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Home » Roscoe Village

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Posted inColumns & Opinion

After four recent crash deaths, will the City Council require truck side guards?

by John Greenfield September 30, 2016August 18, 2021

The gear can save lives by preventing cyclists from falling under the wheels.

Posted inBlogs

Hip Hop Summerfest, Windy City Wine Festival, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Sara Cohen September 9, 2016August 18, 2021

Shock Top Oyster Fest, 48 Hour Film Project, and more happenings from September 9-11.

Posted inBlogs

A sword fight with Rahm Emanuel, Tracy Morgan, and more to do this week

by KT Hawbaker May 31, 2016August 18, 2021

The Chicago Underground Film Festival, Neo New Wave Prom, and more happenings from May 31-June 2.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Rahm will probably use TIFs on the Old Main Post Office and Rezko Village

by Ben Joravsky May 25, 2016August 18, 2021

He hasn’t said he will, but don’t let that fool you.

Posted inBlogs

Beloved jazz venue the Hungry Brain reopens (slowly) in Roscoe Village

by Leor Galil December 4, 2015August 18, 2021

The beloved venue closed nearly a year ago, but last night’s soft open for Charles Rumback’s record release sets the stage for its next chapter.

Posted inArts & Culture

Our favorite books of 2014

by Aimee Levitt December 22, 2014August 18, 2021

A look back at the year in lit, from the best reads by Chicago authors to new bookstores and live-lit events.

Posted inBlogs

Roscoe Village gets a bookstore, will lack for nothing

by Aimee Levitt November 21, 2014August 18, 2021

Erika VanDam hopes to turn her new bookstore, Roscoe Books, into a community institution.

"Sitting in the Park Forever" raises funds to digitize Bob Abrahamian's vast record collection
Posted inMusic

Gossip Wolf: A fund-raiser for the legacy of WHPK soul DJ Bob Abrahamian

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil September 24, 2014August 18, 2021

A fund-raiser for the legacy of HWPK soul DJ Bob Abrahamian, a feature-length film from Primo Mendoza, and more

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Consistent Vegetarian Brunch Dish

by Kevin Warwick June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Would you expect anything less of a place staffed by students of meditation?

Lathrop Homes, one of the country's first public housing developments and the second in Chicago, was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
Posted inNews & Politics

The fight to preserve a model public housing project

by Maya Dukmasova June 12, 2014August 18, 2021

Lathrop Homes has long been one of CHA’s most diverse and successful properties. But today it’s a shell of its former self.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Thu 5/29: Everything is Terrible!, Ex-Cult, and Roscoe Village Spring Stroll

by Cat Adamson May 29, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, May 29

Come for the biscuit. Stay for the biscuit.
Posted inFood & Drink

Endgrain: The good, the bad, and the biscuit

by Sam Worley July 15, 2013August 19, 2021

Endgrain: The good, the bad, and the biscuit

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Place to Buy That Marimba You’ve Always Wanted

by Shannon Nico Shreibak June 19, 2013August 19, 2021

The Roscoe Village storefront is stocked with instruments you’ve never seen or knew existed, and certainly can’t pronounce.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Mon 4/1: Constellation opening, Peach Kelli Pop, and Demetri Martin

by Drew Hunt April 1, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Monday, April 1, 2013

Posted inFood & Drink

A 7 AM bar crawl

by Kevin Warwick and Luca Cimarusti March 14, 2013August 19, 2021

A 7 AM bar crawl relies on three special ingredients: domestic beer, scratch-offs, and doughnuts.

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