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Coming Nov. 22, 2011:
Celebrate! Wicker Park Bucktown Holiday Magazine
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Not sure what to be for Halloween? Check out 78 IDEAS, all available at The Couples Corner, at Division and Damen.

 

Thank you to the following sponsors of our "We're in the Neighborhood" Printed Pipeline Booklet, published July 15, 2011, as well as new participants in the Celebrate! Holiday magazine.

 

1st Ward Ald. 'Proco' Joe Moreno   32nd Ward Ald. Scott Waguespack 

 

All Star Pet Care, Inc.  

American Apparel- Wicker Park 

American Eagle Bank   

Arauz & Co. Tax and Accounting   

ARK Thrift Shop 

Armand's Pizza  

Asia Nails  

Aspen Kitchen & Bath   

Ash's Bucktown Smoke Shop 

Asrai Garden  

Avenue N Guitars  

AthletiCo PT-  Bucktown   

 

Bake 

Birchwood Kitchen  

Bon Bon Vietnamese   

Sandwiches  

Broken Cherry Boutique  

Brad Waters Coaching  

Bucktown Arts Fest 

Bucktown Garden Walk  

Bucktown Barber Shop 

Bucktown Community Org.   

Bucktown Fitness Club  

Bucktown Music   

BuckWick Organix Convenience  

 

Cafe Campo Rey    

Caffe Streets 

Car-X on Grand  

Cat & Mouse Game Store  

Challengers Comics  

Chicago Conservative Care- Chiropractic     

Children's Dentistry of Bucktown  

Children's Learning Place  

Chopin Theatre 

City Soles   

Club Lucky   

Color Wheel Studio 

Congress Theatre  

Copenhagen Cyclery   

Core Chiropractic Healthcare 

Crepe Crave Cafe   

Crespo's Finer Foods  

Cumin modern Indian and Nepalese Restaurant  

 

D+D Liquors  

David Leonardis Gallery  

DeciBel Audio   

Delish Diner & Bakery  

Dr. William DeJean, DDS  

De Louice Custom Tailor & Design 

The Den Theatre    

Division Gold Pawn Shop  

Doggy Style Pet Shop  

Dominick's- Chicago Ave.   

 

Easel Art Studio   

EsKell Boutique  

Eva Bergant, Realtor 

Eyeporium Gallery 

Eye Want  

 

First Merit Bank-Bucktown     

Flash Taco  

Forte Framing and Gallery 

Friends of Holstein Park 

Friends of Burr School 

 

Goldblatt's Sewing Machines  

Gorilla Tango Theatre   

Green Eye Lounge  

Greenheart Shop  

Gunner's Bar and Grill    

 

Holy Trinity High School   

i-GO Car Sharing  

Irazu Chicago    

J. Wellington's  

Jackson Junge Gallery & Framing 

Jake's Country Meats  

Janik's Cafe   

Josephinum Academy  

Juan the Spanish Tutor 

Julie the Dog Walker    

 

Karen Marie Salon  

Kiz Chicago Boutique   

 

Larkspur, All Things Floral  

LaSalle II Magnet School  

Lenny & Me   

Life's a Cabernet  

Littlerock Remodeling   

Consultants   

Local First Chicago   

Lucia Chicago 

Lubinski Furniture     

 

M.GO Fashion Salon  

Northside Tech Support   

NOW Studio   

 

Odd Obsession Video    

Olivia's Market 

 

Paper Doll   

Picante Taqueria on Division 

Piece Brewery & Pizzeria  

Pint Pub & Restaurant 

Pot Pan Thai Restaurant   

Pulaski International School of Chicago  

Quimby's Bookstore   

Ray's Bucktown Bed & Breakfast  

 

Re-Girl Apparel  

The Red Apple Buffet  

Real Naked Food   

Red & White Wine Shop  

Revival 

RGB (design co-op) Lounge  

Rogues Gallery   

 

Sacco Bruno  

Saint Mary of the Angels School 

Solao Fitness 

Skewerz 

The Silver Room 

Sterling Goss Fine Meats & Purveyors  

Stop! Look! Oddments 

store B vintage   

Sultan's Market 

Symmetry Organic Silhouettes   

 

The UPS Store #3173  

Tag-Free Acid Etched Graffiti Removal  

Three Birds Gallery 

Tom Robinson Gallery  

Tres Bien Nail Salon   

 

Universal Food and Liquors  

Uprise Skateboard Shop  

Urban Canine Doggy Day Spa  

   

 

Vintage Underground     

Virtu      

 

Wash Express Car Wash  

West on North Restaurant/Bar  

Wicker Park Bucktown Chabad    

Wicker Park Chiropractic Health 

Wicker Park Garden Club 

Wilton Dry Cleaners- Damen 

Wilton Dry Cleaner's- Western 

Wormhole Coffee Shop  

 

Your Shoe Repair Shop  

Yuca Cafe     

 

Artwork by Christina Murphy of Rock Art Studio, #218 in the Flat Iron Arts Building, 1572 N. Milw.  

meghan of fipside
You know it's fall when the ice cream shops adjust their hours, and Miko's Flipside, the winter version of the summertime stand, puts out its shingle and Meghan smiles from the to-go window as she did this past Tuesday morning, above. 

Ribs... live music by Tangleweed, which just released a really cool animated music video... life is good! Photo by Philin Phlash
You also know it's fall when rib lovers convene in the parking lot of Division Street's Moonshine, as they did this past Saturday. The 4th annual Rib-a-Que  competition was as friendly as it was tasty, according to Philin Phlash who there and  snapped many pictures.

Chef Roger Herring of Socca walked away with the glory and the gilded grill while the crew from SmallBar received "People's Choice" props. Congrats and happy flossing!

roger of socca
Chef Roger of Socca, left, holds the gilded grill. Photo by Philin Phlash, click here to see more images from Moonshine's Rib-a-Que 
Speaking of flossing, while Phlash was covering the Rib-a Que, we were across town popping in at the Two Year Anniversary Party for Children's Dentistry of Bucktown.

Dr. Melissa, DDS, will be included in the Celebrate! magazine directory.

At just $25 to be listed in 30,000 copies, plus an e-link in every pipeline, Celebrate! Wicker Park Bucktown Holiday 2011, a printed magazine co-produced in partnership with Our Urban Times, is the sweetest deal in town!

Photo by Philin Phlash
Unlike our summer edition, all listings will be categorized and all display advertisers will be included in the listings.
To ensure that we can print feature length stories written by our team, we are partnering with businesses whose missions are aligned with the magazine's content, which we are keeping a surprise, along with the cover art, to be determined through a free contest, open to all.

darko of caffe streets
If you look closely, you can see street lights inside of caffe streets- now we know a possible meaning behind the name. Thank you to Darko of caffe streets for participating in Celebrate!
Isaac Bashevis Singer observed, "A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is how life is - full of surprises."

We want to be surprised by Celebrate! too. So, take the first step and surprise us by reaching out via email, subject header, "Celebrate," and become part of the next edition which will already be much better because you will be part of it! The contest for Cover Art ends Oct. 25. The camera-ready advertising deadline is Nov. 4, 2011.

Thank You for Reading,
Your Pipeline Team  
We are having a blast creating custom ads like this one, featuring Domenico and Lucia. Call 773-960-3997 if you'd like to be part of the people-inspired Celebrate! magazine  

P.S. Many thanks to Dov of American Apparel, Danny and Danny of D+D Liquors, Ulysses of Flash Taco, Felipe of Delish Diner & Bakery, and Picante, Domenico and Lucia of Lucia's, Carlos and Ellen of Vintage Underground, Joe of West on North, Joe of Sacco Bruno, Stefan of Buzz Killer Espresso, Darko of Caffe Streets, Bash of Ash's Wicker Park Tobacconist, Tina and Andy and Shayla of Asia Nails, Sue of Nail Boutique, Lou of North Coast Video, and Brian and Joe of Odd Obsession Movies for joining Celebrate!

Map Room bartender Dave gives us a dubious look after we claim to be writing about Halloween while sitting alone in the corner of the bar hunched over a Mac laptop (on the eve of Steve Jobs's passing) nursing Allagash pale ale on an empty stomach (until the Tamale Guy popped by!!!) during a record session of morning-day-night wi-fi squatting. Dave, in case you're curious, claims to wear his pumpkin T-shirt "all year round."  Nice.
Over the next four weeks of participation and production, we look forward to making Celebrate! that rare and free printed edition worth keeping around, which, in an age of tablets and bright screens, is quite a challenge. We either have a lot of nerve and guts to say that, or are confidant that amazing things can happen when hundreds of like-minded people who are connected virtually band together to be featured on the same printed page (s) beginning Nov. 22, 2011. 

The message of the printed edition is Celebrate! and the theme is holidays in Wicker Park and Bucktown. Let's show our neighborhood and  north side residents, where an additional 15,000 copies of Celebrate! will be distributed, why 'the streets of Wicker Park' are awesome and worth visiting and dancing in, just like the song.  
at properties green logo RETAIL SPACES is sponsored by Eva Bergant @properties Realtor.


A 3-bedroom, 2 bath, and 2-parking spot 4th floor condo in the 1900 block of North Damen sold for $400,000 this past week; click here for more closings

Decisions, decisions, decisions...  With so many properties to choose from in the current buyer's market, how do you decide on which property is the right fit for you?!

 

There were a lot of decisions made in Wicker Park and Bucktown this past week! Nine properties found new buyers. Of the mix, four were detached single family houses and five were attached condos. Two of the sold properties were considered short sales, and two were foreclosures.   


For more information on short sales, check out my column from January 24, 2011 where I discussed the difference between a short sale and a foreclosure.
Get the full rundown of the week's closings HERE.

Eva Bergant is a Bucktown resident and local Realtor with a community driven style. In addition to being president of the Bucktown Community Organization (BCO), Eva has long served as chair of the Bucktown Garden Walk. eva green cube

Do you have a real estate topic that you'd like explored in a future column?

You can reach Eva by email, or 312-543-6819.

Ask An Artist: Tom Robinson on Chicago Artists Month
"Jillianem," by Tom Robinson
There are five Chicago Artist Month openings this Friday night that are on my radar. So, take an artist's orders rather than a doctor's, and walk around and see a lot of art and heal your soul on this crisp fall October weekend!

Begin at Iwona Biedermann's DreamBox Gallery, which offers fashion driven objects and art created by herself, Ewa Block, April Roy and Tom Robinson. "Attitudes" opens 6-10 pm, 2415 W. North Ave.

 

Layne Jackson is managing a large artists' space that will preview over 20 artists. SPACE DIVISION "Open Studio Nite" lasts from 6-9 PM. Don't miss Janet Jaffke's "Birds,"  1827-1825 W. Division (above L. Miller & Son's Lumber). Read/SEE more. 

 

An evening walk resulted in a sneak peek into the window of the former Midwest Bank Building at Milw/Damen/North, soon to become a Super Walgreen's/ photo by Alisa Hauser
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apple pieHaving trouble adjusting to the cooler days and admitting that summer is really over?  If so, take some advice from Cat & Mouse Game Store and go fly a kite!  We also recommend planting bulbs, playing lots of games, and eating as much apple pie as possible. Enjoy the Fall!

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A 36-year-old drunken man stole an ambulance from Norwegian-American Hospital last Sunday morning, before crashing it in Bucktown neighborhood. Read more here.

 

Chicago Reader's Steve Bogira takes a look back at the life of Patsy Desmond, the Wicker Park photographer and artist who was once chronicled by the Reader six years ago. Desmond passed away three weeks ago at the age of 45 in a nursing home on the North Side.  

 

The City Council's Zoning Committee is one step closer to designating landmark status to a former Schlitz Brewery tavern at 1944 N. Oakley in Bucktown. Read more here.

 

Starfruit Cafe, which has a location at 1745 W. Division, will be hosting a competition to find the best Chicago-based fashion designer.  

 

According to this post on Craigslist, Leona's busy UK Village Park location at 1936 W. Augusta, is looking for wait staff!  

 

The Wicker Park Choral Singers and the Apollo Chorus of Chicago will be performing at this year's Caroling at Cloud Gate concert series. Read more HERE.
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If you have no plans for Yom Kippur this Friday evening, consider celebrating a 'Holy-Art-Night' surrounded by fine art from a curated selection of 53 artists, each using the earthly elemental forces of earth, wind, fire, and water as their guide and inspiration.

 

The result is a carefully arranged layout on the northeast wall of Wicker Park's Jackson Gallery, which mimics the Periodic Table of elements. Read more.


The 7th Annual Bucktown Apple Pie Contest is fast approaching (Sun. Oct 16)! The all volunteer run event requires help from you to make it a success. Please look over the openings to see if there's an area in which you can lend a hand.

, your feedback is needed in terms of observing trash and recycling collection now that a private company, Waste Management, is collecting recycling bins south of Diversey in the First Ward. 

The latest edition (Oct. 1) of Holstein Happenings from Friends of Holstein Park can be read here.

Over 200 Bucktown, Logan Square and Humboldt Park residents packed the McCormick Tribune YMCA gymnasium last Tuesday evening to share ideas and concerns about the upcoming Bloomingdale Trail project. Armed with post-it notes and pens, residents stuck their wishes and wants onto a huge satellite imagery map of the 3-mile area, sprawling an entire wall of the gymnasium with things like "add a fountain here" or "please think of our security." Read more by Nandika HERE. (Pictured: New sign posted by the Canadian Pacific Railway spotted on the Bloomingdale Trail underpass on Damen/ photo by Alisa Hauser)

 

Thinking of ideas for Halloween costumes? Keep thinking! The annual Boo-Palooza is being planned for Sat. Oct. 29, 10AM-3PM in Wicker Park. Check out the day's events. Note: The Pipeline, after skipping last year's event in favor of dashing off to Alaska on a whim, has no plans of going anywhere this Halloween and will again be snapping free photos of young tykes in costumes... Truly the highlight of our fall! If anyone wishes to donate Polaroid film for our camera, to provide a complimentary take away memento for those we photograph, let us know. Film (the last time we priced it) is approx. $12 for 10 exposures and we'd love to purchase at least 10 rolls. In a previous Boo-Palooza we had five or six Polaroid rolls and ran out of film within the first 45 minutes! If you are a business who donates the film, we will of course thank you profusely and link to you in our Boo-Palooza coverage, too. Thanks!

Though summer seems a long way off, a Bucktown resident would like to get the plans set in motion for a Block Party, in the event any of her neighbors residing on Wabansia, between Leavitt, and Western, about a four block stretch, would be interested in working with the city to close off a small side street for an afternoon. Send an email if you are interested in putting together a fun neighborly bash with a bouncy house (we're just guessing), hot dogs, potluck, music, water guns, and more.  Naturally, The Pipeline will report on the event, too!  

 

Both the Miss Wicker Park Pageant and the Bucktown Apple Pie Contest (SUN. OCT 16) are fast approaching! Read all about Bucktown Apple Pie Contest Registration Details and Sponsorship Opportunities HERE.    

Check out volunteer assignments, too.  

 

Read the latest SSA/Chamber news (Oct. 5), which is chock full of lots of local news and happenings, HERE.

 

In a twist of irony, or perhaps just a coincidence, in the same week in which new garbage cans- as a result of a First Ward pilot program with a privately held Chicago company, Free Green Can, appeared on the streets, paid for not by taxpayers but through advertising on the cans, a blow was hit to small business owners who advertise on the sidewalks, albeit through the means of sandwich board signs, for which it's now possible to receive a $500 fine. Read more about the penalty fine.  Read more about Free Green Can in this Chicago Journal story by Ian Fullerton.  

Joe Eats: Lucia's
Many thanks to Domenic and Lucia for being part of the upcoming Celebrate! magazine. Cheers to almost 10 years in the neighborhood this spring for Lucia's!
I'd long wanted to try Lucia's Deli and Restaurant after passing their tempting window display of Italian culinary goodies, so, on this rainy fall morning, I finally made my way over to this cozy eatery which houses a deli in front and a gourmet restaurant in back.

Unfortunately, the fine dining portion doesn't open until dinner, but the deli offers a wide variety of subs, soups, salads, and a daily pasta offering. After settling on a 9" meatball sandwich, I took a seat at one of the roughly half dozen tables in the deli area. My appetite growing, I looked around the homey environment and studied the stock photos of Italy and the small shelf of sauces standing next to the deli counter. Then the sandwich arrived. Read more.
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Hungry for warm lemon and rice soup on a cold fall day? We are not just fans of George's Hot Dog's Avgolemono soup, but consumers of it, too. Our lunch yesterday looked like this and cost less than $5 with soda to boot. Tasty and nicely-priced... Just do it!

A new home construction along the Bloomingdale Trail, at Honore and Bloomingdale, carries some unique history, as, per longtime local Teddy Varndell, the space was once home to the Get Me High Lounge. Teddy noticed a photo of the home that we posted on Facebook, right, and commented, "The building was home to K-town Butchie's "Get Me High" jazz lounge in the early/mid 80's. (Ask some old hipsters.) It, and it's upstairs afterhours joint, was quite the place."

In other historical local news, Bucktown's Floyd's Pub might receive landmark status and subsequent tax breaks for its ties to Schlitz, per this story, posted on our site with permission from the Inside Booster newspaper, where the story initially appeared.

R.I.P Steve Jobs... see more beautiful women holding Macs in this Oct. 6, 2011 Clever Alice blog post
Crystal Cleaners, which relocated to 1673 N. Milw. after being housed in the retail space beneath the Damen el stop occupied by Greener Cleaners, is now unfortunately closed for business, per this sign posted to its window. Customers wishing to pick up their dry cleaning can find it at Northwood Cleaners, 1605 N. Wood, at the northeast corner of North and Wood, next to Gallery Cafe.
 
Back in 2009, we reported on the closing of "Always Open," a beloved convenient mart at 1704 N. Milw, which included a Subway in back of the mart. Now it appears as if at long last, the space formerly occupied by Always Open will house a new tenant, namely a packaged goods liquor store called Evolution Wine & Spirits, which posted a permit and is hoping to open soon, per a source.

The short-lived Chikuran Sushi restaurant in the Cellar Rat Wine complex on North Ave. appears to have either a new name, management, or both, we're not sure, but the sign reads Thee.

Photo courtesy of the vividbraille blog
C. Dahlstedt, a new Division street boutique, plans to offer custom suits by Thanksgiving, per this Chicago magazine story, Across town, Brock Willsey, a Michigan native, self-taught clothing designer, and Bucktown resident, is gearing up to open his first flagship store, vividbraille, a studio boutique at 2064 N. Damen featuring small batch, hand crafted and sewn in Chicago clothing by Brock and other emerging indie designers. Read more.

Doc Martens is moving into the former Earwax Cafe space. We heard the news directly from building owner, Cindy. So, no, for those who wondered, it's not a rumor... 

Looking for a job? Do you speak Spanish and English? A wig shop at 1254 N. Milw. is hiring, per its sign, pictured.

Avocado Cafe, 19N. Milw, is now closed. New Einsteins Academy, 1858 N. Damen, a new preschool, is hoping to open soon.

The closed and boarded Geisha Sushi space at 1265 N. Milw. is undergoing a remodeling and will soon be a Tozi Korean BBQ Restaurant, per a construction worker we interviewed a few weeks back.

First it was the Let's Go Diner, then Wolf's Den, which we featured in a past pipeline, and finally Nori Sushi! Nori means seawood in Japanese. It will be the third location for the chain, opening soon, next to Jackson Junge, at 1393 N. Milw.

Got a space we should explore, or a space you are curious about? Let us know.


THE WEEK AHEAD is  

Made Possible by Asia Nails    


Under new management, the friendly and family focused team of Asia Nails would like to welcome all pipeline readers to check out its newly remodeled digs as well as special pricing on a manicure/pedicure package!

Normally $35, if you say "pipeline" to Andy or Tina or Zenny or Katie or Shayla, you will receive both services for just $28.  
Thurs. Oct. 6
6-9PM: Marquard Center Community Open House (1645 W. LeMoyne) 

Fri. Oct. 7   
Noon: Jumpstart Story Series (Building Blocks Toy Store)
pj by MC
"The Praying Jew' by Marc Chagall- for some history on Jewish congregation K.A.M, check out the designslinger blog
Sundown: Yom Kippur

6-9PM: ART opening: Elemental Flux (Jackson Junge)
7-9Pm: ART opening: SPACES: defined
(Eyeporium)
8PM: Performance: Summer and Smoke (Den Theatre)
8PM: Performance: Cyrano (Chopin)

10:30PM: Magic: The Magic Parlour (Chopin Theatre)

9:30: Performance: Boobs Of Khan: A Star Trek Burlesque  (Gorilla Tango)      

 

OCT- 5-9, 2011

RIOT FEST (various venues including the Congress Theater and Double Door!)  

 

We will be mostly offline for 1.5 days due to Yom Kippur...  In the coming weeks, expect a shortened version of The Week Ahead as we strive to keep our website current while also putting together the Celebrate! magazine. For many other art-related happenings, check out this story.  The chamber's e-newsletter contains events, so check it out too. 

 

Sat. Oct. 8  

1-4PM Solidarity (Wicker Park Bucktown Public Library, 1701 N. Milw.)  

 

Sun. Oct. 9

8AM-2PM: Community:

Wicker Park Farmers Market  (Park Grounds)


Mon. Oct. 10

Columbus Day Holiday
Abbey stands behind a mannequin featuring swanky fall fashions at Clever Alice!
Columbus Day Sale- 20% off Select Merch (Clever Alice)

Sun. Oct. 16  

2-5PM: Bucktown Apple Pie Contest

(Holstein Park)   

 

Wed. Oct. 20  

6-8PM: Business Networking  

(North Community Bank)    

 

Fri. Oct. 21  

2nd Anniversary (Jackson Junge Gallery) 

 

Fri. Oct. 28  

Spooky Halloween Bash (Cafe Laguardia) 

 

 

Thurs. Oct. 27  

7-10PM: Miss Wicker Park Pageant (Double Door)   

 

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Sat. Oct. 29

10AM-2PM Boo-Palooza (Park Grounds)  

 

Art Watch:

--Oct. 8: Routine Scenic Machine: Dan Gunn  

(monique meloche)    

--Oct. 16: Jeffrey Reid: Portrait of an Idol  

(The Silver Room)  

 

Performance Beat:   

--Oct. 16: Cyrano (Chopin Theatre)   

--Oct. 28: Boobs of Khan: A Star Trek Burlesque (Gorilla Tango)  

-- Oct. 29: Summer and Smoke (Den Theatre)  

     

If you have an event to add to this calendar, let us know.   For many more events, check out the Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce's latest e-newsletter (Oct. 5 edition)
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