Crew steals textbooks, bikes

04/11/2012

Two men lost a pair of textbooks and then their two rental bicycles in a concerted theft by three men while riding along the Riverwalk at 30 E. Lower Wacker Drive 2:15 p.m. Monday, April 9.
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Veterans Art Museum to leave South Loop

04/11/2012

The National Veterans Art Museum has been a South Loop fixture for the past 16 years. But that’ll change by the end of November, when the museum will pack its collection and move somewhere else. The museum is still working on securing a new location, but one thing is certain — it won’t stay in the South Loop.
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Repainting the walls

Arts high school moving into Malcolm X College in 2015

04/11/2012

The Near West Side is getting another high school. The Chicago High School for the Arts, which offers its students the opportunity to focus on dance, music, theater and visual arts alongside their regular classes, is moving into Malcolm X College’s old building in 2015.
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Rescues of the Week

04/11/2012

Camet is a handsome, 5-year-old Cattle Dog. Given up to Chicago Animal Care & Control by a previous owner, Camet was rescued and brought to PAWS Chicago in early March. From his big brown eyes to the white tip of his tail, Camet has a lot of love to give and will make an amazing, devoted companion to his adopters.
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Arts high school to move into Malcolm X College building

College building to be repurposed in 2015 as hub for arts

04/09/2012

The Near West Side is getting another high school. The Chicago High School for the Arts, which offers its students the opportunity to focus on dance, music, theater and visual arts alongside their regular classes, is moving into Malcolm X College’s old building in 2015.
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Wrong-way driver caught with crack stash

04/04/2012

A man caught driving the wrong way on a one-way street was charged with possession of crack Sunday, April 1, after police said they found the rock-like narcotic in a shoe-box in his car. Police charged Dantril D. Edinburg, 30, of Zion, after patrol officers saw him driving northbound at 7:15 p.m. on a one-way southbound street in the vicinity of 500 South Wabash.
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A new branded South Loop

Columbia students work with Fioretti, community groups to create new banners

04/04/2012

The South Loop is getting a new brand. Through a partnership with Ald. Bob Fioretti’s office (2nd) and the Greater South Loop Association, a group of Columbia College advertising students have come up with a new set of logos that will be used on street banners around the South Loop.
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Rising from the ashes

In Flame’s wake, Chicago Bloc[k] aims to give an alternate voice to UIC students

04/04/2012

Last month, a note went out to University of Illinois at Chicago students on the English department’s mailing list asking students to join the newly forming “newspaper club.” The students were invited to participate in the online news blog known as the Chicago Bloc[k] [sic], a blog that would reflect student voices and opinions.
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The other summit

Nobel laureates coming to UIC this month with little fanfare

04/04/2012

As Chicago gets all worked into a tizzy about the dozens of heads of state descending upon our city for the NATO summit in May, an event this month featuring world leaders has flown under the radar.
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Motor Row revs up

Developer has big plans for hotels, entertainment near McCormick Place, but biggest project must escape bankruptcy

04/04/2012

There’s a gap between McCormick Place and the rest of Chicago, and Pam Gleichman knows it. Out-of-towners are whisked in and out of the convention center by shuttle bus or taxi, few even thinking to take a look at the surrounding areas, the South Loop and Motor Row.
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