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Upscale dining, Isaac Hayes singing in Washington Park, new art galleries and front-row seats to the Bud Billiken parade are just some of the amenities available to residents in historic Bronzeville on the city's South Side. Read more about Bronzeville.
Upscale dining, Isaac Hayes singing in Washington Park, new art galleries and front-row seats to the Bud Billiken parade are just some of the amenities available to residents in historic Bronzeville on the city's South Side. Read more about Bronzeville.
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Judy Blume discusses the joys of writing at Lit Fest
Flannery O'Connor once observed that, "Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay." One can imagine quite a few poets, playwrights, memoirists and other nonfiction authors nodding their heads at...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Festive Events, Authors, Illinois Institute of Technology
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Man charged in Green Line robbery, suspected in others
Tribune reporterChicago police are looking for anyone who might have been robbed by a man charged in the recent robbery of two men on a Green Line "L" in Bronzeville and suspected in at least two others. Gregory Taylor, 19, is being held in lieu of $90,000 bail in...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Criminals, Chicago Police Department, Theft, Firearms
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Driver questioned after man critically injured in South Side hit-and-run
The driver of a vehicle that hit and critically injured a man walking to his car in the Bronzeville neighborhood is being questioned in the possibly alcohol-related crash, police said. The victim, a 38-year-old man, was taken to Northwestern Memorial...
Tags: Chicago Police Department, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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Mariano's, Wal-Mart eye Bronzeville sites
Crain's Chicago Business reports: Roundy's Supermarkets has struck a deal to open a Mariano's Fresh Market at King Drive and Pershing Road in Bronzeville, Chicago Real Estate Daily reports, and Wal-Mart is eyeing a parcet at Pershing and State Street...
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Protesters: Route to new school a 'danger zone'
Tribune reporterBeads of sweat dripped down Jitu Brown’s face as he addressed about 150 marchers who had gathered on Sunday afternoon outside Overton Elementary School in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. The school at East 49th Street and South Indiana...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Chicago Public Schools, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Chicago Teachers Union, Students
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School-closing foes take to the streets again
Beads of sweat dripped down Jitu Brown's face as he addressed about 150 marchers who had gathered Sunday afternoon outside Overton Elementary School in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. The school at East 49th Street and South Indiana Avenue is slated...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Chicago Public Schools, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Chicago Teachers Union, Students
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Wright's Unity Temple gets $10 million grant for face lift
Tribune reporterFrank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple, a pilgrimage site for architectural buffs, will get a face lift, thanks to a $10 million grant from a Chicago-based foundation. Wednesday’s announcement about the striking Oak Park structure comes as...Tags: Government, Architecture, Christianity, Frank Lloyd Wright, Politics
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Mom of slain teen: 'You can do all the right things and still come up with the same outcome'
Tribune reportersJust before Ebony Ambrose went to bed about 10 p.m. Tuesday, her son Kevin Ambrose asked her if she had made the spinach gnocchi and apple cider pork like she had planned for dinner. Kevin Ambrose, 19, was hanging out with a friend and had not eaten...Tags: Dance, Entertainment Events, Joffrey Ballet, Mother's Day, After School Matters
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Man, 19, fatally shot in Bronzeville
Tribune reporterA 19-year-old man was gunned down and two other men were hurt in separate shootings late Tuesday, authorities said. About 11:05 p.m., someone fired shots from a light-colored sedan, striking the 19-year-old as he walked down the sidewalk in the 4700...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago Police Department, Calumet Heights, Shootings, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
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Save St. James Catholic Church
As the editorial, (“A church in Bronzeville,” Editorial, April 17) reports, the Archdiocese of Chicago appears determined to demolish historic St. James, a sacred place that has served generations of Chicagoans. Known as the mother church of...Tags: Religion and Belief, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Human Interest, Africa, Francis I
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Obama library, casino among options for former Reese site
A casino-entertainment complex, a major convention hotel and a Barack Obama presidential library are being floated as possible anchors for a mixed-use development of the former Michael Reese Hospital site on the Near South Side. The scenarios were...Tags: William D. Burns, Hospitals and Clinics, West Point, Homes, Near South Side
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Squad car, school bus collide on South Side
A Chicago police officer and a school bus driver suffered minor injuries when the bus and a squad car collided in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side this morning, authorities said. No children were injured, they said. The crash occurred in...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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