CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – GOLD COAST UPTOWN LINCOLN PARK LOGAN SQUARE EVANSTON
CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – GOLD COAST UPTOWN LINCOLN PARK LOGAN SQUARE EVANSTON
Our city’s outdoor feast Taste of Chicago will set up it’s grills for the 28th year. There will be at least 287 menu items and 65 vendors serving up good food beginning at 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through July 6 in Grant Park. Among those venders is Vienna Beef/Gold Coast Dogs serving up an all-natural Vienna hot dog. A first for the 115-year-old Vienna is a premium meat which is hormone and antibiotic-free from vegetarian-fed cattle. It’s naturally cured and formulated with no artificial colors or ingredients.
Admission is free; $8 will get you a sheet of 12 tickets. For a short list of other vendors click here.
UPTOWN
Uptown Shop Around and Family Fest this weekend!
Come on out and shop the Uptown neighborhood businesses at it’s sidewalk sale. There will be a variety of merchandise to select from. Browse hand-blown glass pieces provided by Smoke Dreams priced at $30-$40 jade jewelry from Mein Hoa Market and handcrafted items from Apna Ghar among other goods. This will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday. Admission is free. 1100 W. Lawrence Ave.; 773-878-1184. Click here for additional information.
LINCOLN PARK
"Say hello to Suit Man!" excalims the boat tour guide to the applause and cheers of the crowd. "You’ll never see him in the same suit twice!"
Vincent Falk otherwise known as Suit Man Fashion Man for the hundreds of dazzling suits-glittery gold lime green cherry red powder pink that he dons with utter delight.
Legally blind since birth Falk works by day as a computer programmer for Cook County. But in the evenings you’ll find him on the bridges entertaining passersby. At 10:30 p.m. Falk can usually be spotted in the final scene of the WLS-Ch. 7 news broadcast as he spins in all his glory.
"My philosophy in life is to make people happy" says Falk 58. On the sidewalks of the city Falk has found his niche. "If I can get people to giggle and laugh. That makes me happy."
Born with glaucoma Falk was abandoned as an infant on the steps of St. Vincent de Paul Church in Lincoln Park. As a result they called him Vincent. He went to live at St. Joseph’s Home for the Friendless an orphanage on the South Side before he was adopted at 8 years old. Mary and Clarence Falk a religious couple who couldn’t have children of their own came to visit him and took him home. The Falks provided a warm and caring family for their foster son. But the most important thing they did for him was to "love him" says Theresa Kolbeck a family friend. "That was No. 1. They loved him very much." Click here to read the entire article.
LOGAN SQUARE
Logan Square offers some of the best night-life gems mixed in the diverse neighborhood.
There’s a range of activities to partake in here. Take in an electronica show at the Logan Square Auditorium or grab a bite to eat at the popular Lula Café or enjoy a sloe gin fizz at a throwback cocktail lounge.
But Logan Square is a neighborhood’s neighborhood. Parking can be a challenge. On any given night people come by way of bike the Blue Line stop or a cab to roam these city streets. Click here to read more.
EVANSTON
29th Annual Fountain Square Art Festival Evanston this weekend!
This year’s fair will cover six downtown blocks and feature wares from more than 220 artists. There will also be food vendors live music and kids’ arts and crafts. This event will begin at 10 a.m. and run Saturday through Sunday at Fountain Square 1700 Sherman Ave. Evanston. Click here for more information.
JENNIFER GARRITY & DEAN’S TEAM CHICAGO
