By DASCHELL M. PHILLIPS Staff Writer The Chicago Bulls kicked off their annual food drive competition Thursday at Murray Elementary School. Each year, the Chicago Bulls partner with Midway Moving and Storage and Vienna Beef to collect non-perishable food items for the Greater Chicago Food Depository Holiday Food Drive. The basketball franchise creates a competition(…)
The last of five public meetings to discuss a new bike sharing initiative in Chicago will take place on the South Side of Chicago today, and city officials are seeking input as to where the stations for the program should be located. “Hyde Park will absolutely get stations, and the South Side will absolutely get(…)
By DASCHELL M. PHILLIPS Staff Writer The Murray Language Academy Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) is adding a flea market to its annual rummage sale, which will take place at the school on Nov. 10. Money raised from the sale goes to providing programs and other resources for the school. Murray’s, 5335 S. Kenwood Ave., community(…)
By LINDSAY WELBERS Staff Writer The Hyde Park Community Players will open “Desire, Desire, Desire” this weekend, their first major production of the season. “Desire Desire Desire” features three parodies of venerated plays. “It’s like Shakespeare — if you do the right thing with it, anyone can get it,” director Corinna Christman said. The first(…)
By LINDSAY WELBERS Staff Writer Artisans 21 recently reopened the arts and crafts co-op storefront that has been a Hyde Park staple for nearly 50 years. “We’re awfully glad to be back,” Rob Borja said. “This is one of the most astonishing co-ops I’ve ever been in.” Artisans 21, which sat in Harper Court for(…)
By LINDSAY WELBERS Staff Writer Jewish students at the University of Chicago have another option on campus to practice their religion and meet other Jewish students. Jewish U formed at the beginning of the semester as an alternative to the campus Hillel. Director Dan Libensen had previously served for six years as the director of(…)
By DASCHELL M. PHILLIPS Staff Writer Residents, educators and business owners from nine neighborhoods including Hyde Park, Grand Boulevard and Woodlawn met last Wednesday to discuss the community’s response to the City of Chicago Broadband Expansion Request For Information (RFI) for the Southside Fiber optic/Wireless Broadband Network development challenge. On Oct. 16, Gov. Pat Quinn(…)
By DASCHELL M. PHILLIPS Staff Writer Hales Franciscan High School held a “Knockout Gala Reception” and boxing matches Saturday, Oct. 27, to raise funds for its Olympic sports after-school program for at-risk youth. Spurred by youth violence, a soaring dropout rate and the youth unemployment problem, Hales, 4930 S. Cottage Grove Ave., created an after-school(…)
