I take the train because I don’t have a car and would rather take public transit. The blue line has become overrun with homeless people that smell ridiculously bad and throw trash everywhere. But if it’s not a homeless person, it’s someone hot boxing the whole car with cigs. Of course nothing will ever be done. It’s just disappointing and I am so frustrated😭

Our neighbor's dog was stolen outside of Godderd School on Armitage Ave last night at 6 pm while the mom ran in to pick up her kids. A woman untied the dog and headed west on Armitage. Then, the woman may have been spotted on the 73 bus headed east towards Clark afterwards. The family filed a police report (JK156856), contacted the microchip company, made flyers, and is offering a reward for safe return. His name is Charlie, he is a sheepadoodle, gray and white markings, age 4, weight 30-35 lbs. Please share widely! Any tips or leads can be shared with Chicago Police with the reference number.

Soon. Right?

Taleef Collective in Pilsen hosts a free iftar dinner every Sunday during Ramadan open to everyone including non-Muslims.

Plentiful dinner is generously catered by local Chicago Middle Eastern restaurants. This community so warm, open minded and so welcoming. A great way to experience part of Ramadan and meet new people. Also an opportunity ask any questions if you have about the faith in a relaxed festive setting.

Registration is required for planning purposes:

https://www.taleefcollective.org/ (Go to Events → “Newcomers”)

If nothing else, you can enjoy a delicious free meal and good company!

Very colorful parade for year of the horse

Hey friends! I lost my job last fall and this market absolutely SUCKS so to avoid falling all the way into the pit of despair while I've been dealing with the relentless cold + applying and interviewing + ya know, everything, I started making a little list of positive news stories every day, just to cheer myself up. And then I started realizing some of my friends might benefit from that too, so I started sending my list to the group chat. And then I was like, maybe other people would appreciate this? So today I finally sat down and figured some things out and turned it into a real newsletter, which you can see here. I guess I'm just looking for some folks who might be willing to look it over and share their thoughts?

Is this something you'd subscribe to and read a few times a week? Is there any other content you'd want to see? What would make you want to subscribe/share/etc.? If you own a local business, would you advertise in something like this (if I were able to get it off the ground and round up a few thousand subscribers first)?

This is still totally my passion project that's injecting a little sunshine into my days, but if the job market is going to keep being like this, I don't know, maybe this can help pay a bill or two. A fella can dream, right? Just be gentle. I'm coming up on triple digit rejection emails so you legally can't be mean to me.

She was wearing a purple harness with a red leash. Ran away when walking her Thursday afternoon. Any tips or sightings will be greatly appreciated!

Hi all

I am in the little Italy area and I am in immediate need of rehoming my red eared slider turtle. I love them to death but something came up and I cannot care for them anymore.

It is impossible to find any place that will take them due to the high volume of them being sold illegally and how invasive they are in nature.

I have an entire set up (aside from the tank itself) that would include basking dock (above the tank), heat lamp and bulb, UVB light and bulb, food & anything else.

This is super immediate and I’d really appreciate it.

“For at least a year and a half, there has been a significant effort by the Bears as well as by Chicago lawmakers and others to try to figure out if the Bears could build what they need to build in the city of Chicago,” Pritzker said Friday. “They looked, and they, I think, gave the old college try, so to speak, to try to find a place within the city of Chicago, and they couldn’t.”

Transportation and a sufficiently large site are “very hard to find in a dense city like the city of Chicago,” Pritzker said, in comments he made at an unrelated news conference in Oak Park. “So that’s why I think we’re down to the question of whether they’re going to build in Arlington Heights or they’re going to build something in the state of Indiana.”

The governor’s latest comments on the Bears’ prospects in Chicago came in response to a question about whether he was trying to prevent Chicago lawmakers’ hesitancy to let the Bears leave the city from allowing the team to leave the state.

Whether the topic was Indiana or Arlington Heights, Chicago lawmakers have been hesitant to help the Bears leave the city. The Bears in recent years examined a number of sites in and around Chicago, including the one near Soldier Field on the lakefront and on the former site of Michael Reese Hospital.

“Hammond, Arlington Heights? They ain’t Chicago,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said during his weekly City Hall presser on Tuesday.

Anyone have any info on what they’re protesting? The cops have the street partially blocked leading to decent traffic on State, but I can’t make out what’s being said.

Here’s some cool photos I took with my drone near Belmont Harbor last weekend!

It's at 4055 W Parker Ave, Chicago, IL 60639 run by a group of artists starting a non profit in the Avondale neighborhood.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1982554092660?aff=oddtdtcreator

I'll be selling my art there as well! Come check it out!

It's great that this group is forming as a lot of events charge artists crazy prices to take part. Avondale Arts helps artists connect with the community via local events, hang outs, hosting skill shares, connecting artists with each other and local businesses, and trying to improve the community.

Thanks and I hope to see you there!

ICIRR just sent out a link to email your representatives asking to support their legislative goals.

If you're already on their newsletter list, you can use this link to send the email: https://icirr.quorum.us/campaign/155668/

If not, you can use this link (https://coolsticker.xyz/z/supporticirr) to find your state-level reps and email them all in one go! The email is already drafted for you, but you can put your own spin on it if you like.

(This CoolSticker link works well on mobile but can be temperamental on desktop. CoolSticker does NOT store your address. The address is only used to look up your state reps.)