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Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood is known for its vintage apartments and Victorian houses, its proximity to Loyola University Chicago, and its independent spirit. Read about Rogers Park
Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood is known for its vintage apartments and Victorian houses, its proximity to Loyola University Chicago, and its independent spirit. Read about Rogers Park
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International Mr. Leather moves to the Mag Mile
For RedEyeA different kind of leather experience is hitting the Magnificent Mile this Memorial Day Weekend—the 35th annual International Mr. Leather competition—with accoutrements, goods and services not likely to be found at Coach, Ferragamo or Gucci....Tags: Chicago Hotels, Dining and Drinking, Boystown (Chicago, Illinois), Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Memorial Day
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Theo Ubique to stage Sondheim's 'Passion'
Theo Ubique Theatre, the small Chicago company known for its intimate productions of musicals, will stage Stephen Sondheim's "Passion" as part of its 2013-14 season, the Rogers Park company has announced. "Passion" will be helmed by Theo Ubique artistic...Tags: Entertainment Events, Master Class (play), Music, Theater, Music Theater
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Umami burger faceoff
Having exhausted the foie gras/Kobe short rib/shaved trufflization of burger-swankifying, the foodie brain trusts decided the next great innovation in the hamburger arts will come from Japan: the mysterious fifth "taste" known as umami. Umami is so hard...
Tags: Chicago Restaurants, Foods and Beverages, Onions, Japan, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Night Out in the Parks: Chicago announces summer activities
Tribune reporterCircus performers and Shakespearean actors helped Mayor Rahm Emanuel announce Tuesday that the city is doubling the number of performances and cultural events at its parks this summer. Amid lush greenery and newly bloomed flowers at Garfield Park...Tags: Grant Park, Rahm Emanuel, Irving Park, Edgewater, Music
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UCAN to break ground on new campus, address gun violence
Before Tom Vanden Berk's 15-year-old son was shot and killed at a Rogers Park house party in 1992, Vanden Berk didn't think much could be done about gun control. But since then, the gun violence prevention movement has been front and center in his life....
Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Civil Rights, Shootings, North Lawndale
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Store robbed at gunpoint across from police station
Tribune reporterA convenience store across the street from the Rogers Park police station was held up at gunpoint overnight, police said. The robber entered the store, pulled a gun and demanded money from a clerk standing at the register in the 6500 block of North...Tags: Criminals
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Former alderman arrested on gun charge
Tribune reportersA former Chicago alderman was ordered held on bond today after being charged with illegally carrying a loaded gun at a West Side police station over the weekend, authorities said. Sharon Denise Dixon--who ended her term as alderman of the 24 th Ward...Tags: Prosecution, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Michael D. Chandler, Justice System
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Chicago band Switchback keeping musical options open
Former Chicagoan Ron Pen holds a very lengthy and lofty title at the University of Kentucky in Lexington: Professor; Director, John Jacob Niles Center for American Music; Coordinator, Division of Musicology and Ethnomusicology. You might think him...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Music, Music Theater, Theater, Leon Russell
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Five books by Chicago authors appearing at Lit Fest
In Thomas Dyja's cultural history of Chicago, "The Third Coast," he writes that in Nelson Algren's day, "being Chicago's Famous Writer was like winning the heavyweight title — there was only one at a time, and you kept the belt for as long as you...
Tags: Fiction, Poetry, Arts and Culture, Nelson Algren, Edgar Allan Poe
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Relatives fight over estate of poisoned lottery winner
The family of a North Side businessman who died of cyanide poisoning after winning a $1 million lottery jackpot is disputing a deal he purportedly signed leaving his share of several dry cleaning stores to his wife. In an emergency motion filed Monday...
Tags: Lawyers, Realty, Crime, Law and Justice, Lotteries, Urooj Khan
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Flooding still an issue in parts of our area
Flood warnings are in place for parts of our area. CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL FLOOD WARNINGS For example, the Tippecanoe River and what it may do to Pulaski County is a major concern. And there is also flooding in Goshen. A majority of Rogers Park near...
Tags: Weather, Floods, Weather Warnings
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'Map of the Dead' video game brings zombie apocalypse to Chicago
For RedEyeWith a dozen brain-eating zombies standing in the way, it's clear that coming to Jewel was a bad idea. You can run away, but you still face a dilemma: Do you try to scavenge supplies at a nearby Walgreen's or a bar in Wicker Park? Navigating the streets...Tags: Wicker Park, Apple Store, Hospitals and Clinics, Gaming Industry, Business
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