Inside Chicago Neighborhood News November 2020

Inside Chicago Neighborhood News November 2020

 HEADLINES: Two girlfriends pulled off string of bank heists across Chicago Fall Trout Fishing Season Opens Skin Cancer Can Be Deadly Two of North Side’s top comedy spots now up for sale Disabled man hospitalized by hit-and-run driver The Growler Project will bring beer 

“A War of the Worlds” Podcast Theater Review

“A War of the Worlds” Podcast Theater Review

Theatre in the Dark’s virtual audio drama of “A WAR OF THE WORLDS” based on H.G. Wells’ iconic novel about a Martian invasion of the Earth. Theatre in the Dark is an innovative production company with a mission to create theater performance based on sound. This 

CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS SUMMARY | OCTOBER 2020 EPISODE | INSIDE PUBLICATIONS

CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS SUMMARY | OCTOBER 2020 EPISODE | INSIDE PUBLICATIONS

Some Headlines: Feds aid local law enforcement through Operation Legend Lincoln Park’s North Pond is disappearing Construction starts on 47-story retail/residential/hotel tower in the Loop Indiana lawyer charged with smashing a Lakeview bar’s windows last winter Despite turbulent market, Chicago real estate sales post 5% 

CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS SUMMARY | AUGUST 2020 EPISODE | INSIDE PUBLICATIONS

CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS SUMMARY | AUGUST 2020 EPISODE | INSIDE PUBLICATIONS

  We are pleased to continue our alliance with Inside Publications to provide summaries of news from their three local newspapers distributed throughout Chicago Lakefront communities, including the Inside-Booster, News –Star, and the Skyline. This is the August 2020 podcast summary issue. Some of the 

Wilson and Gartz Discuss Her Book “Redlined”

Wilson and Gartz Discuss Her Book “Redlined”

Connie Wilson host of her own series at WeeklyWilson.com has contributed for distribution to Chicago Broadcasting Network this podcast interview with  Linda Gartz, author of Redlined A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960’s Chicago. As black folks move deeper into Chicago’s West 

Podcast Review of “Expo – Magic of the White City” Video Documentary

Podcast Review of “Expo – Magic of the White City” Video Documentary

This video documentary narrated by Gene Wilder still only scratches the surface of the over 100 miles of streets, paths, and aisles leading to the dizzying array of agriculture, art, music, consumer goods and modern inventions that made up Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. 

Why is Chicago a “Toddlin’ Town?”

Why is Chicago a “Toddlin’ Town?”

 “Don’t Spread It Around” is a parody on the iconic tune “Chicago (That Toddlin’ Town)” and is my humble attempt to encourage my fellow Chicagoans to abide by the stay-inside mandate ordered by the Chicago City government to encourage the practice social distancing during 

June Episode Chicago Neighborhood News

June Episode Chicago Neighborhood News

The last weekend in May was uplifted by peaceful protests and marred by excessive violence and destruction in response to the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after being pinned to the ground for nearly nine minutes with a 

INSIDE PUBLICATIONS COMMUNITY NEWS SUMMARY- MAY 2020 EDITION | PODCAST

INSIDE PUBLICATIONS COMMUNITY NEWS SUMMARY- MAY 2020 EDITION | PODCAST

Monthly Chicago neighborhood podcast news summaries are edited and produced by Chicago Broadcasting Network featuring stories we feel will be of interest to our listeners. The idea is to give you a quick overview of things happening in your community that you should be aware 

Inside Publications Community News Summary- April Edition | Podcast

Inside Publications Community News Summary- April Edition | Podcast

For over a century the Inside Publications newspapers have made a difference on the North Side of Chicago by making Chicagoans aware of issues that impact their neighborhoods. Until now we have declared Chicago Broadcasting Network a “news-free” zone because we felt that there are 

MLIMA’S TALE | Podcast Theater Review | Chicago

MLIMA’S TALE | Podcast Theater Review | Chicago

******************** Read about how this play and others around the city have been forced to close as a result of the Corona virus. https://news.wttw.com/2020/03/18/how-chicagos-storefront-theaters-are-facing-coronavirus-crisis ************************* “Mlima’s Tale” presented by the Griffin Theatre Company at the Raven Theater, 6157 N. Clark St. in Chicago, is a 

Podcast Book Review of “1968 The Year That Rocked the World”

Podcast Book Review of “1968 The Year That Rocked the World”

Those of us coming of age in the late sixties did perhaps believe it was “the dawning of the Age of Aquarius” and indeed hoped that “peace would guide the planets and love would steer the stars.” Chicago experienced a violent protest at the Democratic