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- A French Bakery, a Cocktail Lounge, and a Coffee Expansion: West Town's Fall Season Kicks Off With a Flurry of New Arrivals
If you've been paying attention to the storefronts along Chicago Avenue and Grand Avenue lately, you may have noticed West Town's culinary a
- Pilsen's September Is Loaded With Culture: A Landmark Art Exhibition Opens This Weekend, a Major Festival Day Is Coming, and Pilsen Neighbors Has a Free Resource Event Around the Corner
Summer may be winding down on the calendar, but Pilsen is showing no signs of slowing its cultural engine. This September brings a trio of d
- Bloom, Celebrate & Create: Hyde Park's September Is Packed With a Garden Fair, a Festival Milestone & a New Arts Destination
Hyde Park neighbors, September is delivering — and this week in particular is giving you multiple reasons to get outside, get inspired, and
- The Loop Is Reinventing Its Cultural Soul: A New Arts District Is Born — and the Goodman Theatre Opens Its 101st Season This Weekend
Loop neighbors, this is a week that deserves your full attention — and not just because the Chicago Jazz Festival is filling Millennium Park
- A 120-Year-Old Jefferson Park Firehouse Is Becoming a Small Business Incubator — And the City Just Put $250,000 Behind It
Jefferson Park neighbors, a building that has quietly anchored the corner of 4841 N. Lipps Ave. for more than a century is about to roar bac
- Pump It Up, South Loop: Club Studio Fitness Is Coming to 819 S. State Street
South Loop neighbors, a high-end fitness concept with a serious amenity list just announced it's planting its flag right in the heart of the
- Galewood Neighbors Just Won a Seat at the Table on the Mars Factory Redevelopment — Here's Where Things Stand
After months of tension between residents and developers over the future of the former Mars Wrigley candy factory, Galewood's civic communit
- A Giant New T.J. Maxx, Fall Fest at the Zoo & Dumplings Galore: Lincoln Park's September Is Packed
Lincoln Park neighbors, September is arriving with a trio of neighborhood moments worth putting on your radar — from a major retail opening
- A Michelin Chef's Tortilleria Is Coming to Uptown — Plus a Book Lover's Weekend and a Sheridan Road Demo Update
Uptown is stepping into September with a trio of updates that touch every dimension of neighborhood life: a nationally buzzed-about restaura
- Wrigleyville's Wildest September Ever: Historic Volleyball at Wrigley This Sunday, Plus a Brand-New Music Festival Coming Later This Month
Wrigleyville neighbors, this September is shaping up to be unlike any the block around Clark and Addison has ever seen — and it starts this
- Albany Park's Fall Community Calendar Is Heating Up: A Garden Party, Film Night, and More on Tap This Week
Summer may be winding down, but Albany Park's community calendar is as full as ever heading into September. From a sunset garden party at on
- South Side BBQ Legend Uncle John's Brings Slow-Smoked Classics to Wrigleyville — Plus, Lake View's Fall Festival Calendar Is Stacked
Lake View neighbors, if you've been waiting for a reason to make a pilgrimage to the corner of Addison and Clark, your moment has arrived —
- Renegade Craft's 250-Artist Summer Market Is Literally on Your Block — Right on Palmer Square's Own Kedzie Boulevard
Palmer Square neighbors, one of Chicago's most celebrated independent arts markets isn't just coming to your side of town — it's setting up
- Your West Pullman Library Is the Place to Be This Week — And the Far South Side's Fall Events Are Just Getting Started
Summer isn't quite over on the Far South Side, and the West Pullman Branch of the Chicago Public Library is making sure the neighborhood fee
- Bricktown Neighbors Get a Say: Avondale's Belmont & Kimball Corridor Is Getting a Makeover — and the City Wants Your Input
One of Avondale's busiest and most complex intersections is getting a long look — and residents are being invited to help shape its future.
- African Festival of the Arts Returns to Washington Park This Weekend — Plus Your Complete Fall Kickoff Guide
Washington Park neighbors, September is arriving with a celebration worthy of the season. This weekend, the neighborhood's iconic green spac
- A Vacant Industrial Shell on Morgan Street Is About to Become Fulton Market's Newest Mixed-Use Address
Near West Side neighbors, Fulton Market's transformation just keeps writing new chapters — and the latest one involves a long-vacant industr
- Fresh Picks & Fall Vibes: The Portage Park Farmers Market Returns This Sunday — and There's a Costume Drive Coming Too
Summer isn't done with Portage Park just yet. This Sunday, September 6, the Portage Park Farmers Market is back for one of its final dates o
- Boka Restaurant Group Opens The Ives in River North's Storied Athletic Association Building
Near North neighbors, the summer of new openings in River North isn't done delivering surprises — and the latest one arrives in one of the n
- A 111-Year-Old Rogers Park Firehouse Is Getting New Life as a Café and Event Space
Rogers Park neighbors, one of the neighborhood's most storied old buildings is finally coming back to life — and it's going to smell like co