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FILTER RESULTS ►Ancient redwood forests evoke look of future in 'After Earth'
About a third of the science fiction movie starring Will Smith and his son, Jaden, was filmed in Humboldt Redwoods State Park in Northern California. When producers of the upcoming science fiction movie "After Earth" wanted to create an image of what the planet might look like 1,000 years in the future, location manager Dow Griffith knew just the place.
Giveaway: Win a Pair of Tickets to Riot Fest 2013 in September!
Last year Riot Fest blew you away with a big lineup and a new venue at Humboldt Park. This year, be there to see Blink 182, Motorhead, the Violent Femmes, and tons more as they tear it up again! [ more › ]
Chicago Riot Fest Line Up Features Public Enemy, One of the Black Flag Reunions, Blink 182 and More...
Via Slicing Up Eyeballs: Chicago’s Riot Fest — set for Sept. 13-15 in the Windy City’s Humboldt Park — tonight unveiled its jam-packed lineup, which includes Violent Femmes, Blondie, Black Flag spinoff FLAG, Motorhead, Peter Hook performing...Show More Summary
Fall Out Boy to headline Riot Fest
For its second year as an outdoor music fest (and carnival) in Humboldt Park, Riot Fest has reeled in some major acts to play Humboldt Park at the end of the summer (Sept. 13-15). Organizers announced the first wave of the 2013 Riot Fest lineup Wednesday night, with Fall Out Boy, Blink 182 and one TBA act headlining. Show More Summary
In search of Ukrainian Village breakfast
Hugging the edges of Wicker Park and Humboldt Park, Ukrainian Village long has been home to funky dive bars and plenty of tucked-away haunts. A new crop of breakfast spots retains the neighborhood vibe and helps make early mornings a little more tolerable. Show More Summary
Celebrate, Puerto Rican-style
Humboldt Park once again is ground zero for an epic clash between two factions, but the police won't be called in to keep the peace this time. Now that the city's two Puerto Rican parades-the one at Grant Park and the one in Humboldt...Show More Summary
Not Everyone Happy About Move To Merge Puerto Rican Parades
Some activists acknowledge their opposition to combine the Downtown and Humboldt Park Puerto Rican Parades this year comes a bit too late to stop it from happening, but they are filing a lawsuit. [ more › ]
Liberate the Horizontal and Integrate the Vertical Super-Surface
(“Stratosphere Giant” Coast Redwood, Humboldt Redwoods State Park, CA. Photo(s) by James Balog. First posted March 27, 2011.)
A very quick reminder that today is the last Sunday of March. That means it's International Tree Climbing Day! Go out and find yourself a nice tree, or any tree for that matter, and shimmy on up. Show More Summary
Thursday Afternoon Diversion: Save Our Schools
Here's another video that shows what is being lost with the closing of Lafayette Elementary in Humboldt Park, one of the 54 schools slated for closure. [ more › ]
Bail Set At $250,000 For $3 Armed Robbery
For accused Chicago robber Lee Turner, crime really doesn't pay. While Lee made off with just $3 after allegedly robbing a 19 year-old at gunpoint... Read more: Dumb Crime, Chicago Crime, Humboldt Park Gunpoint Robbery, Lee Turner Humboldt Park, Lee Turner Humboldt Park Robbery, 3 Dollar Armed Robbery, Lee Turner Felony, Humboldt Park Crime, Chicago News
Swerp Mansion Brings The Rock But Skips The Booze
Swerp Mansion in Humboldt Park is the new mecca -- a spacious residential loft with a surprising punk rock past and a bright future for local and touring musicians. [ more › ]
Clemente High School Loses Third Student To Gun Violence This Year
An honors student at Roberto Clemente High School was shot and killed on Friday night in Humboldt Park, leaving students mourning a third fallen student this school year. [ more › ]
Police Shooting in 011
West side mayhem: A 23-year-old man was shot by police and a police officer was injured during an investigation of drug sales in the Humboldt Park neighborhood this morning, officials said. The incident began when a Chicago police vehicle...Show More Summary
How Pot Growers Ravage the Land: A Google Earth Tour
Courtesy of National Park Service No place in America is better known for marijuana growing than Northern California's Humboldt County. The same forgiving climate and rugged terrain that gave rise to ancient redwoods (and decades ofShow More Summary
New CTA seats to be made in Chicago
Humboldt Park company Freedman Seating will be producing seats for the CTA's upcoming order of more than 300 buses, Mayor Emanuel and CTA president Forrest Claypool announced Wednesday. The fabric-covered seats are expected to be lighter...Show More Summary
Teith releasing 'Humboldt Park' (stream it)
by Fred Pessaro // BBG Joshua Grubman, Lisa Shelley, Billy Baumann, and Trevor de Brauw were Teith, a new noise-damaged indie-pop crew that draws upon metal, post-rock, glitch, post-hardcore and more. Sadly, the band is no more, but they've left...
EXCLUSIVE: Teith’s “Build Me a Tower and Give Me a Gun”
The now-defunct Teith are posthumously dropping their debut album, Humboldt Park, and they’ve shared a track for your listening pleasure. [ more › ]
Hands-on community
Alongside approximately 600 volunteers, Christian Rivera, 15, helped beautify Jean D. Lafayette Elementary School in Humboldt Park on Monday as part of City Year Chicago's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. A Lafayette alumnus who...Show More Summary
Won't Rahm Think of the Children?
Please Rahm! Two gunmen shot a 14-year-old boy several times Friday night as he stood on his porch, leaving him to die in the front hallway of his Humboldt Park home, authorities said.The shooting came just hours after a 15-year-old boy was fatally shot in a separate attack in the Little Village neighborhood. Show More Summary
2 new species of orchid found in Cuba
Researchers from the University of Vigo, in collaboration with the Environmental Services Unit at the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park (Cuba), have discovered two new species of Caribbean orchid. The Caribbean islands have been natural laboratories and a source of inspiration for biologists for over two centuries now. Show More Summary
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