Charmers Cafe

Charmers Cafe 1500 W. Jarvis Avenue Chicago, IL. 60626

Lion Combo: Level III

Lion Combo: Level III and Joy in Everyday Life


Thu April 1st: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM


Price: $180 Member ($215 Non Member)
In Room: Meditation Hall


Combined registration for both Shambhala Training Level III, and Joy in Everyday Life.

Prerequisites: Shambhala Training Level 2




Shambhala Meditation Center of Chicago 7331 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago IL. 60626

Senior Citizens Club at Willye B. White Recreation Center

Senior Citizens Club at Willye B. White Park Recreation Center

Thursdays from April 1st - June 3rd, 2010

12:00pm - 2:00pm / Ages 55 and Over





Willye B. White Park Recreation Center 1610 W. Howard Street Chicago, IL. 60626

Adelphi Theater group on facebook

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=91071913022&ref=ts




Adelphi Theater 7070-78 N. Clark Street Chicago, IL. 60626

Skokie man charged with Rogers Park stabbing

Read about it at Loyola Student Dispatch - Man charged with stabbing in Rogers Park.

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Hollywood Video of Rogers Park closes

Did it close due to location, crime, politics or lack of business?

What we do know for certain, is that it left another large storefront empty in the struggling Gateway Centre Plaza. Note: Storefront 1751A has been closed ever since (over two years ago). Here is the story:

Monday, May 5, 2008
Another Empty Storefront at the Gateway Centre Plaza
http://rp1000.blogspot.com/2008/05/another-empty-storefront-at-gateway.html




Here is Hollywood Video in the current News:

March 30, 2010
Hollywood Video closing doors
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/92/2010/march/30/hollywood-video-closing-doors.html
Another retailer is closing its doors in Burlington County. Hollywood Video, a popular video rental store at the Town Center on Route 130 in Willingboro, will close sometime in the next four weeks.

March 30, 2010
Movie Meltdown: Another Hollywood Video Closes Up
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/89335157.html
Another round of local closures for Hollywood Video. The parent company filed for chapter 11 in February. Now more local stores are closing their doors. Fawn Hernandez isn't happy the Hollywood Video in Pasco is shutting down

March 29, 2010
Bankruptcy closes Racine's Hollywood Video
http://www.journaltimes.com/business/local/article_ab689d1a-3b90-11df-a00b-001cc4c03286.html
Racine's only Hollywood Video store is now a victim of a corporate bankruptcy filing and will permanently close this spring. The local Hollywood Video store, 4700 Washington Ave., will close in about six to eight weeks, an employee said Monday before referring other questions to the corporate media department.

RP father flees with baby

Read about it on Loyola Student Dispatch - Rogers Park father flees with baby.

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Career Fair a Success

Read about it at Loyola Student Dispatch - Loyola career fair deemed a success.

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News of the Day

A cab and SUV collide in front of 7301 N. Sheridan Road and hit a pedestrian.

The pedestrains leg was injured and firefighters on the scene had to cut his pants off.

Rogers Bark - Congratulations Val!

Rogers Bark Pet Salon
1447 W. Jarvis Avenue
Chicago, IL. 60626

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Adult Walking Club

Adult Walking Club at Willye B. White Park

Fridays from March 29th - June 6th, 2010

10:00 - 11:00am / Ages 18 & Over / $5





Willye B. White Park 1610 W. Howard Street Chicago, IL. 60626

Rats

Don't forget to check under your hood for rats:

RP & Beyond - http://rp-and-beyond.blogspot.com/2010/03/rats.html

Rogers Park / West Ridge Historical Society Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY HOSTS ANNUAL HOUSE WALK

ON MAY 2nd in INDIAN BOUNDARY PARK AREA

Chicago – March 15, 2010 - The Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society will host its Annual House Walk on Sunday, May 2, 2010 from 12 Noon to 5:00 p.m.

This year’s tour will highlight homes surrounding Indian Boundary Park, including the notable Park Castles and Park Gables apartment buildings.

Registration for the house walk is available at www.rpwrhs.org or by calling (773) 764-4078. Admission is $25 for society members and $30 for non-members.

A discounted rate of $20 for members and $25 for non-members will be offered through April 25. Day-of registration will be available at the Indian Boundary Park Cultural Center, 2500 West Lunt Ave. beginning at 12 Noon. The last tour will start at 3:30 p.m.

Several units of the Park Castles and Park Gables will be open for the tour as well as the buildings’ spectacular Art Deco swimming pools. The structures grace the eastern and northern boundary of the park – a magnificent group of Gothic and Tudor Revival style structures built in the late 1920s by developers Gubbins, O’Donnell & Blietz.

Indian Boundary Park was opened in 1922 as the centerpiece of the Ridge Avenue Park District. The 13-acre park was designed as a pastoral landscape with picturesque gardens, a lagoon with a small island, rolling lawns, and meandering paths. Its field house, now the Indian Boundary Park Cultural Center, was designed by prominent architect Clarence Hatzfeld, and is noted for its unusual combination of Tudor Revival design and Native American images and sculptures.

Several other homes near the park owned by notable 1920s personalities will be included in the tour. The Indian Boundary area is a hidden gem on the north side, with an abundance of historically and architecturally significant buildings and landscapes.

A new exhibit in the park’s cultural center, A Park is Your Front Yard: Indian Boundary Park and the Gubbins, McDonnell & Blietz Co-ops, 1915-1929 will be open to tour participants on May 2.

The Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society was formed in 1975 to preserve the history of Rogers Park and West Ridge as a vital part of the City of Chicago, and to provide interactive education about these communities to the public.

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Willye B. White Park Advisory Council Fundraising

Willye B. White Park Advisory Council Fundraising


Youth between ages 13-15 are participating in 'Inner City Hoops' basketball tournaments every Friday at the Willye B. White Park Community Center. The first event was Friday, March 12th and will be held every Friday, with the last event being April 23rd. The event begins at 5:00 pm and lasts until approximately 7:30 pm.


Throughout the duration of the 'Inner City Hoops' tournament, the Park Advisory Council will be operating a concession stand, selling hot dogs, chips, cookies, bottled water to raise funds. All proceeds will go to help fund after school programs and summer camp for underprivileged children. Stop in, catch a tournament, and enjoy a hot dog or just donate to the kids fund.


Through it's fund raising efforts the Council offered 80% discount stocking stuffers for the Winter Holiday so kids could attend park activities while on break. The 80% discount was carried into the winter Park District program session and will continue with the spring program session. Program sessions are 10 weeks and the Spring 2010 session runs from March 29th thru June 6th.


Willye B. White Park and Recreation Center 1610 W. Howard Street Chicago, IL. 60626

773 262-5051


For additional information visit
www.willyebwhitepark.org

Tainted Milk Alert

Read about it at Loyola Student Dispatch - Tainted milk delivered to Chicago.


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Growers Guild gardening club

Read about it at Loyola Student Dispatch - Loyola gardening club establishes roots.

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a short online chat

S: I met this woman on the Morse platform tonight, she just lost her job, shes looking to move out of her 1400 apt downtown to a 700 apt in rogers park
She said how she was worried about rogers park at night, and shes been mugged before, so shes probably not going to move to rogers park , but edgewater or andersonville instead

me: she will probably feel better in andersonville
rogers park is still rough

S: yeah, i suggested, if she has been mugged before and she still lives w/ that fear, she better try andersonville
i gave her my card, i hope she sends me an email or a connection on linkedin, she was very nice

me: it is too bad that it has to be this way in rogers park

The Value of Internships

Read about it at Loyola Student Dispatch - College students paying for free internships.

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Some interesting quotes from our 49th Ward Alderman

"To get my support, Show me the money" - Alderman Joe Moore as he pushed an empty white envelope across the table toward Bill Morton at his Jarvis Square office. (2006)

"What do you expect, This is City Hall" - Alderman Joe Moore to Bill Morton and the Citizens for the Adelphi Theater in City Council Chambers (2006)

"This is the guy who said I took a bribe" - Alderman Joe Moore to his wife Barbara when when noticing Bill Morton was in the room (2009)