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25 things to do in Chicago this weekend: .🎸 Wicker Park Fest.🍻 Taste Of Lincoln Avenue.🧀 Cheese Curd Crawl .⚾ Cubs Vs. Sox .& so much more:
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There's also Bevapalooza, the Logandale Lemonade Walk, the Cheese Curd Crawl and a Sox vs. Cubs series.
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Batter & Berries and 24Life Training & Fitness are now open at the 23rd Place At Southbridge development on the Near South Side.
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Craving cake? Get a taste from 5 micro bakers at Color Club Sunday.
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Willie Wilson is giving away free gas and groceries this weekend. Here's where you can get them:
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A Brighton Park nonprofit is pivoting to neighborhood canvassing amid the immigration crackdown.
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RT @colinbphoto: What a week, and what a great set of photos from the @BlockClubCHI team!.Check them out here:.This Week In Photos: Damen S….
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How Lincoln Park's Neon Gardens is perfecting the restaurant pop-up:
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A Gaza refugee camp has been recreated in a West Side exhibit featuring the work of a slain Palestinian journalist.
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Sister Pat Murphy, longtime immigrant rights champion and South Side icon, has died at 96.
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More rain and thunderstorms are expected to roll in this weekend — and storms left 87,000 in the region without power Thursday night.
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Wicker Park’s Milk & Honey Cafe is seeking a new owner after being shut down by the city.
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Lost Boyz Inc. has helped South Side kids through youth sports for 17 years, but the group’s future is uncertain after grants have dried up.
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A surprising discovery brought a father and daughter together after 63 years.
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The flashy fugitives: The ex-Loretto Hospital leader and his pal accused of stealing millions are living large in Dubai.
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RT @mack_liederman: This young Chicagoan is famous for riding his bike all around town without a front wheel. “It can be dangerous, but i….
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Drivers honk and kids cheer for local college kid Amalio Quiles, AKA "Key Milez," as he rides his one-wheel bike through Chicago traffic.
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Former President Barack Obama says grown-ups shouldn't be eating ketchup. Agree or disagree?
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Join us at Block Party 2.0! . We're teaming up with Half Acre Beer Co. for our second annual Block Club Block Party Oct. 4. 🎶 Live entertainment.🛍️ Local vendors.🍻 Food & drinks.🎉 Free admission. More details coming soon!
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Winnemac Park neighbors were blindsided as an acre of natural prairie was mowed down — and tried to stop it.
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A bride-to-be was killed in a Pilsen hit-and-run just weeks before her wedding: "I lost my other half."
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