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- Edgewater Marks Veterans Day With a Dance Party — and Looks Ahead to a Packed November and Beyond
Edgewater is spending Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, the way it does its best community days: gathered together. This afternoon, the
- Andersonville's Holiday Season Kicks Off With Santa, a Sip-and-Shop Crawl, and Small Business Saturday on Clark Street
Andersonville is pivoting from its fall dining stretch into one of its most community-packed stretches of the year. With Autumn Restaurant W
- Your Voice Can Shape Irving Park Road's Future — The City Is Listening Right Now
Irving Park neighbors, here's a rare chance to actually influence what happens to the street that runs through the heart of your neighborhoo
- Hattie B's Hot Chicken Has Landed in Wicker Park — and the Neighborhood's Winter Social Calendar Is Already Stacking Up
Nashville has arrived on Damen Avenue. Hattie B's Hot Chicken — the Tennessee-born chain that built a devoted following for its heat-scaled
- Best of Ravenswood Awards Night, a School Maker's Market, and a Filipino Bakery Expansion: Your Neighborhood's Week in Full
Ravenswood heads into the heart of November with a celebration of its own best — a signature awards night tomorrow, a beloved neighborhood s
- From the River Trail to the French Market: North Center's November Calendar Is Packed This Week
North Center residents have no shortage of reasons to get outside this week. The neighborhood's community calendar — maintained by the North
- New Mixed-Use Building Planned for Graceland West's Southern Gateway at Irving Park and Janssen
A new rendering has just been revealed for a mixed-use development proposed for 1429 West Irving Park Road — a site sitting squarely on Grac
- A Bulls Legend Calls Streeterville Home — and a Candy Museum Is Headed to the Mag Mile
Streeterville has a new famous neighbor — and one of its most prominent retail addresses is about to get a lot sweeter. Two pieces of news l
- Bike Lanes, a Garden, a Music Recital, and an International Feast: McKinley Park's Mid-November Calendar Is Full
McKinley Park is hitting the middle of November with a lineup that spans infrastructure debates, community green space, youth music, and a m
- A Hot Dog Counter at Ogilvie, a New Café at Monroe, a Data Center Debate, and the Christmas Tree is Coming: The Loop's Week in Four Stories
Loop neighbors, the second week of November is delivering a mix of the warmly practical, the culturally fresh, and the architecturally conte
- From the Silver Screen to the 3D Printer: Jefferson Park Library's Big Tuesday, Plus Taft's Marching Eagles Cap a Historic Season
Jefferson Park neighbors, Tuesday, November 10 is shaping up to be a quietly remarkable evening at one of the neighborhood's most underrated
- A 1912 Printers Row Warehouse Is About to Become 70 Loft Apartments — And South Loop Elementary Is Celebrating the World Next Door
South Loop neighbors, two pieces of news that dropped in the past few days speak to something the neighborhood does better than almost any o
- New Shops, New Jobs, New Doctor's Office: A Wave of Fresh Investment Is Reshaping Garfield Ridge's Corridors
Garfield Ridge has spent years watching a stretch of South Cicero Avenue sit empty. That wait is coming to an end. A $5.5 million retail pro
- Jerk Chicken Lands on Broadway: Jamx Island Grill Is Uptown's Newest Dining Destination
Uptown's Broadway corridor just added another reason to explore its dining scene on foot. Jamx Island Grill has opened at 3933 N. Broadway —
- 30 Years, One Last Crawl: The Founder of TBOX — Wrigleyville's Legendary Christmas Bar Crawl — Says 2026 Is His Finale
Wrigleyville neighbors, a piece of the neighborhood's holiday identity is quietly approaching its final chapter. The founder of TBOX — the T
- Bucktown's Table Keeps Growing: A Thai-Sushi Newcomer, Ann Sather's North Side Debut, and Your Library's November Lineup
Bucktown's dining and community calendar has quietly added several new chapters since the summer, and a few of them have flown under the rad
- Could Palmer Square Park Go Car-Free? City Council Greenlit a Feasibility Study — and Neighbors Are Watching Closely
A quiet but potentially transformative step for Palmer Square's most beloved landmark cleared Chicago City Council last month, and residents
- Unabridged Bookstore Turns a New Page, Lake View YMCA Names New Executive Director, and Neighbors Can Weigh In on 920 W. Diversey Tomorrow
Lake View neighbors, three stories deserve your attention this week — a neighborhood institution with decades of community roots entering wh
- A Humboldt Park Gallery Is Turning a Card Game Into a Community Art Show — and Chicago Illustrators Are Behind Every Card
A new art exhibition opening at a Humboldt Park gallery this month is doing something you don't often see: using a strategy card game as the
- Washington Park's $36.9 Million Sunshine Community Center Is Nearly Here — What Neighbors Can Expect When It Opens
A community center years in the making is now on the verge of opening its doors. Sunshine Gospel Ministries' three-story, $36.9 million Suns