Feature
Care for Real Finding New Ways to Help
Located in Edgewater, Care for Real started 40 years ago as a way to help victims of an arson attack. Today, the organization is helping people in many other ways. Photo: A volunteer helps stock the shelves. (Photo by Monica Carter)
Feature
Raven Theatre's Arts Program Reaching CPS
The Edgewater theater is known for bringing communities on the city’s North Side together through the arts. Its after-school outreach program, Take Flight, works with Chicago Public Schools students and has garnered attention from The National Endowment for the Arts. (Photo by Monica Carter)
A Few Stops Away at Morse ...
Artists In Motion Beautify Edgewater Community
Edgewater Artists In Motion is an organization that displays local artists' works in vacant storefronts throughout the Edgewater community.
(Photo by Katie Karpowicz)
News
'El Stories' Brings CTA Tales to the Stage
Local theater group Waltzing Mechanics produced a show that depicted the sometimes bizarre events that occur on Chicago's public transit. The play was based on actual interviews conducted with Chicago CTA riders about their stories and experiences. "El Stories" debuted at City Lit Theater last month and will run again this summer.
