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• How Ameya Pawar bowled over 47^th Ward: Chicago Reader‘s Ben Joravsky gladly eats crow.
  

• Dance your winter blues away with tango lessons at Barba Yianni Grecian Taverna (4751 N. Lincoln Ave).

• Hugh Amano, Chicago food blogger and cooking school instructor, will host food ‘salon’ in his Lincoln Square pad.

• WGN-TV interviews a local business owner, who looks forward to upcoming Cook County sales tax cuts.

• Ravenwood’s Abbott home (4605 N. Hermitage Ave) sells for a bargain price.
  

• “Human-centered design” is the focus of one Ravenswood-based industrial design studio, from Medill Reports.
  

• Looking for brunch on a budget? The RedEye says Bagel on Damen (4639 N Damen Ave) is your local spot.

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