By JOSEPH PHILLIPS Staff Writer The estate of late Hyde Park resident, author, journalist and social historian Lerone Bennett Jr. was liquidated over the weekend. The firm Estate Sale Goddess hosted a liquidation sale for Bennett’s items from Saturday, April 14, to Sunday, April 15, at his former estate in the Newport Building, 4800 S. […]
By GABRIELLA CRUZ-MARTÍNEZ Herald Intern Twenty-four students from Murray Language Academy, 5335 S. Kenwood Ave., received Gifted Education Resource Institute (GERI) scholarships at Purdue University for their 2018 summer residential program. The scholarships, given to students currently enrolled in 5th through 8th grade, will allow students to spend one to two weeks living on the […]
By GABRIELLA CRUZ-MARTÍNEZ Herald Intern After weeks of training with her fellow peers, Chloe Lawson a 5th grader at Beulah Shoesmith Elementary, 1330 E. 50th St., came in first-place at the annual school Spelling Bee on April 15th by correctly spelling the word “muster”. Her accomplishment was met by an eruption of applause and cheers […]
By AARON GETTINGER Staff Writer The South Lakefront Framework Plan was presented to the Chicago Parks District Board of Commissioners Wednesday, April 11 at the District’s Streeterville headquarters, 541 N. Fairbanks Ct., concluding its public 10-month primary planning process. After commissioners review the plan and provide feedback and comment, the plan will be formally adopted. […]
By AARON GETTINGER Staff Writer The Midway Plaisance Advisory Council discussed the development of the eastern end of Midway Plaisance, framed by Stony Island Avenue and the railroad embankment, at their meeting, last Wednesday. In the context of the now abandoned proposal to build a garage for the Presidential Center on this land the Council […]
By GABRIELLA CRUZ-MARTÍNEZ Herald Intern The Blackstone Public Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave., will host a Spring Book Sale on Saturday, April 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sale will include a wide collection of genres including children’s books, young adult, and adult books in both paperback and hardcover editions. All proceeds […]
By JOSEPH PHILLIPS Staff Writer The United Church of Hyde Park, 1448 E. 53rd St., will host its 28th Annual Quilt Show and Sale, on Friday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, April 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the church tearoom. This year’s event is titled “Everybody Loves […]
Augusta G. Bloom (nee Gudas), widow of Charles G. Bloom, a freelance photographer whose photos appeared with some regularity in the Herald in the 1970s and ‘80s, and who was a longtime resident of Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood before moving to Evanston died on February 27. Bloom was born Augusta Gudas in South Boston in […]
Kali Charan Bahl, Associate Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago, passed away at the age of 90 on March 29, due to complications from pneumonia. Born in India, Bahl emigrated to this country with his beloved wife, Vimla, to focus on his graduate studies at Yale and Cornell. He came to the University of […]
Louise M. Kaegi died on April 15, 2018, at the age of 79. She had lived in Hyde Park since 1973 when she and her husband Walter moved from the North Side. Kaegi was born and grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Cincinnati. After receiving her BA (1960) and MA (1963) from the […]