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Forever Yogurt to Replace Paper Trail

According to Racked Chicago, Forever Yogurt will be replacing the vacant store space previously occupied by Paper Trail on Clark Street. The concept is the same as Yogurt Avenue a couple blocks north on Clark and uses a weight-based system. Fill …

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Kidz Craft Club at Urban Orchard

Tomorrow, Thursday January 26th, bring the kids to Urban Orchard from 9:30am to 11:00am for Kidz Craft Club. Tara Arnaud, former owner of The Pig Pen in Rogers Park, and current art instructor at Ravenswood School, will guide the kids …

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Flatbreads Coming to The Coffee Studio

The Coffee Studio will be adding flatbreads to their menu soon! A great afternoon or evening snack while you work or read.

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Coyotes In A-Ville

There have been a lot of coyote sightings recently around Chicago but we haven’t heard of any in Andersonville until now. One of our readers wrote in… Heads up – there are coyotes in the hood! I was just walking …

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Fast Frame Closing – Consolidating With Lakeview Location

We received an anonymous tip stating that Fast Frame at 5208 N Clark St will be closing on February 29th. The tipster received a letter and coupon that said the shop was consolidating with their store on Broadway in Lincoln …

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Anatomy of a Smear Campaign: Pro-Cassidy Poll Tests Smear Tactic Against Basta

Our friends over at the Edgeville Buzz broke this story this morning.  Apparently the campaign of State Rep. Kelly Cassidy or her allies were caught doing a telephone survey testing whether voters would be more or less likely to vote against non-machine …

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February Shows at Las Manos Gallery

Las Manos has two shows coming up in February. The first is a fundraiser for North Korean refugees and will feature the work of artist and activist Young Sun Han. When the artist’s father passed away in November 2010, Young …

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Anatomy of a Smear Campaign: Pro-Cassidy Poll Tests Smear Tactic Against Basta

Our friends over at the Edgeville Buzz broke this story this morning.  Apparently the campaign of State Rep. Kelly Cassidy or her allies were caught doing a telephone survey testing whether voters would be more or less likely to vote against non-machine …

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February Shows at Las Manos Gallery

Las Manos has two shows coming up in February. The first is a fundraiser for North Korean refugees and will feature the work of artist and activist Young Sun Han. When the artist’s father passed away in November 2010, Young …

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Painting of the Week

Hollywood Beach. 20″x 16″. Oil on canvas. We are looking west at the buildings along Lake Shore Drive. This painting is currently at Roost in A-ville if you want to see it in person.   chuckmeyers.com

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A Snip-Snip Here and a Tuck-Tuck There

The Tribune has an awesome map showing differences between the current ward map and the new one for 2015. Unfortunately Andersonville is still sliced down the middle.

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Pop Salon Replacing Gold Crown

A reader hinted at it in the comments on our previous post about Gold Crown closing, and now a business license has been filed for Pop Salon at 1481 W Balmoral. That was quick! Glad to see the space will …

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Gold Crown Barbershop Closing

The teeny tiny barbershop at 1481 W Balmoral is closing up shop at the end of the month. Gold Crown owner Rex wrote a heartfelt letter explaining his decision. The last day of business will be Saturday, January 28th. After …