CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – ROGERS PARK, LINCOLN PARK, LOOP, LINCOLN SQUARE, EVANSTON
ROGERS PARK Rogers Park mourns the loss of noted labor historian and surrealist poet, Franklin Rosemont today.
Rosemont, known for his amazing researched history specifically in the topics of labor history and surrealism, started the Chicago Surrealist Group with his wife in 1968 at the Solidarity Bookshop on Armitage.
Some of his work included "Joe Hill, the IWW & the Making of a Revolutionary Workingclass Counterculture" and "Jacques Vache and the Roots of Surrealism." Having been published by Charles H. Kerr Publishing Co., he later served as editor-in-chief.
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LINCOLN PARK
Apple is coming! Apple is coming!
Apple has decided to open an additional space in the Clybourn Corridor at the corner of North, Halsted and Clybourn. The store would be located at the Red Line stop of North and Clybourn, replacing a gas station currently located on the spot.
The plans are for the new location to be 15,000 square feet and will be designed by the same firm who designed the Michigan Avenue store. To read more, click here.
LOOP
It's Spa Week in Chicago and now is the time to get fluffed and buffed for the coming warmer days.
Since today is Tax Day and it's really a time for relaxing after going through mounds of receipts, Spa Week could not have come at a better time.
Loop location, Spa Space, is offering discounts on its mango-enzyme pedicure and signature manicure as well as brow shaping and waxing.
To read more about participating locations in Chicago, click here.
LINCOLN SQUARE
It's time to wind down from the stress of getting your taxes in.
Provenance Food and Wine, with Logan and Lincoln Square locations, has many accoutrements to offer including wine, beer, artisanal cheeses, produce and gourmet foods.
Affordable and free events are happening during the next week. Click here for more details.
EVANSTON
Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation of Evanston has been named one of the top ten green projects for 2009 by the American Institute of Architects.
With a modest budget and assistance from Ross Barney Architects of Chicago, the project received a Platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating from the U.S. Green Building Council.
To read more, click here.
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