By GABRIELLA CRUZ-MARTÍNEZ Herald Intern The Kenwood Academy Brotherhood will present at the Chicago Public Schools 5th Annual Young Men of Color Summit: Making the Dream a Reality for a New Generation on Friday, March 16, at DePaul University. The program will be part of the second segment of the DePaul University Male Initiative Project […]
By JOSEPH PHILLIPS Staff Writer The Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave., will host an event entitled “Bold Literary Talkers Toastmasters Club,” on Monday, March 12, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. The event is designed to help participants ignite their careers, grow relationships and become better speakers and presenters in the field of […]
In celebration of Women’s History Month during March, Hyde Park OWL, the Voice of Women 40+, has chosen to look back at the feminist movement of the 1970s with “Maggie Growls,” a documentary film that covers the life and great accomplishments of Maggie Kuhn, (1905-1995), a major social activist during that era, whose outrage at […]
By GABRIELLA CRUZ-MARTÍNEZ Herald Intern St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church will host a prayer breakfast and fundraiser on Saturday, March 3. The event is hosted each year by the church’s Madonna Della Strada Ladies Auxiliary and will be held at St. Thomas School, 5467 S. Woodlawn Ave., at 10 a.m. The theme for this […]
By GABRIELLA CRUZ-MARTÍNEZ Herald Intern Candidate nominees for the 2018 Chicago Public School Local School Council (LSC) elections must file two forms of identification and required paperwork for the school where they would like to run by Friday, March 2, in order to be considered in the election cycle. Those seeking to run for LCS […]
By JOSEPH PHILLIPS Staff Writer The Jackson Park Advisory Council Program Committee will host an event entitled “One Earth Film Festival” on Saturday, March 3, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The event will take place at the Jackson Park Field House, 6401 S. Stony Island Ave., and will feature the screening of the movie […]
By JOSEPH PHILLIPS Staff Writer The Bronzeville Neighborhood Collaborative, GAP Community Organization and the NAACP South Side chapter hosted a candidates’ forum for candidates running for Cook County Commissioner of the 3rd District, Feb. 20, at the Illinois College of Optometry in Bronzeville, 3240 S. Indiana Ave. The event was hosted by radio personalities Maze […]
By TONIA HILL Staff Writer Hyde Park’s annual Children’s Book Fair Committee will host a fundraising event at Powell’s Books Chicago’s warehouse in the Brighton Park neighborhood on Saturday, March 10 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Powell’s Books Chicago’s warehouse is typically not open to the public. Guests of the event will have the […]
By TONIA HILL Staff Writer The 61st annual commemoration ceremony for Clarence Darrow will take place on Tuesday, March 13, at 10 a.m. This year marks the 80th anniversary of his death. Darrow is remembered for his role as an attorney in controversial cases such as the Scopes Monkey Trial, the Leopold, and Loeb murder […]
By TONIA HILL Staff Writer The University of Chicago Institute of Politics (IOP) announced its Spring Quarter Fellows this week. The eight fellows, who will visit the campus this spring, include Kelly Ayotte, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Nneka Jones Tapia, Gerrit Lansing, Matt Lewis, Mark Murray, Tom Perriello, and Dawn Turner. Ayotte is a former senator from […]