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Chicago Crime Report Roundup: 2/21/2012

StreetWisePundit — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:54:10 +0000

Chicago Crime Report Roundup: 2/21/2012 2 Dead, 5 Injured in Shooting at Liquor Store Chicago Police continue searching for the person who opened fire Sunday on a group outside a South Side liquor store, killing two and injuring five. Seven people were hit around 6:45 p.m. while standing on the corner near 79th and Essex, police said. Two men were found dead, one inside the store and one outside on the street. Five teens, ranging in age from 13 to 16 years old, were injured, police said. Four of them were listed in serious to fair condition, but a 14-year-old shot in the stomach was taken to Comer’s Children’s Hospital in critical condition. via 2 Dead, 5 Injured in Shooting at Liquor Store | NBC Chicago. Weekend Gun Violence Kills 7; 19 Wounded in Chicago Shootings Chicago – Seven people were killed and at least 19 others — including a Chicago police officer — were wounded in gun violence across the city Saturday and Sunday. The bloodiest shooting happened about 6:40 p.m. Sunday when gunfire erupted outside a liquor store in the 2500 block of East 79th Street, killing two men, officials said. Greg Glinsey, 61, and Jamal Harris, 19, [...]

Chicago Crime Report Roundup: 2/20/2012

StreetWisePundit — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:09:50 +0000

Chicago Crime Report Roundup: 2/20/2012 Men Robbing People Leaving South Side Currency Exchanges, ATMs CHICAGO (STMW) – Police are warning South Side residents of a string of armed robberies targeting people who may have just obtained cash. The men have robbed at least three people as they leave Currency Exchanges or ATMs, according to a community alert from Wentworth Area detectives. via Men Robbing People Leaving South Side Currency Exchanges, ATMs « CBS Chicago. Police: Crew Robbing Men On Green Line Trains Chicago – Police are looking for a group of men committing strong-arm robberies at a South Side CTA station. Two men confronted a 17-year-old boy on the Green Line in the 300 block of East 51st Street about 11:20 p.m. Jan. 5 and threatened to beat him up if he did not hand over his jacket and mobile phone, according to an alert from Wentworth Area detectives. The boy complied and exited the train, police said. The robbers remained on the train. via Police: Crew Robbing Men On Green Line Trains. Chicago Police, FBI Hunt for Lawndale Murder Suspect Chicago – The FBI and Chicago Police are looking for your help in tracking down a fugitive accused of [...]

Sunday Evening Jazz – Thelonious Monk Quartet

StreetWisePundit — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:51:09 +0000

Thelonious Monk Quartet Here’s some outstanding Thelonious Monk Quartet filmed in Denmark on April 17, 1966. This is intellectually sophisticated, and quite emotionally yummy at the same time… Thelonious Monk Quartet – Monk In Denmark http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkHNkxzZp4k Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.

Poet & Pundit Cafe – Topic: Postmodern Art, Religion, and Censorship

StreetWisePundit — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:39:29 +0000

Poet & Pundit Cafe – Topic: Postmodern Art, Religion, and Censorship When? Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 7:00 PM Where? Cavallini’s 6700 South Street, Tinley Park, IL This week the group topic is from Sarah Grana who has selected several works of Postmodern art that have been surrounded by controversy. 1- ANDRES SERRANO’S ‘PISS CHRIST’ photograph, 1987 2- Guerra de la Paz- ‘Pieta’ Installation. – on view at the Chicago Cultural Center as part of the Morbid Curiosity Exhibition This piece is a collective project by two Cuban born artists Alain Guerra and Neraldo de la Paz. They use discarded clothing, dolls, and uniforms to express cultural issues. ‘Pieta’ is on view in the War Room of the Morbid Curiosity exhibit right now at the Cultural Center. Postmodern art can be described as works that include ‘bricolage’, the use of words prominently as the central artistic element, collage, simplification, appropriation, performance art, and the recycling of past styles and themes in a modern-day context. Postmodernism aims to overturn the ‘myth of the avant-garde’ or the notion of advancement or progress in art per se. Another feature of Postmodern Art is its conflation of high and low culture through the use of [...]

Chicago Crime Report Roundup: 2/17/2012

StreetWisePundit — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:13:43 +0000

Man Tries To Kidnap 9-Year-Old Boy On Southeast Side CHICAGO (CBS) — A man put a 9-year-old boy and tried to abduct him on the city’s Southeast Side this week, and now police hope a sketch will help them find a suspect. As WBBM Newsradio’s Bob Roberts reports, police News Affairs Officer Daniel O’Brien said the apparent attempt occurred on Tuesday afternoon in the 9900 block of South Avenue H. LISTEN: WBBM Newsradio’s Bob Roberts reports via Man Tries To Kidnap 9-Year-Old Boy On Southeast Side « CBS Chicago. Park Forest man caught after robbing plumber A Park Forest man faces armed robbery and burglary charges after robbing a plumber of $170 and stealing cigarettes, snacks and prescription medication from the victim’s van, police said. They said the victim, an employee of Mr. Rooter Plumbing, was working Feb. 6 at a house in the 400 block of Talala Street when Kendall B. Richards, 19, entered his work van and stole the items. via Park Forest man caught after robbing plumber – Southtown Star. Man Sexually Assaulted Girl, 12, in Gangway on Far South Side: Cops Chicago – Police are looking for a man accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl [...]