HERALD STAFF REPORT Gourmands in Hyde Park will get an opportunity to sample the food, liquor and hospitality landscape of the neighborhood when Sommelier Week kicks off on June 17 with programs aimed at both consumers and professionals. The first event, “Causing a Stir,” runs from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on June 17 at […]
By AARON GETTINGER Staff writer Saying it would give 400,000 Chicagoans a raise, Ald. Sophia King (4th) filed a bill to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour in 2021 — not 2025, as the General Assembly mandated earlier this year. King’s measure has 37 co-sponsors, including Ald. Leslie Hairston (5th), who was […]
By MRINALINI PANDEY Herald intern Hyde Parkers gathered for Sweet Summer Paint Workshop, hosted by the Flood’s Hall and led by artist Mariel Martinez and student volunteer Tukesha Hill. Mariel is the Community Arts Programmer, and Tukesha is the high school intern. “We were looking for someone who had personal projects that involve the community,” […]
The sidewalk has been closed and parking prohibited in front of Park Shore Apartments, 1755 E. 55th St., since early in the week for repairs to a broken water main. The workmen said the repairs are scheduled to be completed by Friday.
By SAMANTHA SMYLIE Staff writer “At a town hall meeting on the West Side, there was a gentleman with his wife who had five children. He told me that he had $5,000 in city sticker debt and he needed $2,500 to get on a payment plan,” said City Clerk Anna Valencia, during a June 11 […]
By SAMANTHA SMYLIE Staff writer Stavroula Sparagis, an English teacher at Kenwood Academy, and a few students gathered to collaborate on songs during a Wednesday night session at Beats and Bars, an afterschool club for students to focus on lyricism and Hip-Hop music. Most students were working on lyrics together while others were producing beats […]
By AARON GETTINGER Staff writer Canadian artist Liz Magor insists on “BLOWOUT,” her exhibition on at the Renaissance Society after a run at Harvard University, being written in all-capitalization. In her artist’s statement, she recalled seeing a peony blossom in her Vancouver, British Columbia, garden drop all its petals in one motion — what was […]
RECOMMENDED Where: Heath Mainstage, Den Theatre, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. When: through June 30 Tickets: $30-$60 Phone: 773-697-3830 By ANNE SPISELMAN Theater critic Two years after making its debut, “La Havana Madrid” is back. This time around, Sandra Delgado’s play with music is a co-production between Teatro Vista and Collaboraction at the Den Theatre’s mainstage, […]
RECOMMENDED Where: Writers Theatre, Nichols Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe When: through June 30 Tickets: $35-$80 Phone: 847-242-6000 By ANNE SPISELMAN Theater critic Director David Cromer really knows how to immerse an audience in the world of a play, as anyone who saw his productions of “Picnic” or “A Streetcar Named Desire” for Writers Theatre […]
By M.L. Rantala Music critic The first year at the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition (CCCC) came to a close on Friday night at the Logan Center where the Grossman Ensemble gave the third and final concert of its inaugural season. It was a pleasing concert featuring four works, all of which were world premieres. […]