Tag: Hyde Park
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This American Life on Gun Violence in Chicago
“Is this a safe neighborhood?” It’s a question Maggie and I can expect to hear when friends from out of town visit our home in Hyde Park, a neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. In fact, our neighborhood is quite safe. The nearby presence of the University of Chicago ensures the streets in our…
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Vegetable and Herb Garden
I know that a few of you have been working over the past few weeks to get your garden in the ground. Since this is our first summer in our new home in Hyde Park we’re taking a bit of a risk that our little back area will get enough sun for the tomatoes and…
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Hyde Park Community Players
This weekend Maggie is preforming as “The Fool” in W.B. Yeats’ play, On Baile’s Strand. The play features the Irish folkloric character Cuchulain, though I’m pretty sure my wife will steal the show. The play takes place at the Experimental Station in Hyde Park on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday at 2:30. Tickets…
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