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December 6, 2019

Drexel Boulevard bike lanes to stay at original position as CDOT finishes road striping

HERALD STAFF REPORT  Construction work on Drexel Boulevard through Bronzeville and Kenwood is nearing its completion, as crews will finish road-striping by Dec. 9, according to the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT). The bike lanes along the boulevard will stay next to its median.  Cycling advocates came out en masse to an Oct. 16 meeting […]

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December 6, 2019

Police seek suspect accused of soliciting Kenwood teenager

  HERALD STAFF REPORT Chicago Police detectives are seeking a suspect with a unique hair style after he followed a 16-year-old and showed him a video of the suspect performing a sex act. Sometime between 7:15 and 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 4, the suspect began following the juvenile as he walked on the 4700 South […]

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December 5, 2019

Provost Daniel Diermeier to leave U. of C. at end of academic year

By AARON GETTINGER Staff writer Provost Daniel Diermeier will leave the University of Chicago on July 1 to become chancellor of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, the U. of C. announced on Nov. 4. “The values that originally defined the founding of the University of Chicago still govern its daily life,” Diermeier said in a […]

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December 5, 2019

Kenwood boys basketball team falls 76-75 to Corliss at home

By JOSEPH PHILLIPS Sports writer The Kenwood’s boys basketball team suffered a tough 76-75 loss to Corliss High School Tuesday night on their home floor. “I think we came out and played hard,” said Justin Bowen, head coach of the Broncos, “But I don’t think we played very smart.” Bowen said he was very disappointed […]

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December 5, 2019

Kenwood grad competing for $100,000 scholarship to continue education at Morehouse College

By AARON GETTINGER Staff writer A 2018 Kenwood Academy graduate and student at Morehouse College in Atlanta has a chance to win a $100,000 scholarship through a Dr. Pepper-sponsored football-throwing competition this weekend at the Big Ten Football Championship Game in Indianapolis Joseph Beard, a sophomore studying political science and Hyde Park native, was not, […]

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December 5, 2019

Hyde Park Neighborhood Club soliciting community’s help with supply drive

HERALD STAFF REPORT The Hyde Park Neighborhood Club is asking for the neighborhood’s help with a supply drive for its “Early Childhood Play ‘N Learn” program through a wish list posted on Amazon. The program is in need of updated materials for crafts, sensory play and gross motor activities for children under 5. “I think […]

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December 4, 2019

Long-time barber is a bridge to Hyde Park’s history

By SAMANTHA SMYLIE Staff writer If you were to walk toward Brown’s Master Barbershop, 1011 E. 53rd St., you might miss the neon sign that belongs to one of the oldest barber shops in Hyde Park. This end of 53rd Street is quiet; just a couple of businesses among the houses and apartment buildings. Kozminski […]

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December 4, 2019

75 students at Kozminski receive free bikes and helmets from a national organization

By SAMANTHA SMYLIE Staff writer While it was a very normal school day for many students at Kozminski Community Academy, other students received early Christmas gifts – new bikes and helmets – and the students’ joyous reaction echoed through the halls. On Dec. 4, kindergarten to 2nd-grade students, their parents and their teachers filled Kozminski’s […]

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December 4, 2019

Engineering publication names 41st Street Pedestrian Bridge ‘Midwest Project of the Year’

HERALD STAFF REPORT Twelve months after it opened, Engineering News-Record magazine named the 41st Street Pedestrian Bridge “Midwest Project of the Year,” lauding contractor F.H. Paschen for its the twin-arched, single-arch-supported structure that overcame serious structural challenges. In August, magazine awarded the bridge the best Midwestern project in the landscape/urban development category. “From the erection […]

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December 4, 2019

Review: Romeo and Juliet

RECOMMENDED (Editor’s note: This story has been updated.) Where: Chicago Shakespeare’s Courtyard Theater, Navy Pier When: through Dec. 22 Tickets: $35-$90 Phone: 312-595-5600 By ANNE SPISELMAN Theater Critic Purists, be warned: Artistic Director Barbara Gaines takes great liberties with “Romeo and Juliet” in her first stab at directing Shakespeare’s early tragedy for Chicago Shakespeare Theater. […]

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December 4, 2019

Review: ‘The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley’

Where: Northlight Theatre, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie When: through Dec. 22 Tickets: $30-$89 Phone: 847-673-6300 By ANNE SPISELMAN Theater Critic The world premiere of “The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley” at Northlight Theatre could be subtitled “Lydia finds her inner feminist.” Building on the success of the premiere of […]

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December 4, 2019

Going for the jugglers: An unusual operatic approach to ‘Akhnaten’

What: “Akhnaten” Where: Various local cinemas When: Dec. 4 (encore presentation) Tickets: See review text By M.L. RANTALA Classical Music Critic The Egyptian pharaoh Akhnaten ruled ancient Egypt for 17 years, beginning in approximately 1353 BCE. He had multiple consorts, including a sister-wife as well as the famous Great Royal Wife Nefertiti. He is the […]

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December 4, 2019

Boys team starts season with a win and a loss

  BY JOSEPH PHILLIPS Sports writer The Kenwood boys basketball team split its first two games of the regular season, losing 53-52 to St. Rita High School, but rebounding to defeat Englewood Urban Prep 74-41 on Wednesday at the Riverside Brookfield Thanksgiving tournament. The victory was the first for new Broncos head coach Justin Bowen. […]

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December 4, 2019

Girls win Township Tip-off tourney; start 4 – 0

  BY JOSEPH PHILLIPS Sports writer The Kenwood girls basketball improved to 4-0 on the season with a 70-47 victory over Lindblom in the championship game of the Township Top-off Classic Basketball Tournament. The Lady Broncos were outscored 18-16 in the first quarter but came back with a 17-7 second quarter to build a 33-25 […]

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December 4, 2019

Carla Robinson, 59

IT developer, photographer, jazz enthusiast and Bears fan HERALD STAFF REPORT Carla Geraldine Robinson, a longtime Hyde Parker who worked in information technology, passionately pursued a photography hobby and was an inveterate Bears fan, died on Nov. 10 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital from a tissue infection. She was 58. Robinson was born on Dec. 5, […]

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