Loan crisis hits Chicago, suburbs
With foreclosures undiminished, city and state officials hope to legislate and educate their way out
The average North Shore home may be worth more than a half-million dollars, but that hasn't made the affluent area immune to this year's national spike in foreclosures. The number of foreclosures in the area jumped fourfold, to 111, from fiscal 2006 to fiscal 2007, according to Jasmine Brewer, director of housing counseling for Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern Suburbs, a non-profit fair housing advocacy group.…
Lake Street Church
Church embraces diversity: Lake Street Church's interfaith services are Baptist in name only
Its blue steeple and prominent stained glass windows may be staples of Christian churches, but something is different about the atmosphere of Lake Street Church. On Sundays, people trickle in wearing suits, soccer uniforms, jeans and choir robes. And the outfits are not half as diverse as the people: During the last ten years, the church has brought together atheists, Buddhists, Jews, Muslims, agnostics and Christians.…
The Hold Steady frontman and lyricist, Craig Finn, belts out lyrics as the Pitchfork crows of more than 17,000 sings along in Union Park on the west side of downtown Chicago.
Pitchforked: one writer's take on the indie music darling
Fest didn't disappoint, but may not be worth going back for
My expectations for this year's Pitchfork Music Festival were not incredibly high. Though the lineup was fairly solid, it seemed uninspired - an expected blend of the latest hype bands and festival stalwarts. Still, I couldn't miss an opportunity to mingle with the great hipster masses and sip on tasty Goose Island beer.…
