CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – EDISON PARK, LINCOLN PARK, LOOP, GOLD COAST, OAK PARK

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Published July 14, 2010 at 10:56 a.m.
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EDISON PARK Join local artists as they launch the 2 nd Annual Edison Park Art Walk at the Edison Park Metra Station on Thursday, July 15, from 5pm to 7pm. The art work will be displayed throughout Edison Park business districts from July 16 through July ... (read more) ...

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Green City Market BBQ: The Big, Sweaty Recap

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Published July 16, 2010 at 4:02 p.m.
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Liz Tokarczyk of Limelight catering offers a strawberry-thyme popsicle. Photo by Kevin Pang. Posted by Chris Borrelli Is the Green City Market BBQ in Lincoln Park, arguably the most delicious food party of the year, becoming too big — too ...

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Ticket Giveaway: Bear in Heaven @ Lincoln Hall, 7/17

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Published July 15, 2010 at 8:20 a.m.

Like many bands in town this week, the Brooklyn-based band Bear in Heaven are heading to Union Park to play the massive (and sold out) Pitchfork Music Festival. Their most recent album, Beast Rest Forth Mouth, received the best ...

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Accidentally Steal Some Gummy Vitamins from Whole Foods and You, Too, Could Be the Subject of an Article in Chicago Magazine

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Published July 9, 2010 at 4:17 p.m.

An upstanding member of the Lincoln Park community accidentally steals some chewable dino-vitamins from a neighborhood Whole Foods. The company goes nuts ...

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10th Annual Green City Market Chef's BBQ

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Published July 15, 2010 at 11:48 p.m.
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The 10th Annual Green City Market Chef's BBQ will be held in Lincoln Park tonight from 6-8pm. Food from the city's most bestest restaurants -- Purple Pig, Bin 36, Prairie Fire, Socca, Piccolo Sogno, and The Girl and the Goat -- will serve food and drink beyond your wildest dreams. Tickets $100 ($25 for ages 2-12 and under age 2 is free) ...

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Whole Foods Shoplifting Policy Raises Eyebrows

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Published July 10, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.
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Photo by Joe Marinaro Whole Foods loves its customers. In fact, according to their mission, they believe that customers are “fellow human beings with feelings and emotions like our own” and are equals deserving to be treated with respect and courtesy. Lisa Portes however, may have a different opinion. Chicago Magazine reported on Lisa, head director at the DePaul University Theater School, mother and regular Whole Foods shopper who was accused and banned for shoplifting, a claim which she

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CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – PORTAGE PARK, LOOP, LINCOLN PARK, OLD TOWN, NAPERVILLE

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Published June 30, 2010 at 7:29 a.m.
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PORTAGE PARK This Thursday don't miss the 11 th annual farmer's market sponsored by Wright College and Eli's Cheesecake Company. The market is held every Thursday through October 28. Join the market early and get a free continental breakfast ... (read more) ...

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CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – NORWOOD PARK, LAKEVIEW, SOUTH LOOP, LINCOLN SQUARE, EVANSTON

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Published June 24, 2010 at 2:42 p.m.
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NORWOOD PARK Are you big on trivia? Okay then, what's the oldest building in Chicago? Nope, it's not the Widow Clarke House but the city-landmarked building, Noble-Seymour-Crippen House in Norwood Park. The home has a unique history which has ... (read more) ...

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Can Car-free Pedestrian Plazas Transform the Chi?

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Published July 4, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
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57th Street Art Fair by jmogs It is Street Fest season. And with the Taste giving way to a patchwork of neighborhood festivals and block parties throughout the summer, the Trib’s architecture writer Blair Kamin is waxing poetic on the positives of street closures. Can you blame him? Sure, the shifting weekend barriers are yet another driving irritation, but who doesn’t love the respite from traffic, parking, and noise when the fest is in your hood? Why not make those happy feelings

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One Great Dish: Kith & Kin's Gulf Shrimp and Veal Heart Orso

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Published July 6, 2010 at 1:20 p.m.
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From its quick transformation from an old La Canasta on Webster, Kith & Kin has emerged as one of the best new restaurant openings of the past year, most recently taking home the "Best New Neighborhood Restaurant" award in the Reader's "best of" issue. They've also added a lunch service and we thought last weekend was a perfect time to visit, since Lincoln Park was, for all purposes, deserted for the holiday ... We've written previously that you can make a meal of Kith & Kin's crocks (and nearly

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