Summer Dance ends this year's program with a big swing in Grant Park

Last dance

09/01/2010

The dance day started Sunday in Grant Park with a couple of hundred people working out the steps for East Coast Swing as instructors from the Fred Astaire Dance Studio demonstrated from the stage.
Read More...

Aldermen ask CPS for magnet school access

Expanded Jackson program touted as solution to neighborhood complaints

09/01/2010

Responding to community wishes, two Chicago aldermen last week recommended that Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman expand the Andrew Jackson Language Academy to address claims of a poor choice in neighborhood schools by some residents in areas of the 2nd and 25th wards.
Read more...

Chicago entrepreneur makes a go in the online coupon business

Small-scale success

09/01/2010

It’s hard to image that a desire for inexpensive sushi and hairdos would drive a small business to success by topping electronic coupon searches in the South Loop. But one neighborhood entrepreneur is linking urban dwellers with the deals they seek.
Read More...

Swim. Bike. Run.

09/01/2010

Web Extra! Slideshow
Thousands battled 90 degree temperatures to compete in the Chicago Triathlon along the shores of Lake Michigan on Sunday. A wave of swimmers dot the shore as they complete the two mile swim.
Read More...

Thousands beefing up business skills in Chicago MBA programs ... before economic recovery beings

Waiting for change

09/01/2010

If you are planning to take the GMAT, or Graduate Management Admission Test, in order to join over 18,000 MBA students in Chicago who are beefing up their skills for a rough job market, you may want to reconsider – for the sake of the economy.
Read more...

Family feud

09/01/2010

Two women were arguing on the 400 block of S. Dearborn August 24 at 1:30 p.m. One of the women called the other woman a b-tch. The other woman grabbed her and started attacking her.
Read more...

West Loop gun killing

09/01/2010

A 25-year-old Harvey man was shot and killed after a fight at a near west club early Tuesday morning.
Read more...

National Hellenic Museum comes out

09/01/2010

With a year to go before the doors open, the National Hellenic Museum held a “coming out” party August 27 near its S. Halsted Street home.
Read more...

Chicago's best preservation

09/01/2010

The Chicago Landmarks Commission This week announced the 2010 recipients of the Preservation Excellence Awards. Included in the 22 winners are: the On Leong Merchant’s Association Building at 2220 S. Wentworth Ave. for its terra cotta restoration and Printers Row Park for their new urban infill park.
Read more...

Condo sales up

New construction running ahead of 2009

09/01/2010

As bleak as Chicago’s new-construction condominium market looks, there are a few rays of sunshine filtering through the gloom, real estate analysts say.
Read more...

1 2 3 4 5 6 ... LastNext