CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – PORTAGE PARK, RAVENSWOOD, LAKEVIEW, LOOP, NAPERVILLE
PORTAGE PARK
Get your tickets now for the 3rd
Annual Chicago Ghost Conference being held at the historic Portage
Theater this weekend on Friday and Saturday. Cost for the entire event is $45
per person and includes admission to the Friday evening reception featuring
Neil Tobin of Supernatural Chicago and Jeff Belanger's "30 Odd Minutes
Live!" (Cash bar), all Saturday speakers, Chris Fleming's headlining
appearance, and admission to the After-party Saturday night at the conference
hotel (cash bar), plus a door prize ticket.
Tickets are limited so be sure to purchase soon.
RAVENSWOOD
The 10th Annual Ravenswood Art
Walk is this weekend and promises to be just as wonderful as past
years. RAW is free to the public,
featuring over 40 studios open to the public, over 200 artists presenting, live
music, presentations, film screenings and more.
There will be free Trolley Service with an Architectural Tour included!
The art walk stretches from Addison to Lawrence on Ravenswood. You can take the Brown Line El to the
Addison, Irving Park or Montrose stops.
This is always a neighborhood favorite so don't miss it.
LAKEVIEW
Thinking of starting a small business? Join the Northcenter
Chamber on Thursday, September 29, 9am at The Lincoln Restaurant. Hear the expert panel of Tom Laures of North
Side Community Federal Credit Union, Derek Walvoord of SomerCor 504 and Ernie
Constantino of Alderman Pawar's office about financial opportunities for your
small business. The 2011 Ribfest Chicago Volunteer Grants will also be
presented. Reserve your spot today.
LOOP
Welcome to The Southern Mac & Cheese Store,
a homey quick-serve, now dishing out heaping portions of the stuff in the
Loop. The chef helped turn Chaise Lounge
into the Southern and made it the gourmet honky-tonk it is today. When the
Southern took its mac and cheese mobile this year, he was behind the wheel,
figuratively at least. Just step right up to the counter and choose from a
baker's dozen mac and cheese varieties.
NAPERVILLE
Going green sometimes translates to earning some green as
the O'Neal family found out this week.
The family won first place in the Eco-Family
Photo Contest organized by Naperville for Clean Energy and
Conservation. The reward for winning - a new collection of energy-stingy major
appliances worth more than $25,000 - was the result of an image showing the the
O'Neal's two kids sitting on the edge of the kitchen sink, filling reusable
bottles from the tap.
CATHY MALLERS &
DEAN'S TEAM CHICAGO
