Grant Park News

It's the morning before Christmas, and the last-minute-shopping creatures are frantically heading for the mall, but I'm happy to say I've already found a gift for you.

At The Next Picture Show, 113 W. First St., Dixon. For more information, visit www.thenextpictureshow.org on the Web.

Fifth annual Grant Park ''Christmas in the Village 12 days of Christmas'' will take place on Saturday, December 12, from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Craft show hours in the Community Center will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All are invited to enjoy these special Christmas holiday events.

Skippin' and a jumpin' ... You my brown-eyed girl." -- Van Morrison P aris Gracia McCormick became Paris Oxford nine months ago.

Choral society to perform 'Messiah' Comments November 19, 2009 From Submitted Reports "Downers Grove Choral Society will celebrate its 50th Anniversary Concert with a production of George Frideric Handel's "Messiah" at 3 p.m. Nov.

A Brooklyn-based landscape architecture firm has been recommended to lead the revamp of the northern end of Grant Park, one of the most prominent - and, in recent times, most contentious - public spaces in Chicago.

If they'd been a little more mellow ... But then again, if all those flashing lights don't get your attention ... Around 10 p.m. Nov.

The Behavioral Sciences Building, 1007 W. Harrison, and University Hall, 601 S. Morgan, could be on the chopping block as UIC plans for the future of its campus.

Grant Park Chamber of Commerce will host its fifth annual Wine Tasting Fundraiser on Wednesday, September 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. at The Bennett-Curtis House, 302 W. Taylor St.

Grant Park has a new police chief, Tim Swanson. It was announced during the August 3 village board meeting.

At their Monday board meeting, Beecher Village Trustees reviewed various reports.

Share + Aug 8, 2009 6:28 pm US/Central If you're sick and tired of the rain and unseasonably cool temperatures that have defined most of the summer of 2009, you're in luck this weekend.

Share + Aug 8, 2009 6:28 pm US/Central If you're sick and tired of the rain and unseasonably cool temperatures that have defined most of the summer of 2009, you're in luck this weekend.

The temperature was already near 90 degrees on Sunday morning, but that didn't deter music fans from pouring into Lollapalooza.

Share + Aug 8, 2009 6:28 pm US/Central If you're sick and tired of the rain and unseasonably cool temperatures that have defined most of the summer of 2009, you're in luck this weekend.

With scorching temperatures expected this weekend, Chicago and state officials are urging the public to take precautions to cope with the extreme heat.

State Representative Lisa Dugan held an informal coffee chat in Grant Park on Monday, July 6, at the USA Restaurant.