CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – NORWOOD PARK LAKEVIEW LOOP LINCOLN SQUARE OAK PARK

NORWOOD PARK

Local author Richard Lindberg has many writing credits to his name including "Return to the Scene of the Crime: A Guide to Infamous Places in Chicago" (and a sequel) "The Gambler King of Clark Street: Michael McDonald and the Rise of Chicago’s Democratic Machine" and "Heartland Serial Killers: Belle Gunness Johann Hoch and Murder for Profit in Gaslight Era America." He’s now come out with a book "Whiskey Breakfast" recounting his family’s history over more than three generations.

LAKEVIEW

In 2011 Red Tape Theatre produced 4 plays including 3 Chicago premieres developed 4 new scripts in our Fresh Eyes Workshop took home a Jeff Award and employed over 50 local artists. In 2012 view the Chicago premieres of Mark Shultz’s The Gingerbread House and George Brant’s Elephant’s Graveyard hosting the ever-popular Chicago Fringe Artists Networking Night and the ninth season.

LOOP

Project Onward of the Chicago Cultural Center is hosting the first one-person show featuring the small intense works of C.M. Fogerty. Corvus Mae Fogerty was born in a blizzard as she likes to say and many of her intricately detailed works on paper contain the swirling seemingly infinite patterns one would expect from a close observer of snow storms.

LINCOLN SQUARE

Introducing Goosefoot opening Sunday in Lincoln Square a plush little BYOB with just a hint of French opulence in the front and chef Chris Nugent the longtime top toque from Les Nomades precisely plating things on fine French porcelain in the back. You’ll find a prix fixe menu-eight courses right now-of highly creative highly edible modern art.

OAK PARK

Getting out of the office is one of those things that many workers today especially home office workers yearn for. It’s hard though to find the right location for your office away from the office but Jill Salzman has put together a list of local coffee shops that work best as a second office. In Oak Park she suggests Blue Max Coffee or Eastgate Café.

CATHY MALLERS & DEAN’S TEAM CHICAGO

Posted: Thursday December 08 2011 4:59 PM by Dean’s Team