Once bullied herself, this woman is on a mission to save bullied dogs
MCP truly saves dogs' lives.Credit MCP. The MCP rescue is determined to save the underdogs. (Chicago) Marta Kenar is a self-described underdog. Born in Chicago to Polish-speaking parents, Kenar was bullied for much of her childhood. She turned to horses and dogs for friends, as she learned from an early age that they loved unconditionally and without judgement.
Read full storyA new app for Chicagoans who want free, sustainable food
Too Good To Go solves the problem of excess food and waste.Too Good To Go. It almost sounds too good to be true. (Chicago) A company found a way to save Chicagoans money and to save the plant. Sounds too good to be true? The tried-and-tested app has worked for more than 1 million United States users plus international users in other countries including Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, and San Francisco - and it finally launched in Chicago in July.
Read full storyChicagoans can stay in an art museum overnight
The 21c Museum Hotel is part museum, part hotel.21c Chicago. Go for the art, stay for the night. It’s a museum. It’s a hotel. It’s . . . both?. 21c Museum Hotel is a new hotel/museum in River North with more than 10,000 square feet of exhibitions plus 297 guest rooms including more than 100 suites in Chicago. It’s one of nine locations from this multi-venue museum that’s open to visitors for play and for rest.
Read full storyAttention Trekkies: A Star Trek Convention is Coming to Chicago
A major Star Trek convention’s first stop will be the Windy City. A Star Trek convention is coming to Chicago.Credit ReedPop. (Chicago) The Star Trek convention is boldly going where no Star Trek convention has recently gone before: To Chicago . . . on earth.
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Women in the Windy City can order and receive birth control without leaving the couch. Sophia Yen of Pandia Health aims to get birth control to women in the easiest way possible.Credit Pandia Health.
Read full storyChicago Graffiti Artists are Reclaiming their Space with a Tour
Graffiti artists are trying to reclaim their art.Graffiti & Gears. Take a tour of the once shunned graffiti art with the graffiti artists themselves. (Chicago) Once shunned by society as gang artists, illegal spray painters and a general nuisance, graffiti artists have returned to Chicago, this time attempting to carry a different title.
Read full storyChicago is proving to be the hotspot for independent coffee roasters and brewers
Maple Leaf Coffee Roasters are one of many new independent roasters in Chicago.Maple Leaf Coffee Roasters. Chicago is proving to be the hotspot for independent coffee roasters and brewers.
Read full storyThe new members-only club in Chicago
Guild Row aims to turns hobbies into a community.Credit Guild Row. Got a new hobby during the pandemic? This club is for you. (Chicago) A new members-only club in Chicago is embracing all the new hobbies Chicagoans picked up during the pandemic - and they’re hoping to craft these hobbies into a full-blown community.
Read full storyTake a vacation in Scottie Pippen’s home
Scottie Pippen is renting out his Highland Park home on Airbnb for $92 per night.Credit Airbnb. NBA star and olympian Scottie Pippen opens his Illinois home for Airbnb stays. (Chicago) If your Olympic dream never materialized, not all is lost. You can now live like an Olympic champion - albeit briefly. Olympian and former Highland Park resident Scottie Pippen, is renting out his mansion for $92 per night on Airbnb for three August dates. Those dates - August 2, 4 and 6 - coincide with the Olympic Games’ basketball competitions, which will be aired on NBC, and may be streamed onto Pippen’s home theater.
Read full storyLong Grove is electing a very slobbery, furry mayor
Yogi the dog is running for mayor of Long Grove.Credit Erron Fisher. Historic Long Grove is in the midst of a heavily contested dog mayoral race. (Chicago) Yogi Fisher represents a true rags-to-riches story.
Read full storyChicago chefs create yummy pantry staples during the pandemic
Stephanie Izard created a new line of pantry-friendly staples during the pandemic.Credit Anthony Tahlier. One lasting upside from the pandemic: You can now stock your pantry with local chef-made goodies.
Read full storyA new podcast combines comedy, food and Chicago
What happens when a comedian and a chef create a podcast?. 77 Flavors of Chicago visited Nicky's in Beverly to try this sandwich.Credit 77 Flavors of Chicago. (Chicago) It all started in a comedy show in Uptown Chicago in November 2019.
Read full storyThe new dumpster divers in Chicago
You never know what you'll find when you go dumpster diving in Chicago.Credit Dazed Beauty. Today's dumpster divers are hitting Instagram, showing off their #dumpsterdivefinds, bragging about their #dumpsterdivehauls and describing how their dumpster diving is saving the planet.
Read full storyIllinois is saving the bees
Villages, cities, restaurants and businesses throughout Chicago are installing rooftop beehives. Best Bees maintains bee hives throughout the Chicago area.Credit Best Bees. (Chicago) Chicagoans are abuzz with their sweet way to save the planet.
Read full storyThe Surprising Animal Who is Now a Legal Resident of Morton Grove
A miniature pig has solved her legal battles with Morton Grove. Cotton the Pig will be allowed to continue living in Morton Grove.The Minx family. (Chicago) Cotton, the 70-pound miniature pig, had only one apparent desire: To make her home in Morton Grove permanent. But the village, which is 13 miles north of the Loop, had other plans for little Cotton.
Read full storyWhy Chicago street vendors can finally cook in their own kitchen
Street vendors are finally experiencing freedom in Chicago.Street Vendor Project. (Chicago)It’s been a long hustle, but Chicago street vendors can finally cook in their own kitchen. Following a decades-long struggle, Chicago-area street vendors bought their own West side commercial kitchen - the final step in sealing their identity as legal vendors.
Read full storyPalmer House Hilton reopens
The Palmer House Hilton is reopening.Palmer House Hilton. The famous Chicago hotel closed for a year, but announced reopening plans. Socially distanced, masked Chicagoans gathered around the Palmer House Hilton during the pandemic to say final “goodbyes” to the hotel that’s hosted Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and more. They peeked into the lobby where the original chocolate fudge brownie was created and served, and they took photos in front of the building which housed the first hotel elevator.
Read full story200 birds are dying daily in Chicago
Light pollution isn’t just bad for the environment: It’s also killing the birds. Light pollution is killing Chicago's birds.Credit Raphael Rychetsky. (Chicago) One by one, the birds fly happily toward Chicago’s McCormick Place, just south of the Loop. And one by one, they hit the convention center and fall to the cement, dead.
Read full storyMove into Chicago’s own Barbie Dreamhouse
This colorful Candyland home is on the market.Credit Burt Sudhaung. A home reminiscent of Barbie’s Dreamhouse is on the market in Chicago. (Chicago) Chicago’s one and only life-size Barbie Dreamhouse has finally hit the market.
Read full storyChicago is one of the top Instagrammable spots in the world
Jessica Alzamora, a full-time Chicago-based influencer, loves to take pictures throughout the city.Jessica Alzamora. A new study places Chicago in the top 10 most Instagrammable places across the globe.
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