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Today We Celebrate Another Episode of
'The Irv Koppel Show,' Salute Local Indie Newbies
|  Though I don't know the name of the condo building, right, at 2042 W. North, I refer to it informally as "the cruise ship," due to its unique design and porthole windows along the side, which call to mind a large and majestic ship. The tiny-in-contrast bungalow house alongside the ship has always struck me as its metaphorical buoy, anchoring it (and us) to another place in neighborhood history.
Florian, left, and Irving  | Indirectly behind the existence of the cruise ship is Dr. Irving Koppel, pictured in today's masthead alongside photographs and artwork given to him by one of his many former tenants, all of whom he speaks of fondly as if they were family. Dr. Koppel's real family includes three middle-aged bachelor sons, one of whom is a journalist, which prompted the doctor--who'd never met me until this past weekend---to speculate about my livelihood and in the same breath offer me a slice of the cheese he was snacking on.
Florian and Irving, again- It was not a slow week in news, these two men are local treasures!  | Dr. Koppel was born at Michael Reese Hospital in 1925. He expanded his business, Uptown X-Ray, by adding a satellite office in Bucktown in the late 1970s, scooping up the 2042 W. North property for what he referred to as "a bargain." A few years back he sold the property to developers, who created the cruise ship.
At 2036 W. North stands another space that's also small in comparison with its neighbor, the Marvin Envelope Building. The space, which Dr. Koppel bought about the same time as the medical office, initially served as storage for his X-Ray equipment. Today the building still stands, as proud as the buoy house a few doors west, though the good doctor is long retired and lives up north. He reported that he enjoys hanging out in the former storage building and jokingly referred to it as his "retirees club."
Florian, with a piece from the
new Beauty & Guns series  | Florian Retkowksi, a close friend of the doctor and a longtime Flat Iron artist who is working on a new series of ceramics, Beauty & Guns, has another name for the space: "The Irv Koppel Show."
Florian remarked that so many people pop in and out and visit with him and Irving while they're chilling out that it could be a television talk show in itself. Florian added that he'd met "Irving" in the same way I did, in passing, while walking by, perhaps 10 or so years ago. Florian then jetted off to run a few errands for his buddy and I bid goodbye as well, though with a promise to print out this issue since Dr. Koppel does not use email and might be unsure if The Pipeline is real or not!
The random encounter got me thinking about the fact that many of the people and small businesses we feature here in The Pipeline each week are not unlike Dr. Koppel and Florian, urban, independent sorts who march to the beat of their own drummers and in the process create the kind of eclectic and diverse neighborhood that we all revel in.
Ziba of MaZi Finess  | Building on this theme, following are a few independently owned new businesses, many of whom we covered in brief or wrote feature stories on in The Pipeline over this past year: Bake, Belly Shack, Big Star, Birchwood Kitchen, Bon Bon, Dee's Place, Chicago Conservative Care, Cumin, Filter (ENCORE!), Crepe Crave, Greenheart Shop, Life's a Cabernet, iCream, Jackson Junge Gallery, Johalla Projects, La Fonda Del Gusto, MaZi Fitness, North Side Tech Support, OhNoDoom Gallery, Red & White Wines, Red Hot Ranch, Reina Spa, Rudy's Roundup, Sapere Art Gallery, Solao Fitness, Sterling Goss, Taxim, Wargaski Violins, Whitney Meloche Gallery, The Wormhole, and others we're likely overlooking at the moment.... let us know who we missed and we'll add to the list.
Shops & Eateries Lost in Past Few Years:
RJ of Wow &Zen  | Sweet Thang, Strut, Findables, Hefjina, Language, La Casa Del Tobacco, Chii Clothing, Cold Comfort, Meble, Porte Rouge, Spoil Me, Coco Rouge, Symmetry, Zella, Language, Funkshion, Shorty's, Pour Vous, Plein Aire, Tea Essence, Moonlight Mart, Cafe Biondi, Red Dog House, Vella Cafe, Wow & Zen, and others we likely missed.
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SPACES:
Residential Closings, Soft Openings, Expansions, Anniversaries, Merchant Mainstays & More!
 This section Is sponsored by
Marna Spizz, an independent residential
real estate broker helping locals find or sell the spiciest and hippest
of 'spaces'
since 1998!
News just in...
For the
week 6/28 through 7/4 there were 15 properties that closed in
"Bucktown" defined as between North Ave and the 90/94 Expwy and
Ashland and Western. The lowest closing was a 1 bed/1 bath foreclosed condo at
1829 North Milw. Unit 3R, which sold for $110,000, which was 60% of its
orig. list price of $183,150. It had a current listing market time of 162 days.
The highest closing was a single family 4 bed 3.1 bath single family house at
1827 North Wolcott, which closed for $1,300,000, 86.7% of its orig. list
price of $1,499,000.
If you have any additional questions or would like a complimentary current
market analysis (CMA) of your property or the full scoop on home buying and
selling in the Bucktown/Wicker Park area, please contact Marna Spizz via email or 312-543-2259... Marna would be happy to meet with you
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* Information sourced from MRED; closed properties from 6/28/2010 - 7/4/2010
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* | (Do you have a lead regarding an opening? Is there a commercial or residential space you are curious about? Send an email and we'll do our best to follow up. To see which spots we highlighted in 'Spaces' last week, including lots of new openings, click here.)
Jackie, left, Timmy, and Kenny
 | Chikurin Sushi & Asian Cuisines is slated to open TODAY (Wed.) at 1811 W. North, in the same shopping complex as The Cellar Rat. We popped by this past weekend and met Chikurin's three owners. Kenny and Jackie most recently worked together in the kitchen of a downtown sushi restaurant. Timmy served as manager of 3 Happiness in Chinatown.
Yet another new smoke shop, creatively called Dude, I Forgot, appears to be opening soon at 1400 N. Milw. Really, dude, another one of these shops?!
Irish Mint, topped with Nerds.  | Forever Yogurt, 1924 W. North, where Cold Stone Creamery was, is now open. The self-serve DIY model is a throwback to college dorm days until you get to the scale at the counter and realize that your eyes were bigger than your stomach and you've purchased $6.06 worth of dessert, right, with no meal card in sight. It was delicious though, and well worth the coin. Given the summer heat, we'll be back in less than forever's time...
 ... Joey's Shrimp House opened a few weekends ago at 1432 N. Western. The restaurant offers lots of fried delights. I enjoyed dipping the heavily- fried-yet-amazingly-not-greasy shrimp into hot orange and red sauces. The mango habanero salsa is good for those who prefer to dip in fruit-based condiments, which I understand is a lot of people. Click here for images inside and around Joey's. Rafael, above left, and Morgan, at work on client, Vaness  | Jonathan, above right, were leaving with bags in hand just as we were entering. The men reported that this was their fifth visit (!!) in the past two weeks. In the middle is Joey Jr., the owner's son who said he has already eaten at his father's restaurant more than five times.
Recently opened: Wicker Basket, a new deli on Division, per this ThrillistCHI story. The Robert Jeffrey Salon is now open at 1849 W. North. When we popped by, stylist Morgan was blowing out client Vaness's hair.
Closings: Club BluJazz is closing soon, per this story by Matt Pais of ChicagoNOW. Also closing soon, and offering 70% off in the meantime, is the David Leonardis Gallery, 1346 N. Paulina. Read an email from owner David here. Closed for business this past week is Tea Essence, 1913 N. Milw.
 Heidi, of Green Roof Growers, wrote in to ask if we could find out what happened to Arman of Arman Imports. Heidi wrote,"Arman's Automotive repair was there one day--the best repair shop ever with incredible nice Arman and his lovely wife too--and then gone the next. Into thin air, apparently. Can you track down what happened? We're not the only ones who miss Arman. He was fair, honest, and extremely good at what he did." Hector of All-Day Tire  | We concur, and while we drive Fords, we knew Arman's friendly wife in passing through pop-ins. On Yelp, fans with imports were saddened too. I consulted one of my two "rolodexes" but was unable to find the alternative number I had scribbled down on the back of an Arman card long ago. I then called Hector at All Day Tire Shop, 1900 W. Division, who we'd featured in the Thanksgiving Thankful Series. Hector, to my surprise, said he was going to take a drive over to Arman's and find the answer. Twenty or 30 minutes later I got a call from Hector, who'd chatted up the guys at the car wash next to Arman's. It seems that Arman went  back to his home country of Greece. End of story. P.S. I am not sure I've ever seen 88 of 88 Five-Star Yelp Reviews as Hector's shop received. Wow! Though come to think of it, this on-the-fly rogue reporting was five star too. Thanks, Hector!
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Art by Rick Liebenow  | Tweets & Local Links
Today's featured link comes from New City's June 30 issue, which contained an insightful piece by Sam Feldman, "Bloggin' in the neighborhood: Making the hyperlocal hype a reality."
| Do you have a local link from traditional or social media that we should include here? Should I be attempting to follow you on Twitter? Links must be recent, or timely, and pertain to the neighborhood. Send your links and Twitter handles!
The Chicago Reader featured 12 Farm to Table restaurants in this past week's issue, highlighting two great local feeding options: Mado and Bonsoiree.
Urban Daddy turned a spotlight on the newly opened Joey's Shrimp House.
The press is pouring in, from Time Out Chicago, ChicagoNOW, the Redeye, and many other sites, in anticipation of a Rubik's Cube tournament to be hosted by Cat & Mouse on July 17 at the WPB Library! Read more details here on Pipeline Community News sponsor Cat & Mouse's web site.
Tweets of Note:
@Shrrrd, Our most-viewed stories in the past week - (Crain's) - News that a Bucktown residential development firm filed for b...
Meet Finalist - Matt Siber - Peep his work: soon appearing at 1448 N Milwaukee
@peacelovegoat RT @: I think I have found my new guilty pleasure. Forever Yogurt in Bucktown. It was amazing. I am definitely going again...
NYTimes: Friendship in an Age of Economics
Adorable! ♥ RT @ New post on Bucktown baby ballerinas!
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Sponsored News, Part 4:
Ken of Lubinski w/ bum arm  | The Summertime Adventures
of
'Buck Lily' & 'Wicker Tim,' and related fictionalized pals are sponsored by Lubinski Furniture & Movers, 1550 N. Milw., and all of the local businesses woven into this serial adventure, lasting now through Labor Day. Moving soon? Call the Move-ME Hotline to get a quote @773-276-2835. Haul Local! Email us if you'd like to join the story; we'll find room to fit you in! |
Back around the holidays, 'Wicker Tim' and 'Buck Lily' enjoyed Valentine's Day adventures... In last week's issue,
Wicker Tim submitted ideas to name Smoke Daddy's new smoker. WT's
 girlfriend, Buck Lily, purchased sweet patriotic shoes at store B vintage. Frugal Fran wore a copper dress and continued with her
fund-raising and silent auction and also looked for party beads at Batteries Not Included.
This week the pals ended up taking the day off for the Fourth of July, though Buck Lily lost one of her shoes in a bar fight. The entire group will be back next week, though! In the meanwhile, at right is 'Frugal Fran,' hard at work testing out one of the vintage typewriters on display at Lenny & Me. Per Fran, parents all over the city like herself are trying to raise funds to be applied toward saving the Arts Education program at the bilingual Inter-American Magnet School. The arts programming costs $80,000 and affects 700 students who will not have art in their curriculum unless their parents are able to come up with the funds, and so far, so good. A lemonade sale at the Gay Pride parade netted almost 1K and there's still lots of typewriters to be raffled off! Any donation yields a raffle ticket. Winner will either walk away with a typewriter or a $200 Lenny & Me gift certificate. The raffle runs through Aug. 15.
To be continued.
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 Up Close:
In celebration of this past weekend's Independence Day,
this week we turn a spotlight on Indie Voices...
| Liz Mason, pretending to read one of her zines!  | If anyone is wondering why this issue is out later than usual, I could blame it on the holiday, though I also spent a longer than expected dinner hour immersed in Liz Mason's Caboose Zine #6, or The Health & Recreation Issue.
In addition to the addictive readability of Liz's Caboose narratives, another plus was the fact that the Bucktown resident and Quimby's Bookstore manager publishes her stories on this thing called paper, which is really awesome for people who don't want to do a single thing related to a screen after it's time to finally shutdown, even if that thing is recreational in nature like reading for pleasure.
Liz and Joe, far left, at a karaoke event,
Ronnie's, 2007/Pipeline file photo  | Liz has written and produced zines for many years, initially in collaboration with a friend and independently for the past few years. Her current project is a true story about undergoing cancer treatments in 2008 at the same time Brittney Spears was going through a lot of crappy stuff, too. Of Brittney, Liz says, "Everybody hates this person, Brittney, but they don't know who she is outside of what we know of her in pop culture consciousness."
Liz and Joe  | When she's not writing, Liz is likely on the local karoake circuit with her husband Joe, who she met in 1998 at a monthly karaoke event at Lounge Ax, or at Quimby's, where she's about to celebrate her ninth year on the job, having served six or seven of those years as the shop's manager. She describes her job as nearly perfect, which is understandable given the fact Quimby's is the go-to place for all things zine. "I'm very lucky. Everyday I realize how lucky I am. And it's not like I'm this amazing person," she said this past Monday, as husband Joe quickly interjected, "Oh, yes you are!" which Liz just as quickly deflected. It was pretty funny to witness and, yes, you had to be there, but instead I'm telling it in the form of a story, which is what Liz does, too. A lot. But on paper. Joe summed up the advantages of reading on paper when he said, "There's the social stigma of bringing the computer into the bathroom with you."
 .... Joe Janes, a writer, director, improv coach, and Second City Training Center instructor, right, does not live in WPB, though he does volunteer at 826CHI, so it's a close enough connection. Joe believes there's no such thing as writer's block, and last year began posting a sketch a day on a blog, 365 Sketches. Read all about it in this Time Out Chicago story on Joe... Folks can find Joe Janes in "Real Space" on July 29 when he takes part in The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent. As an entirely coincidental tie-in, Joe's mammoth book, 365 Sketches, is now for sale at Quimby's, too, and there's also a neat TOC story on Liz as well!
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We are distributed via email on Tuesdays to 2,345 local
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In last week's 'Spaces' column, I learned the difference the letter "f" can make. In this case, we'd made an editing error and reported a home was sold for 86.45% OFF its listed price, which would make it quite the bargain! We meant to say "OF" its listed priced. Thanks to Reader Jessica for the correction!
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Pot Pan Thai, 1362 N. Milw., 773-862-6990: Dine-in & delivery, recipient of the National Food Institute's "The Pride of Thailand" Certificate of Excellence.
CopyMax, 1321 N. Milw, 773-252-6200: Self, and full-service copying, computer rental & repair, mailbox service, business cards.
Piano Lessons with Gary Marks, 773-208-3636
DreamBox Foto Studio, 2415 W. North, 773-292-0419: Portraits, headshots, special event, studio and location photography by Iwona Biedermann.
Gallery Cafe, 1760 W. North, 773-252-8228:Roasting all coffee
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UPDATE:
Miss Wicker Park Pageant
As of 'press time,' Erin Rembert who we've featured in the past few issues, is currently ranked #9!
If
you can vote this local native up, up, up Chicago style,
please do so! (Erin had no part in this, we're just trying to see if we
can spread the word since she is local to the neighborhood unlike many
of the other contestants & we feel very strongly about a pageant
with the neighborhood's name in it featuring the women who live or work in the 'hood
too!)
Voting ends at 12AM on Thurs. July 8. There are 128
contestants, with the top 10 advancing to the Double Door on Monday
July 12.
For those
unfamiliar with the pageant, check the sidebar interview story with
pageant founder Rich Seng and local contestant Erin Rembert in The Pipeline's June 22 issue.
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A Year in Humboldt Park
by Dina Petrakis
| I started visiting Humboldt Park 15 years ago, as a place to exercise
me and the dog. It has become much more- the Park both soothes and
invigorates me.
The restoration in 2002 of the historic Boat
House, the huge investment in hardscape and native plants, the
100-year-later realization of Jens Jensen's Prairie River made it even
better.
My interest in Jens Jensen (the benefits I get from the Park are
exactly what his stated goals were, AND he was the first to use native
plants in parks!) and my desire to document a life cycle of the Park,
Sand County Almanac style, moved me to photograph the Park for the
entire year of 2009. READ MORE.
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 COMMUNITY NEWS is Sponsored by Cat & Mouse Game Store,
2212 W. Armitage, p: 773-384-4454
 The subject header of the C&M's latest e-newsletter, "Our
Summer Events are Heating Up!" piqued our attention, so click here to read it as well as to get the details on an upcoming Rubik's Cube Competition, slated for Sat. July 17 at the WPB
Library!
| Sports leagues, music, hands-on gardening classes, and lectures--it's all happening at the park, 1425 N. Damen. The June edition of Wicker Park's Park News is now available: here is Page 1, as well as Page 2, also added to Community Links.Cute farmers! Visit them on Sunday  | In other park news, the Sunday Farmer's Market season is underway! It takes place on Sundays from 8 AM to 2 PM. The market is located on park grounds, 1425 N. Damen, and runs through Oct. 24.
Bucktown's Holstein Park is a happening park, too, so click here to read the latest news from Friends of Holstein, including its outdoor swimming pool schedule! Speaking of the Holstein Park Pool, the "Rumor Mill" in the Twittersphere led us to believe that the pool would be closing early! Nandika Doobay followed up on this and received word back from Shannon English, a Park District supervisor, who wrote in reply to Nandika that the pool is not closing early for the season and will remain open through Sept. 6. The Bucktown Community Organization's Tree and Garden Walk is this weekend, July 10-11. There are 100 private gardens signed up for showing, 100 trees, and 50 advertising sponsors for its booklet (including The Pipeline, so look for us somewhere in the book and yes, we plan to provide a bit o' coverage of the walk in next week's Pipeline!). This year's featured Bucktown tree, per Janet Mrowka, will be the catalpa speciosa; learn all about the tree and see images. Interested  parties can still volunteer on the day of the event by contacting Courtney via email. Do you have a favorite Bucktown garden? Per @peacelovegoat, if you "Tweet a pic of ur fav Bucktown garden, post w/ to be entered to win free admission to Garden Walk!"
Erika of the West Bucktown Neighborhood Association- She was locked out of her house shortly after moving to West Bucktown in 2006 and was assisted by a neighbor, who got her involved with WBNA, now added to our Community Links section!  | America's National Night Out Against Crime is slated for Tues., Aug. 3, from 5 to 10 PM at 1359 N. Sacramento, in the Humboldt Park boat house. There will be a Michael Jackson impersonator, a climbing wall, a petting zoo, free pizza and hot dogs, and free American flags to the first 300 people; read the full press release here.
Were you one of the many hundreds of locals who took part in Learnapalooza? There's a quick feedback survey that you can take by clicking here. In other community learning news, there are two free learning events this weekend in Wicker Park, for billiard/pool playing with a guy named Alex and producing a play with a guy named Dan, one-half of the Gorilla Tango Theatre team (the other half being Dan's wife, Kelly) Read about both events and RSVP here.
Photo from the Doggy Style e-newsletter  | Calling all Dirty Dogs:
Doggy Style Pet Shop will be participating in West Fest this weekend and setting up in the Protect Urban Pets (PUP) station at Wolcott and Chicago. Volunteers will be on hand to hand wash dogs, with proceeds benefiting the Chicago English Bulldog
Rescue and the kitties at Treehouse Humane Society. Doggy Style will be matching donations
dollar for dollar too!
STREET SWEEPING is here to stay until Nov 30, 2010. Click here to read a letter from 1st Ward Alderman Proco "Joe" Moreno about the sweeping. Note: Night hours for the 1st Ward are now Tuesdays from 5 to 8 PM. In other First Ward News, it's been just over 100 Days in Office for newish Alderman Moreno. Too see what he's been up to--warning: it's a dizzying amount of stuff--click here to read the alderman's July 2nd e-newsletter.
 Though it's still the middle of summer, Psychobaby is planning for the fall and upcoming school year! Read more about a school supply drive for the Association House here.
The next SSA #33 Commissioner meeting is Tues., July 13, at 7 PM, 1127 N. Oakley, St. Mary's Hospital, conference room CD. Read the Latest SSA #33 Meeting Minutes here. The new Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce member newsletter contains local deals as well as information on saving up to $40 on summer electric bills. Click here to read the chamber e-newsletter.
The 2010 CDBG-funded Facade Rebate Program (lifted from the WPB weekly email; click here to sign up for the WPB email) is accepting applications until 4 PM
Fri., July 30. The max rebate is 50%, or up to $20,000 per
project. For the application, send an email, or call 312-744-8564. In related news, there will be a workshop on WPB Facade Rebates
Thurs., July 15, from 9-10 AM at 1370 N. Milw. The free seminar will aid participants in understanding how to improve their storefront and recoup up to 50% of the costs incurred on a facade
construction project in WPB.
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  RANDOM ETC: Because sometimes the best moments are had by wandering and perhaps listening to music, and getting buzzed on coffee, this section is sponsored by DeciBel Audio, 1429 N. Milw. 773-862-6700, and Filter Cafe, 1373 N. Milw. Pop in at DeciBel and use the code "Pipeline" to receive a 10% discount on your next purchase or installation over $100. Thirsty? Walk a block south and get a complimentary small drip coffee with any purchase at Filter with the mention of "Pipeline."
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Elemental Artworks  | This week we did little to no ETC. mining, due to the holiday and a desire to make this issue "short and sweet" (we failed). We were excited to see a talented college friend's pink bicycle mug make the front page of Etsy! If you like bikes and mugs this is the mug for you... Rena Hamilton is very far away from the neighborhood though anyone can visit her web site, Elemental Artworks, from anywhere at anytime to be exposed to her immense talent with all things clay.
 Only a few local taverns were open for business this past Fourth of July. Eager to get as far away from the neighborhood as possible, and after knocking on three closed tavern doors, we enjoyed lunch at Cleo's, 1935 W. Chicago. American classics like grilled cheese, tater tots, and turkey clubs were just right. Jaws played on Cleo's flat screen....
...Later that same day, and aware of a hungry pet, I left the beach and popped by Snappy Mobil, 1750 Western, to purchase a few cans of cat food. Inside Snappy I encountered young punks taking fistfuls of pennies out of the save-a-penny courtesy change dish to pay for their Arizona Iced Teas. More newsworthy, however, were the numerous signs proudly noting that Snappy had been the vendor of a lucky scratch-off lotto ticket which netted a local woman  $2 million dollars over the course of 20 years, with $100,000 per year--not a bad salary after the taxes are deducted! Employee Prosod (right) reported he did not meet the lotto winner, but confirmed the validity of the flier and added that Sappy no longer sells the Set for Life tickets. He suggested I check out the Illinois Lottery site to learn more. The following day I followed up with daytime Snappy manager Alpesh, who said that the winning ticket occurred two
weeks ago. Alpesh did not have the winner's contact info, but said she's a
regular customer. "I felt good because my customer was happy," he said, adding that this is the gas station's first big scratch-off win since 1995, when there was another 2 million dollar winner.
In other news, Joe of Odd Obsessions was unable to submit a movie review this past week. Here he is on video though, along with colleague, Andrew, discussing the director, Joe Dante.
Coming soon... possibly a new column called "MeatSpace" and no, it does not have anything to do with dating, but instead a summertime ritual: Hanging Out on the Front Porch. It'll be written by two avid porch-loving men. Stay tuned for that as well as more Lauren & Azita Adventures, coverage of the BCO Tree and Garden Walk, and the Miss Wicker Park Pageant!
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Chris Jackson, co-owner of the Jackson Junge Gallery, having fun front of a piece
by Bruce Holwerda!  |  The Week(s) Ahead: These happenings are proudly co-sponsored by Sapere Art Gallery,
in Studio 341 of the Flat Iron Building, 1579 N. Milw. and Jackson Junge Gallery, 1389 N. Milw.
Readers are cordially invited to a free reception for Bruce Holwerda's No U-Turn this Thurs.
| Wed. July 7, 6:30 to 9 PM
Free Tarot readings with "Aly De Luca"
1721 N. Damen (caffe De Luca)
Wed. July 7, 6:30 to 9PM
Basic Knife Skills
1916 W. Nortth (Cooking Fools)
Wed.
July 7, 7:30 PM
Wicker Park Choral Singers: Angels and Demons
1502 N. Hoyne
(Wicker Park Lutheran Church)
Thurs. July 8, call for hours
X-Men Release Party
1648 W. North (Brainstorm Comics)
Thurs. July 8, 7 to 10 PM
Fund-raiser for DIFFA: Party with ME @ Sub-T
2011 W. North Ave. (Subterranean)
Thurs. July 8, 6 to 9 PM
Art Opening: No U-Turn, Bruce Holwerda
1389 N. Milw (Jackson Junge Gallery)
Fri. June 9, 6 to 11 PM
ACRE Summer Benefit
1561 N. Milw. (Johalla Projects)
 Fri. July 9, 10 AM- 10PM
Buy-One-Pair-Get-Second-Pair-for-a-Nickel Sale
2001 W. North Ave (City Soles/Niche Footwear)
Sat. July 10-Sun. July 11, 11 AM to 5 PM
Bucktown Garden Walk
1824 W. Wabansia (Club Lucky- Registration & Trolley Stop)
Sat.
July 10 & Sat. July 17, 1 to 5 PM
Peter Hoffman and Dick Dermody
1550 N. Milw.(Heaven Gallery)
Sat. July 10, 7 to 11PM
TSR at Series: Public showing by Keith Brownlee
"Miss Lemon" of UK Village. She will be at the Miss Wicker Park Pageant Warmup Party this Friday at Debonair Social Club; 9-10 PM, all welcome, RSVP required at info@debonairsocialclub.com  | 1442 N. Milw. (The Silver Room)
Monday, July 12th
Miss Wicker Park
1572 N. Milw. (Double Door)
Thus. July 15, 9 to 10 AM
SSA #33, WPB Facade Rebate Workshop
1370 N. Milw.
Sat. July 17, 9:30AM-4:30PM
Rubik's Cube Tournament
1701 N. Milw. (Wicker Park Bucktown Library)
Sat. July 17, 3 to 6 PM
2nd Anniversary Show Featuring Three Artists
1924 N. Damen (360SEE)
Sat. July 24, Noon to 10 PM
"We Come in Peace," The Silver Room's 8th Annual Soundsystem Block Party
1442 N. Milw. (The Silver Room)
Closing July 17: Urban Eyes
Closing July 31: Less: work by Jason Middlebrook
and Ladies and Gentlemonsters and Saints and Sinners.
SAVE-THESE-DATEs:
Wicker Park Fest (July 31- to Aug. 1st)
America's National Night Out Against Crime (Aug. 3)
A Year in Humboldt Park (Opens Aug. 11th)
Bucktown Arts Fest (Aug. 28-29)
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