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Posted on January 1, 2016
Meet Chicago Navy Seaman Desmond Cooke
By MC3 Amanda L. Owens/Navy Office of Community Outreach
BREMERTON, Wash. (Dec. 22, 2015) – Culinary Specialist Seaman Desmond Cooke, from Chicago, prepares lunch in USS John C. Stennis’ (CVN 74) Chiefs Mess. Stennis’ crew is currently in port training for future deployments. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Susan C. Damman/ Released)
Posted on December 30, 2015
Last Call For Railroaders
By The Chicago History Museum
After a record 21-month run, Railroaders: Jack Delano’s Homefront Photography closes at the Chicago History Museum on Sunday.
Presented in partnership with the Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Railroaders explores the dignity of everyday work and the stories of individual railroaders through more than 60 black and white and early color photographs taken by photographer Jack Delano.
Posted on December 29, 2015
Meet Chicago Navy Commander Chad Hennings
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Amanda R. Gray, Commander, Submarine Group Nine Public Affairs
KEYPORT, Wash. (NNS) – The Gold crew of the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nevada (SSBN 733) held a change of command ceremony at Naval Undersea Museum, Dec. 18.
Cmdr. Chad Hennings, from Chicago, was properly relieved by Cmdr. Gene Severtson, from Spring Lake Park, Minnesota, and assumed the duties and responsibilities as commanding officer of Nevada Gold crew during the ceremony.
Posted on December 28, 2015
Beachwood Photo Booth: Holiday Ham
(The Beachwood Radio Hour #69B: The Beachwood Is 10 And I’m Exhausted
By Steve Rhodes
I want out. The sad, sorry saga of the Chicago digital news-o-sphere. Millions of dollars flushed down the toilet. Plus: Rahm’s Future; Inside Chi-Town Rising; Lynn Sweet’s Trumped-Up Poll and more!
Posted on December 22, 2015
Exclusive! Inside Chi-Town Rising
Another Beachwood Special Report
“Chi-Town Rising, a new New Year’s Eve event intended to boost winter tourism in the city, will be a smaller celebration than planned and the main attraction is no longer free to the public,” the Tribune reports.
And that’s not all. The Beachwood has learned of a raft of other changes to the event, including:
* At 10 seconds to midnight, the countdown will begin as Garry McCarthy is lowered into Lake Michigan.
* Free Rahm sweaters for the first 1,000 attendees.
* City council to pass honorary New Year’s resolutions promising even more after-the-fact grandstanding in lieu of before-the-fact oversight.
* Rahm Emanuel dunk tank. At $1 a throw, CPS deficit expected to be closed by 1 a.m.
* Festival partner Uber to offer even surgier pricing.
* The U.S. Department of Justice will investigate claims that Redflex shortened by three seconds the amount of time between 11:59 p.m. and midnight.
Posted on December 21, 2015
Beachwood Photo Booth: Susie’s Drive-Thru
(At The Art Institute | The New Contemporary
Iconic Artists Transform Collection
“Iconic contemporary masterpieces by artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jasper Johns are among the 44 new works that transform the presentation of our contemporary collection. Opened this week.
Posted on December 16, 2015
Chicagoetry | Christmas Ghost Story: The Peppermint Kid
By J.J. Tindall
CHRISTMAS GHOST STORY: THE PEPPERMINT KID
Christmas Past
I’ll never forget it:
They interrupted “The Peppermint Kid,”
One of my favorite serials,
With a bulletin
Of capital murder, a
National tragedy
Posted on December 14, 2015