Thorndale

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)

Neo-Futurists Find an Entirely New Way to Celebrate Valentine's Day
For Valentine's Day, Chicago’s Neo-Futurists theatre company put on a special edition of its long-running hit, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. 

Photo: Audience members flood the stage during the "Hate Yourself" play. (Photo by Emily Torem)

CTA Considers Closing Thorndale Stop
The CTA held public meetings in Uptown, Rogers Park and Evanston to get public feedback on a Red Line El redevelopment project.

One of the proposals the CTA is considering is closing five stations, including the Red Line's Lawrence, Thorndale and Jarvis stops. Tell us what you think on our poll and message board.

Slam Poetry a Blue-Collar Chicago Movement at North Side Club
Most days and nights, the Green Mill Lounge in the Uptown neighborhood is full of bar patrons and concert-goers listening to everything from swing to jump jazz. But on Sundays, the one-time prohibition bar is transformed into the Uptown Poetry Slam, a collection of poets, musicians and other creatives.