Around and About

The Remix, Rethink Recycle event in Logan Square on Milwaukee Ave.  Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 was filled with surprises…among them Charlie, the camel.

He is a gentle giant who lives in Barrington with a few other camels, but he travels all over the country.

He was quite the gentleman and very patient with the children who rode on him. 

Being blue and a male are not requirements to be a Blue Man, but being between 5 foot 10 inches and 6 feet 1 inch tall is, if you would like to be employed by the Blue Man Group. The international entertainment group is holding an open casting call Tues., July 9 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Briar Street Theatre, 3133 N. Halsted St. 

"Do you know what is going on along Milwaukee? People are lined-up from on Honore, around the corner and up Milwaukee," said a familiar voice on the other end of the phone last Saturday morning. 

"What is going on? There are hundreds of people all over the street and sidewalks," queried a familiar voice on my phone last Sunday morning.

May your celebration of this holiday be as bountiful as depicted in this grouping of nature's bounty at Christy Webber Landscape on Grand Ave.

Occasionally seeing and often hearing various planes overhead in the neighborhoods during Chicago's Annual Air and Water Show and the practice days before the weekend, we often don't get to the lake area to see them perform.

Long-time friends director/writer John McNaughton and multi talented Tony Fitzpatrick stopped for a photo op outside Firecat Projects, 2124 N. Damen, during the opening reception of Nick Sistler's terrific new show, Trouble, Fri. , Apr. 27.

In this case, the picture says it all about the Blue Line CTA station in the Polish Triangle at Division, Milwaukee and Ashland,

Considering the temperatures and snow prediction for the next couple of days, some of these tasks might be tricky for the crews and you!

Be careful out there!

Thanks to East Villager Scott Rappe for providing this news!

A bride and groom alight from a vintage Cadillac in front of the Blue Line Restaurant on Damen.