By Mike Fourcher | Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The Welles Park Parents Association youth baseball league opens online registration for returning players today. The instructional league’s season begins April 28 and includes playoffs in late July.
The Welles Park Parents Association was founded in 1990 to replace the Chicago Park District baseball program after it was eliminated in 1989. It has become is the largest organized baseball league in Chicago with a waiting list of over 200 kids each year, according to board member David Nemeroff.
WPPA teams range from 5-6 year olds’ T-ball in the “Rookie” league to the 15-18 year olds’ Liberty League.
Registration dates for WPPA Baseball is as follows:
- Online registration for returning players only begins: Tuesday, January 3
- Online registration for returning players ends: Friday, January 13
- Online registration for new players begins: Saturday, January 14
- Online registration for new players ends: Wednesday, January 25
By Mike Fourcher | Wednesday, December 28, 2011
If you still don’t have plans for New Year’s Eve yet, despair not! There are still a some great neighborhood restaurants running New Year’s specials that have yet to be filled! We called around today and found the following enticing deals still available. Browntrout - 4111 North Lincoln Ave. - 1st seating 4-course prix fixe, 5:00-6:30...
By Mike Fourcher | Thursday, December 1, 2011
There will no shortage of holiday cheer this year, as local stores in Lincoln Square and Northcenter are doing their very best to assure you, neighborhood consumers, that shopping local is a much better experience than in big box stores or online. While most local shops held back during Black Friday, this weekend they...
By Mike Fourcher | Wednesday, November 2, 2011
If you’re looking for something to do, and you want to get your sophisticated drink on, consider tomorrow night’s Lincoln Square Wine Stroll, which includes 15 stops for as little as $40 a person. You need tickets to participate, so check out the Lincoln Square Chamber’s web site to get them. Here’s the chamber’s...
By Mike Fourcher | Wednesday, October 26, 2011
The folks that put together the Ravenswood Outdoor Movie Night are doing a haunted house on Saturday – and games for the younger ones. The Ravenswood Spooktacular, at Bethany UCC, 4250 N. Paulina St., will kick off with games, prizes and pumpkin decorating at 4:00 p.m. and then a haunted house in the church...
By Mike Fourcher | Friday, October 21, 2011
If you spend a lot of time thinking about the neighborhood, like this author, you begin to realize that there’s a lot of history around here. For instance, if you want to lose a few hours, check out the Encyclopedia of Chicago on Ravenswood and Lakeview. If you’re one of those history junkies, it...
By Mike Fourcher | Wednesday, October 19, 2011
It’s an odd fact that some of Chicago’s best architecture and sculpture is in a cemetery. This Sunday, at 1:00 p.m., for $10 you’ll have a chance to get a guided tour of Graceland Cemetery, at Clark Street and Irving Park Rd., where some of Chicago’s most powerful and notable gilded age robber barons are buried,...
By Mike Fourcher | Tuesday, October 18, 2011
The Northcenter Chamber is hosting it’s annual RestauranTour on Wednesday. There’s 17 Northcenter spots participating and tickets to sample all the restaurants are $35 each. Here’s their press release: Northcenter, Chicago, IL – Northcenter’s restaurants are dishing out a tasting menu of culinary delights Wednesday evening. The event is called RestauranTour, a culinary exploration...
By Patty Wetli | Friday, October 14, 2011
If you’ve ever wondered what exactly goes on at the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, 4642 N. Western Ave., here’s your chance to satisfy your curiosity and your sweet tooth too. CPC is throwing a cookie party on Saturday, Oct. 15, to celebrate its latest exhibit, “Ink in the City,” a collaboration with the Chicago Printers...
By Mike Fourcher | Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The Ravenswood United Church of Christ, 2050 W. Pensacola Ave., is holding a “family-friendly” oktoberfest celebration this Sunday, October 16 from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. It’ll have beer, but a different emphasis than with some other German festivals in the area. “Kids and families,” says Pastor Jason Coulter. “A lot of people think...
By Patty Wetli | Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Beer and cheese doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue like beer and pretzels or beer and brats, but monks have been pairing the two since the Middle Ages, and if you can’t trust monks, who can you? Putting a modern spin on this ancient tradition, Half Acre Beer Company, 4257 N. Lincoln, is hosting...
By Mike Fourcher | Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Saturday and Sunday, the Ravenswood ArtWalk celebrates its 10th Annual Tour of Arts and Industry with a two-mile art walk and street fair with more than 200 artists along the Ravenswood corridor between Addison and Lawrence. Starting at 11:00 a.m. each day, workshops and studios will be open well into the evening along the corridor....
By Mike Fourcher | Monday, September 26, 2011
The Northcenter Neighborhood Association is hosting a “get to know your neighbor” pub crawl on Saturday evening. “Enjoy the crisp autumn day as you mingle old and new friends from your neighborhood,” says their announcement. The group is also collecting canned food donations for Common Pantry at every stop. The stops are: Jury’s Food...
By Mike Fourcher | Friday, September 23, 2011
It’s hard to turn down a request from a guy that started his very own variety show – and has done it in a bar no less. So, we pass on word from Paper Machete ringmaster, Christopher Piatt, that he’s got a pretty kick butt show coming together tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 p.m at The Horseshoe,...
By Mike Fourcher | Wednesday, September 21, 2011
This weekend the Lincoln Square Chamber of Commerce kicks off their 24th Annual Apple Fest, with dozens of food and retail vendors, a kids entertainment stage, live local music, cooking demonstrations, a beer garden and even apple wine. The festival is Saturday only, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. along the 4700 N. Lincoln Ave. block....
By Mike Fourcher | Tuesday, September 20, 2011
The Chicago Commission on Animal Care & Control is conducting a “non-stop” animal adoption event this Saturday and Sunday at Petsmart, 2655 N. Elston Ave. According to the event promotional materials, dogs and cats will be available for adoption – but who knows what else they’ll have on hand. According to CACC’s website, the...
