News - Rogers Park, Chicago

Tickets Available for Monday’s 808s “Lovers Lane” Performance

By Charlie on February 08, 2012

Come join 808s Youth Empowerment Thru Dance as they join the new Rogers Park based dance group, Phoenix Rising Chicago, for their first collaborative show. All proceeds benefit the 808s 808syouthdance.org You can see great dance and contribute to a great up and coming cause. Monday, February 13, 2012 Wyllie B. White Field House 1610 W. Howard Doors open 6:30PM .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Check this site to learn about ticket information, or join 808s email list by emailing “808syouthdance@rogerspark.com” to be notified once we start making advanced tickets available. Check out the video invite created by the 808s.

Buried Treasure in a Bookshelf

By Mike G on February 08, 2012

By Bob Spoerl, for rogerspark.com Rogers Park handyman Michael Cain (no, not Michael Caine, the famous English actor) has helped renovate plenty of homes and fixed plenty of broken items in his nearly 25 years owning and operating “Mike’s Home Repair” on Chicago’s North Side. While every project is unique, one of his recent repairs sticks out like a diamond in the rough. “Nothing like this has ever happened,” Cain said, referring to what he found on-site several weeks ago. Cain and his crew were tearing down a bookcase in an old Rogers Park coach house. What happened next would have titillated your inner pawnbroker: six pistols, assorted jewelry and collectable coins were found stashed away inside the decaying book storage unit. It’s one of those eerie, exciting happenings when you don’t know if it’s appropriate to jump for joy or call the cops.
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RPBizArts Networking Breakfast - Green Spirit

By Charlie on February 06, 2012

Eating healthy foods has never been so delicious and easy. Learn how to prepare a variety of dishes for daily breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. Learn about raw foods and how adding even a small amount of raw foods to your diet can get you on the path to feeling your best. Rogers Park BizArts meetings are open to all local artists, businesses and community residents. Wednesday, February 8, 2012 7:30 to 9 a.m. Green Spirit - 7551 N. Ridge Blvd. Cost is $5. Payment is optional for members and advertisers of the events’ co-hosts: the Rogers Park Business Alliance and rogerspark.com. Also, we encourage you to bring a canned good that will be distributed to deserving local pantries. Bring a neighbor and a couple of friends!
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Windy City Beekeepers

By Charlie on February 02, 2012

Barbara Ryan is a member of the Windy City Beekeepers. WCB has beekeepers who are looking for a place to put their hives. They have all the equipment and knowledge necessary to install a hive on public (community gardens) or private (back yard or roof top) places, and are looking for possible sites. If anyone is interested in hosting a hive in exchange for some honey, contact Barbara at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Spotlight - Alpha Adjusting

By Charlie on January 23, 2012

Alpha Adjusting Company is a licensed and credentialed public adjusting firm located in Chicago and available for nationwide claim services. In just the past seven years we've handled more than SEVENTY MILLION DOLLARS of adjustments and settlements on Real Property (both business and personal), Business Interruption, and Loss of Earnings claims. Our case work has extended into 13 states across the country. Find out more about Alpha Adjusting here.

2012 Adopt the Public Way Garden Grant - APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED

By Charlie on January 23, 2012

Under the cover of today's snow are summer's plants, getting ready to send up their pale shoots. Gardeners like to think about such things and dream of spreading flowers and shrubs in every parkway, traffic circle and park. If this is you, the Rogers Park Garden Group (RPGG) wants to help. Grants of up to $500 for plant material, soil amendments, and mulch are available to anyone who is creating, restoring, or enhancing a garden located in the public way. The grants program is called, "Adopt the Public Way." Anyone is eligible, but the garden must be in Rogers Park, east of Ridge and north of Devon. Grants are also available for anyone running a youth program that wants to add gardening to the activities; and for the youth projects, the gardens don't have to be in the public way.
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Alderman Moore’s Statement on the Proposed Parade and Public Assembly Ordinance

By Charlie on January 19, 2012

Remarks of Alderman Joe Moore Regarding the Parade and Public Assembly Ordinance January 17, 2012 The right to protest and petition our government for a redress of grievances is the foundation of our democracy and our most cherished freedom. I can think of no neighborhood in our nation where that freedom is more treasured, and practiced more frequently, than the 49th Ward of Chicago. That is why the proposal to increase the fines for resisting arrest and the proposed changes to the City of Chicago's parade and public assembly ordinances are of such concern to me and many of my 49th Ward constituents.
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Tribute to The Fish of Lake Michigan - By Amanda Paulson

By Charlie on January 19, 2012

Time-lapse behind the scenes video of mural "Tribute to the Fish of Lake Michigan" by Chicago artist Amanda Paulson. Located at CTA Red line underpass at Pratt Ave. in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago (49th Ward).

He had a Very Powerful Dream…..And Shared it with all Americans.

By Charlie on January 16, 2012

The 20th century's most influential civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr., was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Ga. King entered the civil rights movement in 1955. That same year, he led a bus boycott that was initiated by Rosa Parks in Montgomery, Ala., where blacks were made to sit at the back and give up their seats to whites. In 1963, King participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. From the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, he delivered his famous "I Have A Dream" speech to a crowd of 250,000. Learn More Here
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CTA - iGo Smart Card

By Charlie on January 14, 2012

Since January 2009, I-GO and the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) have offered the Chicago Card Plus I-GO card, the nation’s first joint smart card providing seamless access to a public transit system and a car-sharing service. The Chicago Card Plus I-GO card enables its dual-account holders to access CTA trains and buses, Pace buses, and every car in I-GO’s fleet—most of which are near or adjacent to CTA routes or rail stations. And now you can get the Chicago Card Plus I-GO card for only $15 – a $60 savings off the regular application fee – plus $50 in CTA transit fare credit! Find out all about it here...
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