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Kids (and adults) will have many opportunities to wear their costumes at Halloween festivals and trick-or-treat events this weekend across the suburbs.

“You can’t win on this,” Empty Bottle manager Tim Gurnig says. “We would have loved to have seen the decision come down from the government. We’re not immunologists, doctors or scientists. We are rock people."

Chicago Independent Venue League | CIVLChicago.com Shuttered Venue Operators Grant application landing since April 8, 2021. 160,000 jobs, millions in revenue lost as the promise of federal financial relief to one of the citys largest job sectors goes unfulfilled The Small Business Administration is a major roadblock preventing independent live music venues from reclaiming the jobs our business sector lost during the pandemic.” — Joe Shanahan - Chicago Independent Venue LeagueCHICAGO, IL, US...

Gomez said he feels like he’s getting a second chance this year. “It’s really been a matter of when. We knew it would come at some point, but would it be years?” said Gomez. “It’s been such a long and lonely winter [and] year, really.” Steve Majerus, a partner at Island Party Hut, usually relies on tourism to keep the business afloat. He said it’s roughly 25% of his business. But when the pandemic delayed last year’s opening and tourism dropped to historic levels, it was the s...

Apr 9, 2021 Chicago’s Riverwalk is reopening for the use of residents and visitors starting Friday, according to Mayor Lori Lightfoot. The city will begin a phased-in approach to vendor reopening, allowing for full service by the end of May. The three businesses reopening Friday are: City Winery, Island Party Hut and Beat Kitchen on the River. Ten other businesses will reopen every week or so. Chicago Riverwalk reopens Friday. See story here. https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/chicago-riverw...

Published April 9, 2021 • Updated on April 9, 2021 at 5:55 am Vendors along the Chicago Riverwalk begin to reopen Friday, starting a phased approach to welcoming back patrons for the season. Island Party Hut, Beat Kitchen on the River and City Winery reopen Friday, according to Mayor Lori Lightfoots office. Get the answer to your most-asked COVID vaccine questions on our mobile NBC 5 Chicago app. Download it here for iOS or Android. In the coming weeks, other vendors will reopen on a w...

Chicago Riverwalk reopens to residents, visitors By FOX 32 Digital Staff Published  The Chicago Riverwalk will once again be opened to residents and visitors starting Friday. CHICAGO - The Chicago Riverwalk will once again be opened to residents and visitors starting Friday. Mayor Lightfoot said the city will begin a phased-in approach, allowing for full service by the end of May.  Face coverings and social distancing will be required by all vendors on the Riverwalk. "The Riverwalk is not on...

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file Vendors on the Chicago Riverwalk began a phased-in reopening Friday that will have all vendors open by the end of May. Island Party Hut, Beat Kitchen on the River and City Winery opened Friday. A new vendor this year is Pier 31, which plans to open in May. “The Riverwalk is not only an important part of our city’s economic engine, but it also adds to the liveliness of our iconic summers,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said in a news release. “This reopening serves as ye...

Apr 9, 2021 Chicago’s Riverwalk is reopening for the use of residents and visitors starting Friday, according to Mayor Lori Lightfoot. The city will begin a phased-in approach to vendor reopening, allowing for full service by the end of May. The three businesses reopening Friday are: City Winery, Island Party Hut and Beat Kitchen on the River. Ten other businesses will reopen every week or so. Chicago Riverwalk reopens Friday. See story here. https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/chicago-riverw...

Subscribe This afternoon will be mostly cloudy with a high near 62 degrees. Tonight’s low will be around 49 degrees. Tomorrow brings rain, including some possible thunderstorms, with a high near 60 degrees. And more rain is in the forecast for Sunday, along with a high near 58 degrees. Top story Jim Zwit never forgot the hot, sticky smell of Vietnam. And he never forgot the eight Army buddies he lost there in an ambush in 1971. He made it his life’s mission to track down each of their famil...