Chicago Math and Science Academy robotics team wins big
By Stephanie Rothman The Chicago Math and Science Academy’s robotics team, the Robotitans, won a prestigious national award at a competition in St. Louis that attracted some 15,000 high school students. Roshaan Sidiqui, 17, won the Dean’s List award, named after the founder of the engineering nonprofit “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology,” […]
McDonald’s workers protest for a higher ‘living wage’
By Stephanie Rothman Activists and community leaders joined McDonald’s workers in front of its $200 million future headquarters in West Town to protest low hourly wages that they say are not enough to live on. The protesters want a $15 minimum wage. Under a Chicago City Council ordinance passed in 2015, the city’s minimum wage […]
Job-seekers flock to Rogers Park job fair
By Stephanie Rothman The national unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in a decade, but there is still a need for more jobs in communities throughout Chicago. Ald. Joseph Moore, 49th Ward, and the city of Chicago hosted the third annual Job Fair and Employment Resource Workshop in Rogers Park this week. Some […]
Sushi Donuts roll into Chicago
By Stephanie Rothman Sushi shaped into different culinary forms is trending and the trend has hit Chicago. Simply Thalia on North States street has created the Chicago inspire sushi donuts. The sushi donut has a donut shaped rice bottom filled with either avocado or spicy mayonnaise and topped with all the sushi fixings including different […]
Food Truck Festival: fueling local small businesses
By Stephanie Rothman The Chicago Food Truck Festival is back! Serving lunch to hungry customers, small business food trucks do more than fill people’s bellies… they’re fueling the local economy. The City of Chicago’s Small Business Center hosts the festival, celebrating the wide array of small business food trucks in the Chicago area. The festival […]
Swedish Bakery closes after 88 years
By Stephanie Rothman It’s a bittersweet day in Andersonville. A longtime staple in the community, the Swedish Bakery, is closing its doors after 88 years in business. It is believed to be the last Swedish Bakery in Chicago. Photo at top: A Swedish Bakery employee slices and prepares cake to be sold on the last […]
Second City student prepares for the main stage
By Stephanie Rothman Second City is a Chicago institution, yet you may not understand what it takes to make it on the main stage. Before being allowed to audition to become a fully contracted Second City comedian, students must go through six levels of the Second City training program. Carly Glenn was two shows away […]
IHOP Gives Back to Local Children Hospitals
By Stephanie Rothman IHOP restaurants are giving out some of their signature pancakes for free on national pancake day, but while people are chowing down they’re also being asked to make a donation for children in need. Photo at top: Nova Dean Wells, 4 year-old, cooks pancakes with her mother and Miss Illinois 2016. (Stephanie […]
Local churches bring some glitter to Ash Wednesday
By Alissa Anderegg While Ash Wednesday has been practiced for centuries, a new national movement, Glitter Ash Wednesday, is making it more colorful in support of LGBTQ communities. Two local churches, Unity Lutheran Church in Edgewater and Berry United Methodist Church in Lincoln Square, are participating by providing ashes mixed with makeup-grade purple glitter at […]
Chicago women voice support for Planned Parenthood
By Stephanie Rothman As the Trump administration moves to defund Planned Parenthood, funding for centers in Illinois are under threat. There are seven Planned Parenthood health centers in Chicago, and defunding them would leave many women in the Chicago area in need. “I am at high-risk for ovarian cancer and breast cancer,” said Yvonne Merill, […]
