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Art Opening: Revolution 2012 Kicks Off Friday (Jan 20) at Jackson Junge Gallery
By chicago-pipeline at January 16, 2012 | 2:01 pm | 1 Comments
This past holiday season, 20 "local artists, young and old, BFAs or self-taught," as New City's Chris Miller wrote in this recommendation, participated in Wicker Park's Jackson Junge Gallery's Angelicies: A Look at the Modern Day Angel. Angelicies proved that angels can provide great fodder for interpretation. Pieces ranged from a black and white print of what looked more...
Arts , Featured , Neighborhoods , Updates , Wicker Park
Update: Monday Night Advanced Beginner Spanish Class Just Added
By chicago-pipeline at January 15, 2012 | 12:10 pm | 0 Comment
In follow-up to this news about a Tuesday night Spanish class at Club Lucky, kicking off on Jan. 24th, we received an update yesterday from instructor, Elaine, of Elena Chicago, who wanted to pass on news of an advanced/beginner class on Monday evenings which currently has four people interested and needs a few more pupils in order to run the class. The beginner class more...
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Today (Sunday): Logan Square Indoor Farmers Market 10AM-2PM
By chicago-pipeline at January 15, 2012 | 9:46 am | 0 Comment
Fresh produce and prepared foods from 23 vendors -- including Vegan Hot Almond Horchata and Bourbon Vanilla Extract from Mama's Nuts-- are available in the lobby of the Congress Theater, 2135 N. Milwaukee Ave, (map it!) from 10AM-2PM today at the Logan Square Indoor Farmers Market, sponsored by the Logan Square Chamber of Commerce. The market runs in the lobby of the more...
Saturday Happenings in the Neighborhood
By chicago-pipeline at January 14, 2012 | 11:21 am | 0 Comment
It's Saturday and just 20-degrees outside (what a difference from last Saturday!) If you're not ready to face the elements, you could watch a movie-- but don't do it online. Trek over to Odd Obsession Movies, 1822 N. Milwaukee like we did last night to explore the best selection of movies in Wicker Park and possibly the entire city. Not being huge movie nerds, we more...
Arts , Bucktown , Featured , Logan Square , Neighborhoods , Ukrainian Village , Updates , Wicker Park
Tonight: Get Lucky at Three Unique Friday the 13th Art Openings
By chicago-pipeline at January 13, 2012 | 3:56 pm | 0 Comment
Logan Square photographer Mary Economidy, whom The Pipeline met at the Bucktown Arts Fest in 2009, where she was showing pieces like "White Castle," right, a moment from 1982 captured on black-and-white film (when there was still a White Castle restaurant on the northwest corner of Armitage and Western) wrote in to share news of her solo Exhibition, "Zones of more...
Arts , Bucktown , Featured , Logan Square , Neighborhoods , Ukrainian Village , Updates , Wicker Park
Meet Vlad: He’s a Hair Stylist at the Top of the ‘Hood
By chicago-pipeline at January 12, 2012 | 5:30 pm | 2 Comments
Amid a rash of independently owned store closings and re-locations, there's been a few beacons of indie hope shining onto the cold and now snowy streets of Wicker Park, and we're pretty confident that a tiny yet magical place called I'll Cut You Hair Studio which relocated to Studio #206 of the Flat Iron Building, 1579 N. Milwaukee, effective Jan. 1, 2012 is one of more...
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Linkypoos, a Local Links Column Jan. 11
By chicago-pipeline at January 12, 2012 | 1:06 pm | 0 Comment
Linkypoos is made possible by Dreamaker Mattress, 1448 N. Western. SHOWROOM HOURS: Thurs-Sat: 10:30AM-8PM; Sunday 11AM-6:30PM. Ph: 773-772-9900. Now, through Feb. 12, 2012, and in celebration of the New Year, Dreamaker is offering a substantial discount of 20.12% off on any designer mattress! Everyblock member Marnie warned fellow neighbors of a possible crook more...
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Now Open: Dreamaker Mattress on Western
By chicago-pipeline at January 11, 2012 | 7:31 pm | 2 Comments
UPDATED: As of a few weeks ago (July 1st) - Dreamaker is closed. Owner Abel is off to the Pacific Northwest, to Diving School! We wish him the very best. When Abel, proprietor of Dreamaker Mattress, 1448 N. Western (map it!) confided that opening a new business will either be, "The best idea I've ever had, or the worst one," we couldn't help but smile. And want to more...
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Read, Set, Go… Public Hearing on Ward Map Redistricting Just Started
By chicago-pipeline at January 11, 2012 | 6:05 pm | 2 Comments
Ah, the best laid plans of Mice 'n Men. After a good two or three days of walking around town, I'm glued to ye old laptop, attempting to wrap up the next pipeline e-newsletter and thus will be unable to attend and report on the Ward Redistricting Map Madness over at DePaul University. Thankfully, Nandika Gervais sent in a few helpful links for following the remap more...
Bucktown , Featured , Logan Square , Neighborhoods , Ukrainian Village , Updates , Wicker Park
Division Street Merchants Share Thoughts on Closings, Broker Shares New Openings
By chicago-pipeline at January 11, 2012 | 4:12 pm | 3 Comments
To borrow the words of poet T.S. Eliot, the early days of 2012 seem to have begun "not with a bang, but a whimper" for the neighborhood's indie merchant community. Stagnant sales-- down by as much as 25% from the December prior, "and that December was worse than the one before it," per one merchant who wished to remain anonymous-- combined with rising rents and more...
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