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City Year Chicago AmeriCorps Members Kick Off their Year  of Service in High-Need Schools

City Year Chicago AmeriCorps Members Kick Off their Year of Service in High-Need Schools

Last week, 230 City Year AmeriCorps members will pledge to support more than 14,000 students in some of Chicago’s highest-need communities this year at the Opening Day Ceremony for City… Read more »

New Exhibit at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

New Exhibit at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum’s newest arrivals – 131 endangered baby Blanding’s turtles — are now on exhibit for everyone to see. The Nature Museum is excited to introduce its… Read more »

CPS Expands Safe Passage This Year

CPS Expands Safe Passage This Year

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced the addition of two new Safe Passage routes to continue the District’s efforts to ensure that students travel safely to and from school. The additional… Read more »

UrbanTheather Company Presents La Gringa

UrbanTheather Company Presents La Gringa

UrbanTheater Company proudly announces the opening play in its 11th season, the Midwest premiere of La Gringa. This Obie Award-winning holiday comedy by Carmen Rivera has been running continuously Off-Broadway… Read more »

La Casa Norte to Reach Even More Individuals

La Casa Norte to Reach Even More Individuals

By: Ashmar Mandou The future of La Casa Norte shines even brighter after it was announced at a press conference on September 9th that construction plans for affordable house housing… Read more »

RTA Celebrates 2016 World Car Free Day on Sept. 22

RTA Celebrates 2016 World Car Free Day on Sept. 22

The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is celebrating World Car Free Day by encouraging all those who typically drive personal vehicles to use public transportation next Thursday, Sept. 22nd. World Car… Read more »

Travel Through Time with New Natural History Collections on Google Arts & Culture

Travel Through Time with New Natural History Collections on Google Arts & Culture

The Field Museum and the Google Cultural Institute are inviting people to an interactive, dynamic, and immersive discovery experience of the diversity and fragility of nature in an unprecedented way…. Read more »

Fifth Annual National Medicare Education Week Comes to Chicago and Cook County

Fifth Annual National Medicare Education Week Comes to Chicago and Cook County

UnitedHealthcare invites baby boomers, Medicare beneficiaries, and caregivers to learn more about their Medicare options at free educational events in the Chicago area as part of National Medicare Education Week… Read more »

Join Spanish-Language Bird Walks in the Forest Preserves of Cook County

Join Spanish-Language Bird Walks in the Forest Preserves of Cook County

The Forest Preserves of Cook County invites the public to attend Spanish-language bird walks as part of the year-long Bird the Preserves initiative. Throughout 2016, Forest Preserves visitors are invited… Read more »

Want a baby? Reducing Stress May Improve Odds

Want a baby? Reducing Stress May Improve Odds

Women trying to start a family who find themselves constantly reaching for a stress ball, take heed: All that extra anxiety may be keeping you from conceiving, AFP reports. A… Read more »