THE STRIKE THAT SHOOK UP AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY
In September, 1910, 17 young women made history in the Pilsen neighborhood when they abandoned their sewing machines and walked out of Shop No. 5 at 18th and Halsted Streets...
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AN ITALIAN TRADITION CONTINUES
An ancient and colorful Italian tradition is celebrated this Labor Day weekend when the Maria SS. Lauretana Festival, celebrating its 87th year in the Chicago area, takes place at Cermak...
A BAZAAR OPENING OF ARTS SEASON
Chicago`s artistic community kicks its heels when ''For Openers,'' a month-long series of 16 free performances and lectures sponsored by the Chicago Office of Fine Arts, begins Friday with an...
AN OUTDOORS WEEKEND
A hunting you can go when the 3d annual All-Midwest Hunting & Outdoor Show, the Chicago area`s only hunting-oriented exhibition, comes to the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake this weekend....
A COUNTRY PARTY FOR THE ZOO
Watch-and marvel-as the renowned Lipizzan horses (the equine bluebloods of the world) prance, leap and strut in stately fashion Saturday night in ''A Country Summer Party'' at the Tempel Good...
KIDS TAKE ON `MACBETH`
You can welcome Will to the Land of Oz and watch a cast of 20-area Chicago youngsters perform ''Macbeth'' (''double, double toil and trouble/Fire burn, and cauldron bubble'') Friday and...
A COUNTY FAIR FOR THE BIG CITY
Chicago may not be a county--but we`ve got a county fair. Through Aug. 31, the Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council--one of the oldest community organizations in the U.S.--is holding...
SWEET HARMONY COMES TO JOLIET
At first, barbershop harmonizing was strictly a male activity, right down to the scissors and hot towels. It can be traced back to the 1890s (some even think it may...
ONE CIRCUS, EIGHT TOWNS
The circus is coming to Oak Lawn. And Villa Park. And Waukegan, Niles, Homewood, Orland Park, Naperville and Skokie, too. In a four-week run that begins Tuesday, Circus Vargas--which bills...
CAROLS REFLECT THE HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS
You can hear them on radio and television, in the churches and on the streets, in school auditoriums and on concert stages. They are as peaceful as the shepherd tending...