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For 6 Years ‘Pack The Car’ Has Helped Edgewater Residents In Need, One Trunkful At A Time
June 20, 2016There are those who sit or stand outside restaurants watching those who are hungry enter those restaurants and those who are no longer hungry exit those restaurants. Then there are those who, also no longer hungry, walk out of those restaurants carrying leftovers. It was also in the midst of a downtown Chicago winter that […]
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Andersonville Chef Works With WGN Meteorologist Tom Skilling On Personal Weight Loss Quest
June 10, 2016Patricia Butkus was a little girl when she began watching her grandmother prepare homemade soups and baked goods. Later on, the Andersonville resident attended Kendall College in Evanston to attend a culinary arts program. Since then, she’s worked in recipe testing and development; owned an upscale catering and event planning company serving Chicago and the […]
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Our Elected Officials Come Together To Discuss The State Of Edgewater
June 7, 2016“Edgewater is a special, diverse” place, 48th Ward Alderman Harry Osterman told an audience at the annual State of Edgewater presentation at The Breakers At Edgewater Beach on Tuesday. Businesses here are thriving, high-level schools serve a diverse population of students, crime is down, and the neighborhood is well-served by different forms of public transportation. […]
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Edgewater’s Homeless ‘Foster Kids’ Begin To Be Relocated Under New City Program
June 3, 2016They have shelter, of sorts. The group of men and women who call themselves the “Foster Kids” live in thin tents on sidewalks under the Foster Avenue viaduct below North Lake Shore Drive. With two other small homeless communities also under the viaducts at Lawrence and Wilson avenues, the City of Chicago has begun to […]
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New Italian Ice Shop Opening On Bryn Mawr In Early June
May 26, 2016Consider the Sarros family’s participation in a Lakeview street festival this weekend to be a preview of what will soon be regular fare at Tina’s Italian Ice, a new, not-yet-opened store at 1050 W. Bryn Mawr in Edgewater. The 850-square-foot store should open within the first 10 days of June and replaces what had been […]
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10-Day Arts Festival Hits Edgewater Starting In June
May 25, 2016An arts festival that will feature innovative performances and multi-disciplinary works involving live music, theater, dance, workshops, discussions and more will take place in Edgewater and Uptown from June 2-12. “We’re excited to present such a diverse line-up of entertainment and provide a platform for many of Chicago’s top artists to present new works,” Julieanne […]
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Meet The New Andersonville Chamber Executive Director, Local Resident Kyle Smith
May 23, 2016The new executive director of the Andersonville Chamber of Commerce and the Andersonville Development Corp. aims to be, among other things, the business community’s “listener in chief,” Kyle Smith told the Edgeville Buzz on Wednesday. “I’ve been here (at the Andersonville Chamber of Commerce since May 9) and I’ve already had the opportunity to be […]
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Chicago Filmmakers Receives $25k Grant From National Endowment For The Arts
May 19, 2016Andersonville’s own Chicago Filmmakers will receive its largest grant in recent memory from the National Endowment for the Arts this year. It’s among more 41 projects in Illinois that, in total, will receive $2,024,900 in the NEA’s second major grant announcement of its 50th anniversary year, according to the NEA’s website. “I’m excited to not […]
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8 Block Clubs, 200 Households Come Together For Edgewater’s Epic Garage Sale
May 17, 2016Looking for a fun way to spend your Saturday morning and afternoon? Try the Edgewater Neighborhood Garage Sale on June 4. The 22nd annual event will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the following area: Foster to Devon on the south and north, and Clark and Sheridan on the west and east. […]
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Street Named In Honor Of Edgewater Dance Icon Joel Hall
May 16, 2016A street corner in Edgewater has been renamed “Honorary Joel Hall Way” in recognition of the choreographer and dance hall instructor who, since the 1970s, has created more than 70 ballets for his own company. A Cabrini Green native, Joel Hall is the second openly gay African-American man to have a street or corner named […]
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Paddle Boarding Finds Its Stride At Hollywood Beach
May 10, 2016Starting the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, Edgewater residents will have another chance to view Chicago’s skyline — from stand-up paddle boards on Lake Michigan. Wicker Park residents Amy Leffingwell and Michael “Westy” Westenberger founded Chicago Paddle Co. in 2012. In May 2013, the couple opened for business on Kathy Osterman Beach, also known as […]
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Comedy Intersects Drama In Raven Theatre’s Exciting New Play
May 6, 2016John Guare’s “The House of Blue Leaves, Raven Theatre Co.’s newest play, continues this weekend and Thursdays through Sundays until June 18 in Edgewater. The dark comedy premiered off-Broadway in 1971 and was revived on-Broadway in 1986 and 2011. Set in Queens, New York, during Pope Paul VI’s visit in 1965, the play features Artie […]
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Edgewater’s Blind Residents And Their Guide Dogs Face Daily Challenges
May 4, 2016There are all kinds of laborers, many of whom we are all used to seeing every day. But there’s one type of worker with four legs whose unique skills are rarer to see than most: Guide dogs. And they work right here in Edgewater. Sharon Howerton and Jeff Flodin are Andersonville residents who know this […]
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Steep Theatre Company Keeps On Truckin’ With Its Newest Play
April 28, 2016It’s a hopeful ending for Edgewater Steep Theatre Co.’s newest but dark play “The Few,” about a newspaper that changes its management, and then its content, in order to survive. Written by Samuel D. Hunter and directed by Steep ensemble member Brad Akin, this Y2K-era yarn focuses on Bryan, who started a newspaper for long […]
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Demolished Edgewater Beach Hotel’s Sister Resort In Mississippi Met Similar Fate
April 22, 2016Chicago architects Benjamin H. Marshall and Charles E. Fox are probably best known for designing the still-standing Drake Hotel in Downtown Chicago. But here in Edgewater, the building that brought them the most fame was the Edgewater Beach Hotel. Opened in 1916 and demolished in 1969 or 1971 (depending on the source), the lavish resort […]
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