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CAPS Monthly Beat Meeting, and Upcoming Community Picnic

By Mike G on May 21, 2013 | (0) Comments

The monthly CAPS beat meeting will be Thursday 5/23, 7:00 PM at CMS, 7212 N Clark - meet your beat officers, bring your concerns and questions to the meeting. Our meetings are combined with Beat 2423 and 2424 which give us an idea of what other neighbors are dealing with and how they resolve the issue(s). One way of helping to resolve problems is positive loitering. So, Beat 2422 will have its first weekly walk, Friday, May 24 from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm - meet up at the Howard El station and go for a neighborhood walk. Please let me know if you will be able to join so I can let the CAPS office know how many will be in the group. ALSO, Mark your calendar for Friday, June 7 at 7 PM at Willye White Park. We're having a community picnic to Celebrate Summer.
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Lakeshore Healthcare to host May 29th After Hours BizArts Networking

By Mike G on May 20, 2013 | (0) Comments

Networking After Hours Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 5:30 to 7 p.m. LakeShore Healthcare & Rehabilitation Centre 7200 N. Sheridan Rd
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Annual “Trash to Treasure Swap” at CMSA June 8 & 9

By Mike G on May 19, 2013 | (0) Comments

Looking for a good reason to do a little spring-cleaning? Look no further. This is how it works: Go through your closets, attic, basement or storage locker to find things you no longer want or need, but are still usable for others. Then, on Saturday June 8th between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. bring those items to the annual “Trash for Treasure Swap” being held this year in the gymnasium at Chicago Math and Science Academy, 7212 N Clark St. (across from Touhy Park, just south of the City of Chicago firehouse) Please do NOT bring clothing, shoes (except sports equipment), mattresses or upholstered furniture. Now here’s the exciting part
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Blues Benefit at Mayne Stage

By Mike G on May 15, 2013 | (0) Comments

Rendezvous With the Blues 2, a benefit for Northside Community Resources and Rogers Park Community Development Corporation, will be held at Mayne Stage on June 20th from 7 to 10 PM. Northside Community Resources was formerly the Rogers Park Community Council. Click here to learn more about this organization that delivers critical services for Rogers Park and its surrounding communities.
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Tricoci University Offers Advanced Training in Theater, Film and Photography Make-up Application

By Mike G on May 04, 2013

Have you ever seen photos of your favorite stars and wondered why they don’t look nearly as good as they do in their films or television shows? The answer is makeup artists. It can sometimes seem like magic. If you have ever considered a career in cosmetology, Rogers Park has a school for you: Tricoci University of Beauty Culture (TUBC) now the premier beauty education provider in the Midwest that is redefining the industry and producing salon-ready graduates prepared for successful careers.
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Registration Open for 20th Annual Artists of the Wall Festival

By Mike G on April 15, 2013

One of the Rogers Park community's premier events, this year's Artists of the Wall Festival will be held on Saturday, June 15th and Sunday, June 16th. Registration is now open. Download the pdf, print and fill out to register.

Royal Coffee: “Our Business should be the Community’s Business”

By Mike G on March 17, 2013

In a paid advertisement placed in the local News Star newspaper, Royal Coffee owner David Bekele offers his thanks to the Rogers Park community for being so supportive of his business, now entering its fifth year. Describing Royal Coffee as "an old time family-owned business," Bekele acknowledges that he has "come to know most of our customers on a first name basis, our children have literally grown up right here... All this happened right here in Rogers Park with the continuous support of this great community." Bekele describes that takes great pride of his coffee, aptly named "Ethiopian Highland Coffee, always freshly roasted, and costs only $1.25. Click MORE to read his entire letter to the community.
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Sol Cafe - Welcome to the Neighborhood!

By Mike G on March 01, 2013 | (2) Comments

Earlier this year, Howard Street welcomed its newest business: the Sol Cafe, at 1615 West Howard. As explained in this video, the Sol Cafe appears to be much more than simply another coffee shop. In fact, given the great buzz that it is generating, the Sol Cafe appears to be contributing to a positive transformation of Howard Street. Watch the Video! (3 min, 25 secs)
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Kids Eat Free at Leona’s

By Mike G on December 03, 2012

In its effort to encourage family dining, Leona’s Neighborhood Restaurants now offers all kids’ meals free of charge to all children 8 years of age or younger. This offer applies across all Leona’s Neighborhood Restaurants, including its Rogers Park venue at 6935 N. Sheridan. There are no limitations as to day, time or location to this offer. Leona's only asks that each child be accompanied by an adult who orders an adult entrée, and that the children order from a Kids’ Menu offering eight dishes of the delicious home cooked food for which Leona’s has been a favorite place to dine in Chicagoland for decades.
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BizArts Meeting

By Mike G on September 26, 2012

Rogers Park BizArts events provide us with an exceptional opportunity to learn about the host business, and also to meet, mingle and learn about other business owners, artists and community residents. BizArts events are open to the public, and we encourage attendees to contribute $5.00 (or more) at the door, to assist in the cost of organizing these events. (Members and advertisers of Rogers Park Business Alliance and of http://www.rogerspark.com need not pay.) Everyone is encouraged to bring a canned good, as BizArts contributes canned goods to deserving local causes.
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