CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS - LAKEVIEW, NORWOOD PARK, LINCOLN PARK, ROGERS PARK, NILES
LAKEVIEW
Here are the beautiful words of artist, William Conger as reported to and reported by A. Artner at the Chicago Tribune on January 30, 2009:
CHICAGO
This is where I've had my experience. This is my lived experience. I can't pretend I haven't had it and it hasn't affected me deeply, so my experience in this city and the urban landscape is part of the metaphor I deal with. I still live in the neighborhood where I grew up, by sheer coincidence, the East Lakeview neighborhood. I walk the same streets. Broadway is one of the craziest streets in Chicago. As a kid I walked it every day going back and forth to school. I still walk it. It's still crazy. The incredible separation between that liveliness and the serenity of the lake is the kind of contradiction I keep going back to.
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NORWOOD PARK
February is heart month. Make an effort to care for yourself. Take advantage of the seminar called How to Lower Your Cholesterol Through Diet and Exercise which will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday at Resurrection Medical Center in the Health Management Classroom, Entrance C, first floor. Resurrection Medical Center is located at 7435 W. Talcott.
LINCOLN PARK
Spice up your Valentine celebration with Chef Richard Cusick. On Feb. 13, at 7:00 PM, join Chef Richard at Barry Callebaut Chocolate Academy, located at 600 W. Chicago Ave., Suite 860. He will be hosting a "Chocolate Date Night," a hands-on class constructing chocolate gift boxes, truffles and chocolate-dipped strawberries. The cost of this class is $200 per couple. Register here.
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ROGERS PARK
A representative from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) will host a 60-minute program on Diabetes and the African-American Family. This will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Chicago Bee Branch of the Chicago Public Library, 3647 S. State Street. The session will focus on the causes and prevention of this disease, along with tips on managing it through diet and exercise. The program is also being offered at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Rogers Park branch, 6907 N. Clark St.
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NILES
At the intersection of Oakton Street and Milwaukee Avenue sits Oak Mill Mall. Located at the southwest corner, it is higher than any other buildings there.
The strip has a Jewel-Osco. Shoppers walk in and out of the grocery store, many of them without ever setting foot in the hidden gem a few steps away.
In the L-shaped mall proper, two-story glass windows draw natural light into an atrium space. Retail outlets and professional offices on the first and second floors open onto the atrium and staircases and balconies. Beautiful plants and fountains of running water surround an elevator at the center of the mall. It even features a small aviary maintained by tenants.
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JENNIFER ARCAND & DEAN'S TEAM CHICAGO
