By JOANA SALIEVSKA Herald Intern This coming Wednesday, June 20, from 7:15 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club (HPNC), 5480 S. Kenwood Ave., will have an annual Board of Directors meeting to discuss the future of the HPNC. Sarah Diwan, executive director of the HPNC, plans to discuss plans for building renovations […]
By Joana Salievska Herald Intern Murray Language Academy has been selected as one of 25 schools to receive a three year state program that will present a unique curriculum for middle school teachers to inspire fourth through eighth graders to study math and science and pursue careers in technology, medicine, education and business. The application […]
By AARON GETTINGER Staff Writer The 15th annual Silver Room Block Party, scheduled for July 21 from noon to 10 p.m. in Downtown Hyde Park, is having a community impact meeting to discuss necessary neighborhood street closures and parking restrictions this Wednesday, June 20, at 6 p.m. at the Silver Room boutique, 1506 E. 53rd […]
By JOANA SALIEVSKA Herald Intern Last Thursday, the Downtown Hyde Park Farmer’s Market opened for its 2018 season. Every other Thursday, Gigi Tonye’, dance and fitness instructor, will lead an outdoor Zumba class. This “Zumba Bash” will be from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. (weather permitting) in Harper Court, 5235 S. Harper Court. The next […]
By JOANA SALIEVSKA Herald Intern This Sunday, June 17, Hyde Park resident Elizabeth Brackett, longtime “Chicago Tonight” reporter, died at Stroger Hospital, surrounded by family, four days after she sustained injuries from a serious accident while biking on the Lakefront Trail. The accident, which left Brackett in a coma on a ventilator, occurred last Wednesday […]
By M.L. RANTALA Classical Music Critic The Purpose Over Pain project attempts to help, through music, those who have experienced one of the most horrific experiences. It assists families who have lost loved ones to gun violence write songs commemorating the victim. Yo-Yo Ma has written about this project: “I think of the families of […]
“…night people, hanging out, looking at each other, waiting for something to happen…” Robert Palmer Lots of people party on the north side of Chicago, where they believe all the bars and restaurants never close. This is folly as even they can only stay open weeknights to 2:00 am, unless it’s a 24-hour joint, or […]
By AARON GETTINGER Staff Writer The University of Chicago Police (UCPD) reported the following incidents between June 11 and 17. On Tuesday, June 12 at 7:20 a.m., an unknown suspect kicked a 21-year-old victim waiting for a bus at 6250 S. Cottage Grove Ave. in the left leg. The suspect punched the victim in the […]
RECOMMENDED Where: Victory Gardens Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. When: through June 24 Tickets: $15-$60 Phone: 773-871-3000 By ANNE SPISELMAN Theater Critic Yaël Farber’s “Mies Julie” is called an adaptation of August Strindberg’s “Miss Julie,” but the most interesting thing about the South African playwright’s 70-minute one act is how much the alterations […]
RECOMMENDED Where: Goodman Theatre Owen Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St. When: through June 24 Tickets: $10-$40 Phone: 312-443-3800 By ANNE SPISELMAN Theater Critic “Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)” is unlike any play you’ve seen before. Suzan-Lori Parks, the first black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama (in […]