Wicker Park Fest!

Cumin Rest.
1414 North Milwaukee
Chicago, Illinois 60642
wicker park music festival
{a p p e t i z e r}

a mosaic 4
cauliflower I broccoli I spinach I potato I onion I dipped in chickpea flour batter I deep fried

{e n t r e e s }

palak paneer 12
spinach and home-made cottage cheese cooked in indian spices and tomtato-curry sauce with a touch of fresh cream

mutter paneer 12
green peas and home-made cottage cheese cooked in indian spices and tomato- curry sauce

dal makhani 11
overnight soaked lentils cooked in makhani sauce and indian spices

chana masala 11
overnight soaked garbanzo cooked in indian spices and curry sauce

aalu gobhi 11
potatoes and cauliflower florets sautéed with indian spices I garnished with ginger and cilantro

parvate aaloo tama bodi 12
potatoes, bamboo shoots and black eyed peas cooked in delectable nepalese spices I a delicacy in mountainous region of nepal

chicken tikka masala 13
spice-marinated diced boneless white meat chicken cooked to perfection in tandoor I simmered in rich creamy tomato sauce I a quintessential Indian classic

chicken curry 12
boneless chicken delectably cooked in curry sauce and indian spices

lamb curry 14
boneless lamb delectably cooked in curry sauce and indian spices

goat dum biryani 13
royal basmati rice cooked with spice-marinated boneless goat in Indian biryani spice-mix

chicken tandoori : full 18 I half 10
whole chicken marinated in blended yogurt with ginger I garlic and herbs, roasted to perfection in clay oven

naan 2
Oversized white flour dough leavened I cooked in tandoor

garlic naan 3
fluffy naan with a hint of garlic





wicker park music festival

{a p p e t i z e r}

a mosaic 4
cauliflower I broccoli I spinach I potato I onion I dipped in chickpea flour batter I deep fried

{e n t r e e s }

palak paneer 12
spinach and home-made cottage cheese cooked in indian spices and tomtato-curry sauce with a touch of fresh cream

mutter paneer 12
green peas and home-made cottage cheese cooked in indian spices and tomato- curry sauce

dal makhani 11
overnight soaked lentils cooked in makhani sauce and indian spices

chana masala 11
overnight soaked garbanzo cooked in indian spices and curry sauce

aalu gobhi 11
potatoes and cauliflower florets sautéed with indian spices I garnished with ginger and cilantro

parvate aaloo tama bodi 12
potatoes, bamboo shoots and black eyed peas cooked in delectable nepalese spices I a delicacy in mountainous region of nepal

chicken tikka masala 13
spice-marinated diced boneless white meat chicken cooked to perfection in tandoor I simmered in rich creamy tomato sauce I a quintessential Indian classic

chicken curry 12
boneless chicken delectably cooked in curry sauce and indian spices

lamb curry 14
boneless lamb delectably cooked in curry sauce and indian spices

goat dum biryani 13
royal basmati rice cooked with spice-marinated boneless goat in Indian biryani spice-mix

chicken tandoori : full 18 I half 10
whole chicken marinated in blended yogurt with ginger I garlic and herbs, roasted to perfection in clay oven

naan 2
Oversized white flour dough leavened I cooked in tandoor

garlic naan 3
fluffy naan with a hint of garlic

Wicker Park Fest!

wicker park music festival

{a p p e t i z e r}

a mosaic 4
cauliflower I broccoli I spinach I potato I onion I dipped in chickpea flour batter I deep fried

{e n t r e e s }

palak paneer 12
spinach and home-made cottage cheese cooked in indian spices and tomtato-curry sauce with a touch of fresh cream

mutter paneer 12
green peas and home-made cottage cheese cooked in indian spices and tomato- curry sauce

dal makhani 11
overnight soaked lentils cooked in makhani sauce and indian spices

chana masala 11
overnight soaked garbanzo cooked in indian spices and curry sauce

aalu gobhi 11
potatoes and cauliflower florets sautéed with indian spices I garnished with ginger and cilantro

parvate aaloo tama bodi 12
potatoes, bamboo shoots and black eyed peas cooked in delectable nepalese spices I a delicacy in mountainous region of nepal

chicken tikka masala 13
spice-marinated diced boneless white meat chicken cooked to perfection in tandoor I simmered in rich creamy tomato sauce I a quintessential Indian classic

chicken curry 12
boneless chicken delectably cooked in curry sauce and indian spices

lamb curry 14
boneless lamb delectably cooked in curry sauce and indian spices

goat dum biryani 13
royal basmati rice cooked with spice-marinated boneless goat in Indian biryani spice-mix

chicken tandoori : full 18 I half 10
whole chicken marinated in blended yogurt with ginger I garlic and herbs, roasted to perfection in clay oven

naan 2
Oversized white flour dough leavened I cooked in tandoor

garlic naan 3
fluffy naan with a hint of garlic





wicker park music festival

{a p p e t i z e r}

a mosaic 4
cauliflower I broccoli I spinach I potato I onion I dipped in chickpea flour batter I deep fried

{e n t r e e s }

palak paneer 12
spinach and home-made cottage cheese cooked in indian spices and tomtato-curry sauce with a touch of fresh cream

mutter paneer 12
green peas and home-made cottage cheese cooked in indian spices and tomato- curry sauce

dal makhani 11
overnight soaked lentils cooked in makhani sauce and indian spices

chana masala 11
overnight soaked garbanzo cooked in indian spices and curry sauce

aalu gobhi 11
potatoes and cauliflower florets sautéed with indian spices I garnished with ginger and cilantro

parvate aaloo tama bodi 12
potatoes, bamboo shoots and black eyed peas cooked in delectable nepalese spices I a delicacy in mountainous region of nepal

chicken tikka masala 13
spice-marinated diced boneless white meat chicken cooked to perfection in tandoor I simmered in rich creamy tomato sauce I a quintessential Indian classic

chicken curry 12
boneless chicken delectably cooked in curry sauce and indian spices

lamb curry 14
boneless lamb delectably cooked in curry sauce and indian spices

goat dum biryani 13
royal basmati rice cooked with spice-marinated boneless goat in Indian biryani spice-mix

chicken tandoori : full 18 I half 10
whole chicken marinated in blended yogurt with ginger I garlic and herbs, roasted to perfection in clay oven

naan 2
Oversized white flour dough leavened I cooked in tandoor

garlic naan 3
fluffy naan with a hint of garlic

It's Time!

My book will be hitting the store in next 45 days...counting. Need your support:)

Food with Atittude

Much Love
Chef Papi Perez

lastest update for unemployment

Unemployment Update News From AOL News
Senate Passes Unemployment Extension; Obama Could Sign by Thursday
By Steven Hoffer16 HOURS 54 MINUTES AGO
(July 21) -- After one last round of debate, the Senate on Wednesday passed an unemployment extension that restores benefits to jobless workers who'd had their checks cut off in June and keeps them flowing through the end of November for qualifying recipients. The House will give its approval to the measure as early as Thursday and speed it to...

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Unemployment Extension Passes: What's Next for '99ers'?
By Steven Hoffer16 HOURS 57 MINUTES AGO
UPDATED (July 21) -- After a final counter-push from the Republican opposition, the Senate tonight cast a party-line vote to pass a bill that will restore unemployment payments who have been without aid since their benefits expired in June. The measure also provides an unemployment extension to qualifying job seekers that will keep their checks...

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Republican Opposition Delays Final Senate Unemployment Extension Vote
By Steven Hoffer22 HOURS 25 MINUTES AGO
(July 21) -- Though the outcome is all but certain, the fight over the unemployment benefits extension isn't over just yet. On Tuesday, Senate Democrats, with the support of both Republican senators from Maine and freshly sworn-in West Virginia Senator Carte Goodwin, broke a longstanding Republican filibuster against the emergency jobless relief...

Related News: Tom Coburn, Senate, unemployment
Senate Approves Jobless Benefits for Millions
1 DAY 8 HOURS AGO

J. Scott Applewhite, AP
WASHINGTON (July 21) -- State unemployment agencies are gearing up to resume sending unemployment payments to millions of people as Congress moves to ship President Barack Obama a measure to restore lapsed benefits. After months of increasingly bitter stalemate, the Senate passed the measure Wednesday by a 59-39 vote. Obama is poised to sign the...

Related News: unemployment, Congress, Carte Goodwin

Don't give up!! Hope,Change,Love is on its way:)

I have something very important to say today!

Wake up and Speak up America!

Our Fathers and Mothers has cleared a path for us today. How quickly has we forgotten the battle/ fight which was fraught for us. As you sleep, humanity slips away. Stop pointing fingers at your brothers and sisters and take responsibility for yours actions. We must have accountability for our government and elected people. Our RIGHTS, to vote, freedom of speech, liberty, justice and the right to pursuit happiness....Has taken a back seat to laziness. A price was fully paid for our RIGHTS.. Are we taking a second mortgage out on "OUR RIGHTS".
Not long ago women and people of color could not vote! Do not take this for granted, we must excise our RIGHTS. Chane only comes when we "Wake up and Speak up America! Unemployment, Liberty, Justice, Humanity are just the tip of our problems.
Why does it takes a major target for us to temporary to wake up? It disappoints me that majority of complaints about issues comes from the very source of people who don't VOTE! Everybody counts, Everybody plays a very important part in a better America and a better World. As I have said many times before >"It's about the people, for the people and its takes people to make a differences!"
Wake up and Speak up America!
We have some very serious issues that we must address before November Election.
Unemployment/ Health Care
State of the Country
Liberty/ Immigration
Our PRESENT AND OUR FUTURE!
These issues effects our Seniors and on down to our children and grandchildren. Our parents and us continues to build this country. We can't lead from behind, we must take a stand and speak up America! I strongly suggest you and your family write, call or visit your local,state and federal government reps about these issues. Wake up and Speak up America!
We must reach out and help/ work together for a better America. It takes more than Our President to make a change! We must support each others( Democratises, Republican,Indenp, Green Party and any others that I didn't call by name). We must teach, educate, enhance and motive our society! Wake up and Speak up America!
Let us start and continues to work together for a better America! Its takes hard work, understanding, listening and LOVE to make a better society of humanity. Wake up and Speak up America! We can show the world better than we can tell the world "That we are America!"

Much Love
Chef Papi Perez

Umemployment Benefits

July 10, 2010

My View: Time to index jobless benefits
By Richard Schiming

— One of the controversial issues currently before Congress is the extension of unemployment benefits. An extension passed the U.S. House but is currently stalled in the Senate. Some basic facts about unemployment and unemployment compensation can illuminate the issues in this debate.

Unemployment benefits are not especially generous and not everyone who is unemployed receives benefits. The average benefit replaces about 36 percent of a worker’s weekly wage. Under the standard 26 weeks of unemployment benefits, only 35 percent of those currently unemployed are eligible for benefits. Under the proposed extension, only 67 percent of those unemployed would receive benefits.

There is no correlation between the generosity of unemployment benefits and the rate of unemployment. Some states are more generous than others with their unemployment benefits. If people chose unemployment over a job because of the level of unemployment benefits, the states with the most generous unemployment benefits would also have the highest unemployment rates.

Yet this is not the case. Using the latest figures available, the average unemployment rate in the six states with the highest unemployment benefits is 9.3 percent. The six states with the lowest unemployment benefits have an average unemployment rate of 10.1 percent.

The U.S. Department of Labor calculates a statistic called “Insured Unemployment Rate,” the percentage of those covered by unemployment insurance who are unemployed. If unemployment benefits encouraged unemployment, one would expect that this rate for those with unemployment benefits would be higher than the overall unemployment rate. As a matter of fact, it is substantially lower (currently less than 4%).

Unemployment benefits increase economic activity. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, a dollar spent on unemployment benefits has anywhere from 4 to 8 times greater an impact on the economy than a dollar of tax cuts for higher income individuals. You get more bang for the buck with unemployment benefits as a fiscal stimulus than with just about any other kind of government spending.

More of our unemployment is now structural unemployment. Changing job demand as some U.S. firms and industries decline and even disappear causes structural unemployment.

In the past, many workers who lost their jobs returned to their old jobs with their former employer when the economy recovered. Now many of the jobs lost are gone forever.

Structural unemployment takes longer to cure since it requires unemployed workers to acquire new job skills. Longer unemployment benefits help workers navigate this transition to their new jobs.

Very few people choose to be unemployed or to remain unemployed. Long lines at job fairs and other employment opportunities typify the strong American work ethic. People’s jobs are such an important part of their sense of identity and self-worth that few would choose the psychological cost of continued unemployment even if it were monetarily advantageous.

Just the way few people would choose to remain sick because they have health insurance, few who are unemployed would choose to stay at home because they have unemployment benefits. In both cases, people are usually suffering through no fault of their own. Sometimes illness or unemployment happens. A decent society should be willing to take care of both of these situations.

There might be a way to avoid all this legislative gridlock in the future. My proposal is that, just like we do with other parts of the social safety net such as food stamps and Social Security, we index unemployment benefits to maintain a more consistent and dependable coverage.

Over the past 30 years, the average length of unemployment has been about 15 weeks and the standard coverage of unemployment benefits has been 26 weeks. In other words, the length of unemployment benefits has typically been 1.7 times the average length of unemployment. Using this ratio today, standard unemployment benefits would last 59 weeks.

If we look at periods of high unemployment in the past 30 years, unemployment benefits lasted 1.3 times as long as the average duration of unemployment. It would seem that a standard of 1.5 times the average length of unemployment would be a fair way of indexing the duration of unemployment benefits.

Such indexing would avoid the partisan rhetoric and delay over the extension of unemployment benefits just when they are needed the most now and in the future.

Jobs/ Dirty South Cake

ENRIQUE'S COMMUNITY UPDATES

Facilitating Your Right To Know
July 7, 2010


JOBS, JOBS, JOBS
Where are the Jobs?

“The City of Chicago has some of the highest rates of chronic unemployment in the country...”

- From the July/August 2010 Chicago Reporter article titled “Is Anything WORKING?”





Job recovery hits a wall
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Jobs creation too slow to help the recovery
“…more than a half-million people gave up looking for work and were no longer counted as unemployed.”



Help Not Wanted




Young adults on South & West sides gripped by chronic unemployment

After 18 months, a look at community hiring at Rush




Cook County Unemployment Higher than National Average

Illinois 8th Worst in Nation for Unemployment













SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE







Employment Services & Opportunities

Work 4 Illinois




Youth Employment for the Summer (YES) Jobs Program

Mayor Daley's Youth Ready Chicago





Chicago Job Fairs in July

Chicago West Job Fair on Thursday, July 15

ETS Job Fair on Thursday, August 19

Chicago Job Fair on Friday, August 20

Professional Diversity Job Fair on Tuesday, September 21







Calling All Artists!
Accepting Applications to Design an Underpass Mural

Applications due by 5 PM on Friday, July 16

All Chicago-based artists are invited to submit a design for one of twelve murals that will grace the CTA and Metra underpasses in the 49th Ward. The "Mass Underpass Murals Project" was one of the funding proposals that received voter approval in the Participatory Budgeting Election last April in which I gave the 49th Ward residents the power to determine how I would spend the 49th Ward's capital budget allocation. Eligible artists for the Mass Underpass Murals Project must either live in Chicago or have a studio located in Chicago. For more information or to request an application, please call 773-338-5796 or email Luis.Klein@cityofchicago.org or visit http://participatorybudgeting49.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/rogers-park-mass-mural-project-application.pdf










Near South Parking Study

On June 15, the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) and 2nd Ward Alderman Bob Fioretti hosted a community meeting at Columbia College to present the long-awaited results of the Near South Parking Study - SUMMARY. The area covered by the study is bounded by Congress Parkway on the north, Lakeshore Drive on the east, the Stevenson Expressway on the south, Clark Street on the west from the Stevenson to 16th Street, and the Chicago River from 16th street to Congress Parkway.

Among the Study’s findings were that a total of 4,400 on-street parking spaces and 35,000 off-street parking spaces are available within the study area. These parking spaces were divided up between metered, residential permit, free, parking garage and surface lot spaces. With about 50 people in attendance, a number of questions were asked and a number of concerns were raised, especially over some of the tentative recommendations that were made in the study.

Please refer to the attached Near South Parking Study - PRESENTATION link for the full details of the study that was presented to the community on June 15.

Page three (3) of the above attached SUMMARY of the study is a comment form. You will notice that a deadline of “no later than June 29, 2010” to submit “questions, statements, and opinions” about this study is written on the comment form. Please note that a subsequent email that I received from Mr. Richard Hazlett, who is listed on the comment form as the contact for CDOT, stated that comments can be sent in “when they are available,” this in response to my email to Mr. Hazlett asking for more time for people to be able to send in comments about this study.

Please also note that the Greater South Loop Association will be hosting a community meeting on Saturday, July 17 starting at 9 AM (see event listing below) in which a CDOT representative will again present the results of the Near South Parking Study. See you then.




HELICOPTER PAD COMING TO NEAR WEST SIDE?

RFP for Vertiport Developer
Near West Side heliport circles launch pad
Consultants weigh in on vertiport idea






Transformers 3 Movie Filming in Chicago

Helicopter Flight Planned for Randolph Street

Sunday, July 11 at 7 to 10 AM (weather alt. Sat. 7/10)









North Grant Park Feedback

Do you have a question about North Grant Park that is not listed in the FAQ? Would you like to voice your support, or air a concern? To have your say in the process, please visit www.northgrantpark.org/feedback.php






New Rain Garden Proposed for Dearborn Park
(See Alliance for a Greener South Loop Meeting Below)







47 Years Ago in Detroit: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Delivers First "I Have a Dream" Speech







Fulton River District Promotional Video










Senate Passes Extension of Closing Deadline For Homebuyer Tax Credit






CHA’s Family Housing Wait List Lottery! NOW OPEN!!
Register Online Anytime Until July 9, 2010

For the first time in a decade, the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) is opening its Family Housing Wait List. This is the list used to fill rental units as they become available in CHA-owned properties across the city. There will be 40,000 families selected by lottery for CHA’s Family Wait List. The lottery will be conducted after the four-week registration period. Those selected for the Wait List will be considered for housing as it becomes available. Registration for the lottery will take place between June 14, 2010 and July 9, 2010. No registrations will be accepted before or after these dates.








South Loop School News

Kindergarten

To adequately plan for teachers and resources, South Loop School is requesting that 2010-11 Kindergarten students register as soon as possible. Registration takes place daily at the Main Building: 1212 South Plymouth, Phone 773-534-8698. Visit the website and click on "Registration Info" to obtain the list of required documents and forms.

Preschool Program

South Loop School Tuition-Based Preschool program is still accepting applications for the 2010-11 School Year. It is a full-day literacy-based program in a nurturing atmosphere with individualized instruction. Address: 1915 South Federal Street, phone is 773-534-9066. Special programming includes: fine arts classes, field trips and drama productions. Partnerships with Language Stars (Spanish), The Old Town School of Folk Music (Music) and Lookingglass Theater Company (drama). All registration goes through a general CPS form that can be found here. Children must be 3 by September 1, 2010.

Local School Council (LSC) Organizational Meeting

Scheduled for Monday, July 12. This is the meeting where the new LSC will elect officers.
















LSC Lesson 3 - SIPAAA
Wednesday, July 7, from 2 to 4 PM
Pickens Memorial Temple at 5659 S. Union Ave.

LSC Lesson 4 - Budget
Wednesday, July 14 from 2 to 4 PM
Pickens Memorial Temple at 5659 S. Union Ave.

For more information, call 312.236.7252 or visit http://www.designsforchange.org/workshops.html


DEARBORN PARK ADVISORY COUNCIL (“DPAC”) MEETING
Wednesday, July 7 at 6:30 P.M.
899 S. Plymouth Ct., In the Mezzanine Party Room

Come join in as DPAC discusses Dearborn and Roosevelt Park facilities, the Movie in the Park, which will be held at Roosevelt Park on Friday, July 16 (the movie will be "Where the Wild Things Are), community concerns/announcements, and planning for the Block Party on Saturday, September 11 at Mary Richardson Jones Park. For more information, please call 312-550-1266.


The Works of Henry Hobson Richardson & Frank Lloyd Wright
Wednesday, July 7 at 7 PM
Glessner House Museum at 1800 S. Prairie Ave. (Use 18th St. entrance)

The museum is honored to host a lecture by noted scholar and author James F. O'Gorman, which is the first in the museum's ongoing H. H. Richardson lecture series. O'Gorman will explore the context in which Wright developed some of his designs by demonstrating elements of continuity between his work and Richardson's architecture. Mr. O'Gorman is a professor emeritus in the Wellesley College Department of Art and a widely acclaimed lecturer, historian, and author of numerous books on American architecture. The cost of the lecture is $15 per person, $10 for museum members. Reservations may be made by calling 312-326-1480 or by visiting www.glessnerhouse.org/Events.htm


The Road Less Traveled: Understanding Congestion Pricing
Thursday, July 8 from 12 to 1:30 PM
The Metropolitan Planning Council at 140 S. Dearborn St., Suite 1400

Given the nearly $87.2 billion lost to congestion every year and more than 4.2 billion hours squandered by motorists stuck in traffic annually, the federal government has been testing several programs nationwide to combat the bottlenecks choking American cities. Jeffrey Lindley will discuss the congestion reduction strategies being considered by the Federal Highway Administration and provide some insight regarding the opportunities regions can expect to see from the next federal surface transportation bill to help relieve the economic strain caused by congestion. Nick Thompson will give an in-depth look at Minnesota’s success with congestion pricing techniques along two major highways and highlight the building blocks that have led to a reduction in traffic. Finally, Kristi Lafleur will discuss ways the Illinois Tollway is working to address the Chicago region's congestion problems. The cost of the roundtable, including lunch, is $15 for MPC donors and $30 for all others. Seating is limited, so pre-registration is required. For more information, please email msbarrett@metroplanning.org or visit www.metroplanning.org/news-events/event/68


When The Supreme Court Gives You Lemons…
Friday, July 9 from 5 to 6 PM
Ron's Barber Shop at 6058 W. North Ave.

On June 28, the Supreme Court delivered a blow to gun control advocates with a 5-4 ruling against Chicago’s firearm ban. The decision in McDonald vs. City of Chicago upheld that the “right to bear arms” was indeed an individual liberty not to be infringed upon by any state or municipality. This decision leaves many to wonder: who are the beneficiaries of this ruling and who stands to lose? What is the future of gun rights advocacy? What does this all mean for the City of Chicago? Its 28 year-old gun ban has done little to curb violence; in fact, a recent weekend saw a startling 50 casualties. A number of Chicagoans view the lift as encouraging more gun purchases, which can only exacerbate the violence. In a post-ruling editorial, the Chicago Sun-Times noted, “Studies have shown that the more guns there are in the home, the more likely accidental shootings by (and of) children, and domestic arguments that end with somebody being shot dead.” On the other hand, perhaps the ruling, though condemned by Mayor Daley, will yield new, more effective innovations in gun control. Chicago city officials promise to make it harder for individuals to gain access to handguns by potentially including regulations on licensing and sales as well as training requirements. What are your reactions to McDonald vs. City of Chicago? How do you think this ruling will affect the already staggering levels of violence many Chicagoans face? For more information on this free discussion, please visit www.prairie.org/events/24201/when-supreme-court-gives-you-lemons


How to Profitably Price Your Product In Competitive Markets
Saturday, July 10 from 10 AM to 12:30 PM
US Bank at 815 W. 63rd St.

Jin the Chicago First Black Inventors/Entrepreneurs Organization (CFBIEO) as we feature guest speakers from the Institute for Justice Clinic On Entrepreneurship University of Chicago Law School who will address the demand-side and supply-side pricing of products. You will learn about strategies used to differentiate your product or service to get positive profits. Topics covered will include what costs To include, profitability analysis, consumer willingness to pay. estimating Customer Value. Seating is limited. , so make your reservation now. For more information, please call 312-850-4710 or visit http://www.cfbieo.org/cfbc/


How Can I Get a Rain Barrel or Compost Bin Rebate Form?
Multiple Workshop Dates and Locations
Next Two Workshops on Saturday, July 10 starting at 10 AM

Attend one of the City's Sustainable Backyard Workshops to learn how to install and maintain a rain barrel and compost bin and receive a rebate form for each. The City of Chicago will not be hosting rain barrel or compost bin sales in 2010. Instead, the City of Chicago is offering $30 rebates on your rain barrel and compost bin purchased at any local garden center or hardware store this year. Buy a rain barrel or compost bin that is just right for your garden before November 2010 and send us a rebate form and receipt of purchase. We will send you a check for $30. Residents are eligible for one rain barrel rebate and one compost bin rebate in 2010 ($60 maximum rebate). Rebates will be limited to 500 of each in 2010, so send in your rebate form ASAP for the best chances of receiving a rebate. To get a form, come out to one of our Sustainable Backyard Workshops. RSVP for one of these workshops at 312-743-9283 or at www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/doe/provdrs/nat_res/svcs/how_can_i_get_a_rainbarrelorcompostbinrebateform.html


Local School Council (LSC) lessons 1 and 2
Tuesday, July 13 from 12 to 4 PM
Union Hall at 37 S. Ashland Ave.

For more information or to pre-register (mandatory) for this free LSC training, please call 773-663-5420 or visit http://pureparents.org/index.php?blog/show/LSC_lessons_1_and_2


Concert in the Park
Tuesday, July 13 at 7 PM
Women's Park & Gardens (behind the Clarke House at 1827 S. Indiana Ave)

The VanderCook College of Music Graduate Symphonic Band will play the 4th Annual Concert in the Park. Families are encouraged to bring kids early for a Community Drum Circle Demonstration at 6:30 p.m. Enjoy interactive creative music making the whole family can enjoy. This free concert will be presented by Lakeside Bank as a benefit for the Parkways Foundation. Parkways Foundation invests in Chicago's parks to enrich communities through historic preservation, environmental initiatives, capital projects and youth/family programs. Donations up to $1,000 will be matched by Lakeside Bank. For more information please visit www.vandercook.edu/about/events/clarke_house/LakesideParkConcert.pdf


Resource Service Fair
Thursday, July 15 from 8:30 AM to 12 PM
St. Mathew Church at 1000 N. Orleans St.

Thanks to the following agencies and service providers for their support: Salvation Army, Illinois Secretary of State, Jesse Brown Veterans Administration Medical Center, Youth Outreach Services, Goldie's Place, Inner Voice, Haymarket, Winfield Moody, Near North Health Services Corporation, Veterans Benefits Administration, Mayor's Office on Workforce Development, Department of Family and Support Services, Social Security Administration, Alliance for Community Peace, Volunteers of America, CPD Office on Domestic Violence and DFSS Homeless Outreach and Prevention. Service providers who wish to join our network (registration required) should contact Sgt. Schumann of the 18th District at 312-742-5778.


South Loop Dog PAC Event
Thursday, July 15 from 6 to 9 PM
Kroll's South Loop at 1736, S. Michigan Ave.

The South Loop Dog Park Action Cooperative (SLDogPAC) is holding a membership drive and social event. Food and beverages will be served. For more information, please visit http://southloopdogpac.org


City Treasurer's 9th Annual Small Business Expo
Friday, July 16 from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
UIC Chicago Forum at 725 W Roosevelt Rd.

An amazing day of FREE expert small business workshops, 130 exhibitors, and networking with over 1,500 attendees. You don't want to miss this Expo. For more information or to register (mandatory), please visit www.chicagocitytreasurer.com/smallBusinessExpo/smallBusinessExpo.htm


“Where the Wild Things Are” Movie in the Park
Friday, July 16 at 6:30 PM – Movie starts at dusk
Roosevelt Park (northeast corner of Roosevelt/Clark, enter on Plymouth Ct.)


Greater South Loop Association Meeting
Saturday, July 17 from 9 to 11 AM (1st District Police Station at 1718 S. State St.)

The tentative agenda includes the recently published Near South Parking Study done by CDOT and the 2nd Ward Office, among other items. For more information, email info@greatersouthloop.org or visit www.localendar.com/event?DAM=PublishedEvent&m=393395&event_id=14&calendar_id=393395&more_info=N&export_date=Jul%2017,%202010&category=1


Taste of River North
Saturday, July 17 from 12 to 10 PM and Sunday, July 18 from 11 Am to 8 PM
Erie Park at Erie and Kingsbury Streets

The River North scene will take center stage again at the Taste of River North. Located in and around magnificent Erie Park, this fest gives food lovers and weary art shoppers a taste of the best of everything the trendy River North neighborhood has to offer along a picturesque green riverfront setting. For more information or to sign up to volunteer, please visit http://rnrachicago.org/viewPage.php?ID=Taste+2010


The 42nd Annual Sheffield Garden Walk
Saturday, July 17 and Sunday July 18
Webster and Sheffield (2200 N and 1000 W)

Welcome to the 42nd Annual Sheffield Garden Walk & Festival, sponsored by the Sheffield Neighborhood Association (SNA), a non-profit community organization. The "Summer's Best Festival" features self-guided tours of more than 90 Gardens, guided architectural tours, live entertainment by some of Chicago's and North America's finest bands, food and drink, and activities for children at the Kids Corner. Proceeds from this volunteer-managed festival provide continued support for neighborhood schools, local institutions, and community projects. In addition, proceeds are allocated to SNA's Award-Winning Beautification Program, a 7-10 year plan to maintain Sheffield as the Garden District of Chicago. The donations is $7, $10 after 3 PM. For more information, please visit www.sheffieldgardenwalk.com


HEALING DRUMS (A Drum Ritual)
Sunday July 18 from 10 AM to 8 PM
Washingtion Park at 55th st. across the street from the Du Sable Museum

This is Baba Tyehimba Mtu's Drum house made into an Exhibit of Afrikan Drums, all Carved/ Crafted/ Created by Mr. Mtu, from 1969 to the present with 70 plus Drums creating a acoustical chamber in a Spiritual Space. To see and hear these Drums is a Spiritually Moving Experience. For more information, please visit www.wix.com/tyehimba/Baba-Tyehimba-Mtu


Building a Church without Walls
Sunday, July 18 from 7 to 9 PM
343 S. Dearborn Ave., 19th Floor (Fischer Building)

Want to share in launching and expanding Urban Village? Ready to imagine the future with God and to take part in active service? Join us for an all-in community gathering to prepare for new ministry this fall at both our Urban Village: South Loop and Urban Village: West (TBD) locations. We'll share in food, friendship, worship, and concrete planning/visioneering. All people are welcome! For more information, please email trey@urbanvillagechurch.org or visit www.newchicagochurch.com/events/?eid=49





Alliance for a Greener South Loop Community Meeting
Wednesday, July 21 at 6:30 PM
Columbia College at 623 W. Wabash Ave., Room 107

On the agenda will be a discussion of the 2nd Annual "Green, Greener, Greenest Awards" and plans for the Ferd Kramer Rain Garden Park planned for the stretch of street/sidewalk between the Dearborn Train Station and the Oaks Homes. Here is a link to the proposed Ferd Kramer Rain Garden Park Design.







Nautical Networking on the Tall Ship Windy at Navy Pier
Thursday, July 22, 2010 from 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM (CT)

Raymi Productions and the Chicago Latino Network present Nautical Networking with Cece & Melinda at the Tall Ship Windy at Navy Pier. Bring plenty of business cards to network with business professionals at the most anticipated networking event of the summer. For more information, please visit http://raymiproductions.com/events/upcoming.php?utm_source=Chicago+Latino+Network+List&utm_campaign=8dbca55294-July_1_2010&utm_medium=email


Should the US Invest in Nuclear Power or
Can We Meet Our Future Energy Needs With Green Technology?
Saturday, July 24 at 8 PM
Lincoln Restaurant at 4008 N. Lincoln Ave.

David Kraft, Director of the Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS) vs. (tentatively) Tim Bolger, college regular and free market advocate. The cost is $3 tuition per person, plus an additional $5 purchase of food/drink. For more information, please visit www.collegeofcomplexes.org/July.html


An Introduction to Social Media Networking
Wednesday, July 28 from 9:30 to 11:30 AM
Jewish Vocational Services at 216 W. Jackson Blvd. #700

Presented by the Illinois SBDC/Duman Microenterprise Center. Learn how to use social media to promote yourself or your business. This workshop will provide a basic understanding of how to use Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and other social media networks to advance your business, and to successfully network online using social media sites. For more information or to register, please call 312-673-3440 or email tobiaskaplan@jvschicago.org or visit www.jvschicago.org/calendar/





PDNA Meet Me at the Movies & Wrap Party

"A LETTER TO THREE WIVES" Starting Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell
Friday, July 30 at 6:30 PM (Tickets are $5 per person)
Sherwood Community Music School at 1312 S. Michigan Ave.

WRAP PARTY DINNER
Friday, July 30 at 8:45 PM (Tickets are $15 per person)
Catered Dinner at the Weather Mark Tavern at 1503 S. Michigan Ave.

A Letter to Three Wives (1949) is based on a novel by John Klempner. His novel was entitled A Letter to Five Wives. Writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz thought the novel was too long and would be difficult to transfer to the screen. So, he shortened it to four wives and then shortened it again to three. The plot revolves around three wives who, just before going on a boat ride and picnic with some disadvantaged children, receive a letter from a society friend named Addie Ross. In the letter, Addie says she's run off with one of their husbands. While the women spend the afternoon volunteering, each looks back on her marriage and wonders if hers is the husband who ran off with Addie. For more information or to RSVP, visit http://pdnachicago.com/page10.php#meet_me_at_the_movies





Bughouse Square Debates
Saturday, July 31 from 1 to 4 PM
Washington Square Park (across from the Newberry Library at 60 W. Walton St.)

Exercise your first-amendment rights and relive the days of soapbox oratory and public debates that immortalized Washington Square Park. Celebrate Chicago's long history as a hub of free speech with soap boxers and a compelling main debate. Bring your loudest heckling voice, and join in the soapbox debates. Please check back for more information as plans develop. admission is free. For more information, please call (312) 255-3700 or visit http://www.newberry.org/programs/BughouseSquare.html


Hispanic Business Expo & HACE Career Conference
Friday, August 6 at Navy Pier

Hispanic Business Expo and HACE Career Conference is the premier event for Hispanic businesses and professionals in the Midwest and one of the largest events for Hispanic businesses and professionals in the country. This one-day event is intended to help expose Hispanic businesses and professionals to decision-makers in the public and private sectors. In addition, the Expo is host to many educational workshops aimed at providing valuable tools and resources for businesses and professionals. Pre-registration is mandatory by August 4. For more information, visit http://ihccbusiness.net/expo/index.html


Fit Fest 2k10
Sunday, August 15 from 12 to 4 PM
House of Hope Parking Lot at 752 E. 114th St.

Join us for Fit Fest 2K10, a free outdoor community health and fitness festival, providing resources, services, and information promoting health and fitness among individuals and families. Fit Fest 2K10 will consist of health, nutrition, and fitness vendors, free medical screenings, food vendors, large group exercises, salsa aerobics, kickboxing, double dutch, Wii Sports, Guitar Hero and much more. Special Entertainment will include The Jesse White Tumblers and Broken Arrow Horse Back Riding. A youth and children's fun area (sponsored by Organic Root Stimulator) will feature balloon jumps, obstacle courses, and rock climbing. Parking and admission is free. We are currently seeking vendors for this event. For more information, please visit www.sbcoc.org/web/event_fitfest2010.html


FEEDING THE HUNGRY
Saturday, August 21 from 8 to 11 AM
Grace Place at 637 S. Dearborn St.

Members of South Loop Neighbors will help serve breakfast at Grace Place in conjunction with the Homeless Ministry. We still have three or four spots left for volunteers. If you can't participate in August, we will schedule another opportunity in November. Please contact Jaqi at membership@southloopneighbors.org if you want to volunteer.


7th Annual Bash on Wabash
Saturday, September 4 & Sunday, September 5 from 12 to 10 PM (both days)
On Wabash Ave. between 13th & 14th Streets

The South Loop’s premier outdoor event marks its seventh year by celebrating the cultural diversity of Chicago’s fastest growing community this Labor Day weekend. The BASH ON WABASH 2010 - Sweet Corn Chicago promises to be an unforgettable experience. Benefiting the Greater South Loop Association, this lively festival mirrors the South Loop’s vibrancy, offering something for everyone. Local artisans will be displaying their creations. Area restaurants, showcasing some of the most interesting cuisines in town, will be on hand for you to sample their culinary treats. There will be an elaborate kids’ area and a Corn Bags Tournament throughout the weekend. To top it off, revelers will enjoy a variety of live music. For more information or to volunteer, please visit http://bashonwabash.org


THE BRONZEVILLE COMMUNITY MARKET
Every Saturday through October 30 from 8 AM to 1 PM
4400 South Cottage Grove Avenue

The Quad Communities Development Corporation (QCDC) presents the 3rd Annual Bronzeville Community Market. For more information, please email bronzevillemarket@gmail.com or visit www.qcdc.org/calendar.aspx?pointer=9690





Chicago Police Department CLEARMAP Crime Incidents

The Chicago Police Department's CLEARpath website offers the community a means to share information, find the latest news, programs and community services that the Department offers.

First District Beat Maps First District Home Page

CAPS Beat 124 Meeting: Thursday, July 8 from 7 to 8 PM
CAPS Beat 131 Meeting: Tuesday, July 27 from 7 to 8 PM
CAPS Beat 132 Meeting: Tuesday, July 20 from 7 to 8 PM
CAPS Beat 133 Meeting: Tuesday, July 13 from 7 to 8 PM
CAPS Beat 134 Meeting: Wed., July 21 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM

These CAPS beat meetings are held at the 1st District Station at 1718 S. State St.






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