Near North Side

Terry Callier dies at 67; vocalist, musician

2012-11-03 00:00:00

Terry Callier, a singer-songwriter who captivated a cult following with his quietly hypnotic baritone voice and hard-to-classify music that combined elements of folk, blues and jazz, died of cancer Oct. 27 at a hospital in Chicago. He was 67. Callier...

With last-minute reprieve, school gets chance to mend divided neighborhood

2013-05-24 00:00:00

Manierre Elementary School lives squeezed between worlds. Black and white. Rich and poor. Chicago's past and its ambition. Walter Burnett, the neighborhood's alderman, lives squeezed between those worlds as well, and on Thursday, the day after...

CPS approves largest school closure in Chicago's history

2013-05-23 07:06:00

Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings....

CPS OKs massive closings

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Chicago classical music ensemble Dal Niente gets fierce

2013-05-21 09:55:00

A couple of years ago Ensemble Dal Niente trumpeted its mission as presenting "the fiercest music of recent decades." The Chicago-based group of super-musicians still focuses on championing, commissioning and performing some of the most uncompromising...

Water taxi opens new North Avenue stop

2013-05-21 09:42:00

The Chicago Water Taxi will open a new North Avenue stop on May 28 to take commuters to train stations downtown, the company announced Tuesday. Wendella boats will shuttle riders between the new North Avenue dock, on the south end of the Cherry Street...

Road between drivers, cyclists threatens to widen

2013-05-18 00:00:00

One morning as Rick Cunningham drove to work at the Chicago Board of Trade, he signaled to a cyclist on his right that he was going to pass the car in front of him. As Cunningham merged back into his lane, apparently close to the biker, the cyclist did...

Photos set course for 'Chicago River'

2013-05-17 13:51:00

Composer Orbert Davis has drawn inspiration for movements of “The Chicago River,” his new jazz symphony, from particular images in “The Lost Panoramas” by Richard Cahan and Michael Williams. Here is a guide to the five movements of...

Police alert warns of burglaries at Near North Side businesses

2013-05-17 13:52:00

A series of burglaries has struck businesses just north of the Loop, according to a community alert Chicago police officials issued Friday. The alert for District 18 said two offenders wearing hooded sweatshirts, baseball caps and gym shoes broke into...

It's magnificent

2013-05-15 20:33:00

Chicago's got more than 4,795 of them, but only one mile is called "magnificent." That stretch of North Michigan Avenue—which actually is just shy of a mile in length—from the Chicago River to Oak Street certainly is bustling. On any given...

Children's Theatre and Redmoon present first autism-friendly show

2013-05-14 14:13:00

Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the shore, If you see a lion there, Don't forget to roar. This unconventional take on a very familiar song is what parents and their children (grandparents too) heard as they strolled into the lobby of the Ruth...

Man dies after jumping in river with bricks

2013-05-04 17:39:00

A 19-year-old man was pronounced dead today after he apparently jumped into the Chicago River on the Near North Side weighted down with bricks tied around his waist, officials said. The man was seen by someone on the bridge on the 1100 block of West...

Scene of an overnight stabbing in the 1200 block of North Clark Street.

2013-04-06 00:00:00

The Netsch art collection forms the background for this photo of Dawn and Walter in the living room of their Near North Side apartment.

2013-03-05 13:24:43

Near North Side robberies near bars.

2013-01-18 12:52:00