â˘Â Best Perpetual Cause for Optimism â˘Â Best Fire in a Firehouse â˘Â Best Libations â˘Â Best Institution Best Perpetual Cause for Optimism Little Italy’s Empty Lots Arriving at the intersection of Taylor and Racine, youâre greeted by vast expanses of uneven grass containing neither commerce nor signage. Shops clustered west and east of these lots receive consistent […]
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Posted inBest of the South Side 2016, Englewood
Best of Englewood 2016
â˘Â Best Great-Great-Great Grandma â˘Â Best Community-Based Healthcare â˘Â Best Tradition â˘Â Best LGBTQ-Focused Healthcare â˘Â Best Activist-About-Town Best Great-Great-Great Grandma his past August, Rose Atchison celebrated her 105th birthday with a massive block party on the 6100 block of Marshfield Avenue in Englewood, where she and her family, the Davenport family, have lived since 1971. Rose, or âBig […]
Posted inBest of the South Side 2016, Beverly, Morgan Park
Best of Beverly & Morgan Park 2016
â˘Â Best Twenty-First Century Salon â˘Â Best Local-Global Sweetshop â˘Â Best Mother/Daughter Shopportunity â˘Â Best Irish Castle Turned Activist Church epending on where you standâliterally or metaphoricallyâthe neighborhoods of Beverly and Morgan Park can seem either of another time or slowly embracing change. Sometimes this dichotomy is as basic as what residents eat and drink. Longtime businesses like […]
Posted inInterviews, Sports
Motivational Training Program
Fred Evans is a swim coach at South Shore International College Prep, a selective enrollment school located on 75th and Jeffery. He has coached swimming in Chicago for over forty years, starting at Chicago State in 1974 and then moving on to Chicago South Swim Club, the first integrated swim team in the city. Before […]
Posted inInterviews, Politics
Policy in Practice
heresa Mah spent the first part of her career studying history, but now she is on the cusp of making it. Mah will be running unopposed in this Novemberâs general election to represent the 2nd Districtâwhich includes Chinatown, Bridgeport, and Pilsenâin the Illinois House of Representatives. If she wins, she will be the first-ever Asian […]
Posted inFaith, Features
Prisoners of Hope
ifteen years ago, when Mack Julion first came to Saint Sabinaâs in Auburn Gresham, the church didnât have a youth ministry. After working for a few years in the office of the churchâs longtime pastor, Father Michael Pfleger, he managed to convince Pfleger to let him start one. Now, the churchâs youth ministry has programs […]
Posted inEducation
CTU Unites with Activists, Workers for âDay of Actionâ
“Weâre in front of the children, we know what they need.â
Posted inFeatures, Stage & Screen
Redmoon: A Retrospective
or the wide-eyed artists at Redmoon, an experimental theater based in Pilsen, taking bold ideas to extremes seemed to be a guiding principle, whether or not it was practical to do so. But you would also be hard pressed to find an artistic institution in the city of Chicago more committed to the practice of […]
Posted inBest of the South Side 2015, Little Italy, University Village
Best of University Village/ Little Italy 2015
o matter what part of the city youâre coming from, getting to University Village/Little Italy isnât difficult. Aside from the Pink and Blue line stops at UIC and the Medical District, more than eight bus routes snake through the neighborhood. While taking the 8 north up Halsted is the easiest way to bisect the neighborhood, […]
Posted inBest of the South Side 2015, South Shore
Best of South Shore 2015
hen Benyamin Macabee, owner of the only Black-owned art space in Chicago between Hyde Park and the Indiana state line, talks of South Shore, there is a pride in his eyes that doesnât falter, a steadfastness that mirrors South Shoreâs own spirit. âThe work Iâm doing, the work weâre all doing here, is the work […]