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Designer clothes out of your price range? Not this weekend!

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
04/20/2018
SCraig

If you have never been to the Annual Closet Clearance Sale at INTUIT: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, 756 N. Milwaukee Ave., this year would be a good time to start a new habit. It begins Fri., Apr. 20, from 6 to 8 p.m.

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Events

Volunteers urged to participate in Chicago's Clean and Green Day of Service: Earth Day

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
04/19/2018
SaveEarth

Earth Day clean-up activities are going to be engaging at least a couple of thousand volunteers throughout Chicago's near northwest side on Saturday, April 21 and Sunday, April 22.

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Residential Orgs

Community Meeting: North Branch development will have impact on both sides of River

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
04/20/2018
Today

With quality of life at stake for residents, businesses and organizations on both sides of the River, a Community Meeting for the North Branch Park + Preserve is being held Mon., Apr. 23, at the Little Sisters of the Poor, 2325 N. Lakewood Ave., from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

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Transportation

Blue Line service changes through April 23

Date: 
04/20/2018
BlueLineTrain

According to the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), there may be travel delays on the Blue Line until Apr. 23.

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Streets and Sans News

New website gives real time view of street sweepers

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
04/18/2018
BYSweeper

While City wide street sweeping has gotten off to an inconsistent start since April 1 because of the weather, there is a new website showing each sweeper "live",

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Clean, Green and Recycling

Earth Day in Chicago: Humboldt Park will celebrate its 29th year!

By: 
Rob Reid
Date: 
04/18/2018
ReidHumboldt

Humboldt Park will be part of Chicago's Earth Day activities for the 29th year. Clean-up will start at 9 a.m., Saturday, April 21, at the Humboldt Park Boathouse, 1301 N. Sacramento.

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The WasteShed celebrates reuse and smashes their own collection records

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
04/17/2018
FabricsERay

The 3.5 tons of donated art, craft and school materials, in first quarter 2018, has smashed all quarter collection records for four-year-old The WasteShed, 2842 W. Chicago Ave.

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Police News

Two people found shot in Logan Square home

Date: 
04/16/2018
PolTape

UPDATE:
The female victim was Vaviola Coreas. According to the Medical Examiner's Office, she died of

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Resident News

Delia Ramirez takes action before seat in Illinois State 4th District House of Representatives

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
04/12/2018
DRamirez

"It is so cool to see Delia moving forward with the vision of a government that is truly for and by the people," commented 35th Ward Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa* about newly elected 4th District Illinois State House Representative Delia Ramirez

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Arts

Chicago International Film Festival: Poster Design Competition announced

Date: 
04/09/2018
TheFilmFestEyes

With the tagline "Everybody Loves Movies," one submission in the Cinema/Chicago 54th Chicago International Film Festival poster design competition will be

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A time to laugh!

Beware: Logic is not always logical when it comes to pepperoni and seagulls

Date: 
04/07/2018
Seagull1

Though it took Nick Burchill 17 years to confess to an innocent but bad decision he made while staying in the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, BC., he has received a pardon and his lifetime ban from the hotel has been lifted.

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Theatre

The Artistic Home: "How I Learned to Drive" a Pulitzer winner with ties to current headlines

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
04/05/2018
ThreeWomenLearn

How I Learned to Drive, the winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize, co-winner of both the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and the Lucille Lortel Award for outstanding play, has rolled into The Artistic Home theatre, 1376 W. Grand Ave., as its relevance screams out from current news headlines. 

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The Spitfire Grill: Refuge Theatre Project does it again

By: 
Elaine Coorens
Date: 
04/03/2018
ThreeWomen

Refuge Theatre Project does it again. They found an unusual but perfect location to deliver an energetic, spirited musical that blends poignance, secrets, hope, fear, laughter and fun in a fast paced production of The Spitfire Grill in the Windy City Café, 1062 W. Chicago Ave.

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