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Here’s where you can watch the Olympics in Hyde Park
More than 10,000 international athletes will set sail down the Siene river Friday in what’s been called the “most ambitious Olympic opening ceremony ever attempted.”. Running until August 11, the Paris Olympics will be broadcast daily and streamed online by NBC, with competition times taking place roughly between 2 a.m. and 5 p.m. central time. A full schedule of events is available here.
Seminary Co-op Bookstores names interim executive director
The Seminary Co-op Bookstores has a new (interim) executive director. Following a two-month nationwide search, the board of the 63-year-old nonprofit bookseller appointed Daniel Y. Mayer to the transitional role earlier this month. He takes over for longtime leader Jeff Deutsch, who “concluded his service” with Co-op in May after 10 years, according to the board.
Dilla's favorite Chicagoan
About once a month as a teenager in the 1990s, Shermann “Dilla” Thomas, Chicago’s famed TikTok historian, would play hooky from his high school in Auburn Gresham and venture into Hyde Park for the day. There, he’d stroll down 53rd Street or explore some archives and microfilm in the public library.
Hyde Park Union Church named a city landmark
Hyde Park Union Church, home to a 150-year-old parish in the heart of the neighborhood, is now a city landmark. Chicago City Council voted unanimously at its regular meeting on Wednesday to approve the landmark designation, calling the church building a historically significant monument to “architectural splendor.”
18-year-old shot in Hyde Park robbery Sunday night
An 18-year-old man is in good condition after getting shot during a robbery Sunday night in Hyde Park. At around 9:15 p.m. on July 21, the 18-year-old was walking along the 1400 block of East 57th Street when four men exited a sedan and demanded the man’s belongings, police said.
President Biden, shut down the oil pipelines!
A few years ago, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, along with National Geographic, took the lead in urging the removal of Enbridge Oil line 5 from the strait of Mackinaw, Michigan. Now, Ben Jealous, Executive Director of the Sierra Club, has joined the campaign, says, “the oil pipeline threatens the Great Lakes, shut it down.” Enbridge’s 71-year-old pipeline is an environmental disaster waiting to happen. Enbridge pipelines have already had 35 oil spills over their 71 years. A few years ago, one of their pipelines had a spill in the Kalamazoo River that went unattended for eleven hours.
Good alternatives for Morgan Shoal redesign ignored by city
I'm very concerned about the plans for our Morgan Shoal, the nearby stretch of lakefront where so many of us recreate ourselves. This past weekend, I heard multiple languages as neighbors covered the rocks, enjoying our communal backyard. I found solitude as I swam above perch and was surprised by a cormorant fishing alongside me. Strangers have become acquaintances as we share the joy that is summer along the Chicago lakefront, and, recently, as we worry about our beloved Shoal.
‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’ mired in the woods
It would be nice if turning a best-selling book into a musical guaranteed success (as some people seem to think), but the world premiere of “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” at Goodman Theatre suggests that's not the case. Despite a high-powered creative team and a cast as starry as a Savannah night sky, this overstuffed effort goes astray in a surprising number of ways.
Talented Aussie violist joins forces with American pianist at Hess concert series
One of the great pleasures of attending a concert in the Dame Myra Hess series is that you are likely to hear young performers you have never heard of before — young artists at the beginning of their career with incredible energy and enthusiasm. That was the case last Wednesday, when violist Isabella Bignasca and pianist Nadia Azzi joined forces at the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist in the Loop.
Biden drops out of presidential race, endorses Harris
After weeks of pushing from fellow Democrats – including five of Illinois’ members of Congress – President Joe Biden on Sunday announced he will not accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for reelection. Minutes later, he endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee ahead of...
From Hyde Park to Paris: Meet the U. of C. swimmer who’s a first-time Olympian
At 21 years old, Jesse Ssengonzi is one of the fastest swimmers in Uganda. That designation came this past February, as he was wrapping up his economics degree at the University of Chicago. In the midst of his studies and a busy season on the university’s swim team, Ssengonzi traveled to Doha, Qatar for the World Aquatics Championships to compete with the Ugandan national team. A dual citizen in Uganda and the U.S., Ssengonzi placed 39th out of 66 swimmers in his signature event, the 100-meter butterfly. He finished that race in 54.48 seconds in that race, a record-breaking time for the East African country.
Midsommer Flight's ‘Romeo and Juliet’ coming to Nichols Park next weekend
My boundless enthusiasm for outdoor summer theater has cooled over the years, but when I learned that decade-old Midsommer Flight was staging its annual Shakespeare play in Hyde Park for the first time ever, I had to check the company out. The performances, taking place July 26 to July 28 in Nichols Park are, in fact, its first foray south of 22nd Street, part of a six-weekend series that starts at the Chicago Women's Park and Garden and ends at Touhy Park.
‘We’ll be right here’ – Woodlawn residents camp out to protest eviction order
Christiana Powell, a 63-year-old Woodlawn homeowner who was foreclosed on in 2022, is camping out on her lawn in a last-ditch effort to keep her family’s longtime home. After years of fighting the foreclosure in the chancery, appellate and federal courts, Powell received a final eviction order from the Cook County Sheriff's office last week. Defying the eviction order and remaining put alongside Powell are her mother, her great nephew and his family, who each live on a different floor in the three-story greystone.
Union members assail Chicago Public Schools budget plan ahead of board vote
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Tensions are flaring over the approval of Chicago Public Schools’ $9.9 billion budget, with a looming school board vote on it next week. The district held public hearings on the budget proposal at Jones College...
Bronzeville Mariano's could be sold off in Kroger-Albertsons merger
Bronzeville’s Mariano’s could be sold off amid the pending $24.6 billion megamerger of Kroger, its parent company, with the grocery giant Albertsons. Located at 3857 S. King Dr., the Bronzeville grocer is one of eight Mariano’s and Jewel-Osco stores slated to be sold off to C&S Wholesale Grocers, according to a list released earlier this month. If the parent companies secure federal approval for the merger, C&S willpurchase 35 stores across the Greater Chicago Area for $2.9 billion.
4th Ward to host Peace Palooza, a beachside festival with live music and life-saving workshops, this Friday
The 4th Ward office is hosting a beach-side party next week promoting peace in the wake of two longtime local festivals ending and a spate of shootings at Bronzeville’s 31st Street Beach. Peace Palooza will bring music, food, job resources and emergency medical training to Oakwood Beach, 4100 S....
South Siders clean up debris, wait for power after 2 tornadoes hit area
Some South Side neighborhoods are still cleaning up debris and waiting for power after two days of severe storms and several tornadoes buffeted the Chicago area. As tornado sirens wailed throughout the South Side on Sunday and Monday evenings, winds between 50 and 80 miles per hour tore through neighborhoods, knocking down trees and power lines.
U. of C. Medical Center workers go on strike
One hundred and twenty five union building staff at the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) went on strike Sunday night amid protracted contract negotiations and to protest what workers are calling labor law violations. The hospital’s building trades and supply chain workers, members of the Service Employees International Union...
Developers building $900K townhomes on vacant Kenwood lot
Three single-family townhomes with an expected listing price of almost $1 million are coming to Kenwood next year. Construction on the townhouses, a project of Chicago-based real estate developer Wemi Properties LLC, began in December and is expected to finish early 2025. Located at 4719 S. Ingleside Ave., the townhomes’ developers say they plan to sell each two-story, 2,400-square-foot building for about $900,000.
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