This week in Chicago, Lollapalooza brought music and mud to the city. Meanwhile, local news included Alexi Giannoulias joining the mayor’s race and the reopening of The 400 Theater in Rogers Park.
Local News Highlights
Other notable stories included the Englewood Sculpture Garden opening on former vacant lots, Ravenswood neighbors fighting to save treehouses from city permit rules, and thousands of books piling up in Chicago libraries due to a staffing shortage.
The city also saw the completion of a decades-old canvas painting by West Side students, the opening of a new River North podcasting studio, and the announcement of Horse Thief Hollow’s barrel-aged brew winning gold at the U.S. Beer Championships.
Original reporting: Block Club Chicago — read the source article.