Development is aiming to build apartments at the site of a laundromat in North Center, the Center Square Journal reported today. Keep reading » »
Walmart opened today in West Chatham!
The Sixth Ward
Jan 25And I (JP Paulus) was there. So here's my story (more personal rather than journalistic) Simeon High School's marching band gave an opening performance. They then promptly marched across the street to their school. (They weren't missing any school tim... »
West Town’s women’s programs take the machismo out of mechanics
Grid Chicago
Jan 20Fixing brakes at Women and Trans' Night - all WATN photos courtesy of West Town Bikes This city's blessed with five nonprofit bike shops where locals can learn to ride safely and/or turn a wrench, spread across the city from Lakeside Velo Works in Sout... »