By Helene Smith
New and rebuilt.
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Posted on August 29, 2014
Chicagoetry: Sphinx Of Procopius
By J.J. Tindall
SPHINX OF PROCOPIUS
An electric butterfly
with blue glass wings
circles the head
of this glass sphinx.
Legend alleges
the brothers of Procopius Abbey –
now Illinois Benedictine University
In Lisle –
machined this idol
for a secret cemetery
Posted on August 27, 2014
Beachwood Photo Booth: Fill In The Blank
(Chicago 1984
By AreSoundsElectrik?
“What does this music have to do with Chicago in 1984?”
“Both were made in Chicago in 1984.”
Posted on August 20, 2014
Beachwood Photo Booth: Found Love
(Beachwood Photo Booth: Chicago Geometry
By Helene Smith
Puddles and progressions, shapes and colors.
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Posted on August 8, 2014
Exclusive! The Real Reasons Walgreens Didn’t Invert
Another Beachwood Special Report
Walgreens announced Wednesday that it would keep its headquarters in Deerfield, rather than renouncing its American corporate citizenship in a tax inversion that would have placed its legal domicile overseas.
While company officials say they feared consumer backlash – and an IRS review – to an inversion, the Beachwood Tax Loophole Affairs Desk has learned the real reasons behind the decisions from sources at our local pharmacy
Posted on August 7, 2014
Chicago’s Korean Festival Strives To Survive Another Year
By Lily Kim
With one week left to prepare for one of the city’s most colorful events, the Chicago Korean Festival suffers to put on the two-day spectacle. The festival’s committee is working with a negative bank account in the tens of thousands and with significantly less sponsors to support the event that will be held in the Albany Park neighborhood on Saturday and Sunday August 9-10.
“We just have to put a festival to make sure there is a 19th annual celebration,” said festival chairman Dan Lee. “We will do the best we can so the people can come an experience the Korean culture in Chicago.”
Two weeks ago, the new president of the Chicago Korean Chamber of Commerce announced that the location would move back from Northeastern University to the original site on Bryn Mawr between Kimball and Kedzie Avenues. This did not go well with several of the committee members and many dropped out.
Posted on August 5, 2014
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