Results tagged “palms”

We have never made it a secret that we like bees* and the good work they do. However, we know that people tend to be wary of bees. And ex-convicts. The public at large tends to get anxious at the sight of, starts backing away from, and doesn't have a really friendly relationship with bees or ex-cons. But in the neighborhood of North Lawndale, there are people working hard to make a difference in the lives of people who have served time and have criminal records or other barriers to employment. The North Lawndale Employment Network, created in 1997, has implemented their Sweet Beginnings program.

Hugh Hefner was educated at Steinmetz High School, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Northwestern University. He is credited with ushering in the sexual revolution throughout the country with the release of Playboy Magazine in 1953.

Chicagoist recommends taking refuge from the downright temperamental weather to take in a flick. If, like us, you’re already tired of those overblown summer blockbusters – even though it’s only May – a number of great films are still playing in the area. Check out the serene Buddhist fable Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…And Spring at the Music Box or the sexually explicit horror-cum-road movie (if that description doesn’t intrigue you, we don’t know what will) Twentynine Palms at Facets. Or, for a nice blast from the past on Thursday night, go see Peter Bogdanovich’s only true masterpiece, The Last Picture Show, at 600 N. Michigan, or Robert Mitchum in the timeless and extraordinarily creepy The Night of the Hunter at Northwestern’s Block Films, both shown in beautiful 35mm prints.