Act of heroism by MWRD staff prevents potential drowning in Chicago River
During a routine patrol aboard a Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) pontoon boat along the Chicago River...
Month: September 2012
Chicago’s All-Latina Theater Company kicks off Season 12 with ferocious new leadership team & new company members
    CHICAGO, IL - “The only job of the artist is to keep changing, â€Luis Alfaro, playwright of Victory Gardens’...
MWRD Commissioner Patricia Horton presents proclamation to Women’s Business Development Center
Honors 26th Annual Entrepreneurial Woman’s Conference and Women’s Business and Buyer Mart    During the Metropolitan Water Reclamation...
Jesse White warns businesses of Statewide Corporate Scam
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is warning businesses to beware of a scam targeting Illinois corporations. A firm called...
Illinois State Board of Education announces the Child and Adult Care Food Program
SPRINGFIELD, IL — The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) announced the availability of the Child and Adult Care Food...
Deadline for FY13 Ethnic & Folk Arts Master Apprentice Program
 Deadline: October 15 2012  Guidelines and application materials are now available online for the Illinois Arts Council's Ethnic...
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District to collect unwanted drugs during National Take Back Day Sept. 29
Another opportunity to prevent or reduce accidental contamination of streams, rivers and lakes by disposing of pharmaceuticals in an environmentally-friendly...
Free pedestrian playground Open Streets returns to the Loop bigger and better on Saturday, Sept. 8, and makes exciting debut in Wicker Park/Bucktown on Sunday, Sept. 16
 CHICAGO, IL — Chicagoland residents are invited to enjoy the return of Open Streets, Chicago’s free pedestrian playground, on Saturday...
$100 Million Challenge Grant for Black Higher Education
Organization says "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is!" Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Acknowledging that education is the key to opportunity...
The World Premiere of “Stand Up Guys,” starring Oscar® Winners Al Pacino, Christopher Walker and Alan Arkin, and produced by Oscar® Winning producer and Chicagoan Tom Rosenberg, to open the 48th Chicago International Film Festival
Producer Tom Rosenberg and Director Fisher Stevens with Cast Members Pacino, Walken, Arkin and Julianna Margulies Celebrate the Film’s Premiere...
