Ariel Parrella-Aureli

2 days ago | blockclubchicago.org | Ariel Parrella-Aureli

LOGAN SQUARE — Juice bar Pure Green has joined Logan Square’s corridor of national chains on Milwaukee Avenue. Pure Green, which already has seven city locations, opened Saturday at 2497 N. Milwaukee Ave. The juice bar offers cold-pressed juices, protein shakes, oatmeal, açai bowls, juice cleanses and juice shots. Owner Harold Crittenden, of West Town, plans to add superfood toasts to the menu featuring locally made bread, he said.

3 days ago | blockclubchicago.org | Ariel Parrella-Aureli

HUMBOLDT PARK — “The House on Mango Street,” a world-renowned Chicana coming-of-age story with Humboldt Park ties, is now an opera. The book by acclaimed writer and Chicago native Sandra Cisneros will debut as an opera in July at the Glimmerglass Festival in New York. The opera, co-written by Cisneros and composer Derek Bermel and in the creative pipeline since 2017, has also been shown in a series of workshops around the United States. “I grew up listening to opera in Grant Park,” Cisneros said.

4 days ago | blockclubchicago.org | Ariel Parrella-Aureli

LOGAN SQUARE — A man was killed after falling onto the Blue Line tracks and being struck by a train at the Logan Square station Saturday, according to police. Around 8:15 p.m. Saturday, a 28-year-old man was at the Logan Square Blue Line station in the 2600 block of North Milwaukee Avenue when he “stumbled” and fell onto the tracks, police said in an incident report. The man fell as a train was arriving to the station, and he was struck by the arriving train, police said.

6 days ago | blockclubchicago.org | Ariel Parrella-Aureli

LOGAN SQUARE — The man accused of carrying out a series of sexual assaults in Logan Square and Lakeview pleaded not guilty to all charges during his latest court appearance Wednesday. Facing a sweeping set of indictments that involve victims dating back to 2022, Chakib Mansour Khodja, 36, entered his pleas during an arraignment hearing before Cook County Judge Jennifer Coleman, according to court documents.

1 week ago | blockclubchicago.org | Ariel Parrella-Aureli

HUMBOLDT PARK — The Humboldt Park lagoon’s swan boats are gone — and there are no plans for them to paddle back. Wheel Fun Rentals, a California-based company that had offered swan boat rentals and multi-passenger bikes at the lagoon in partnership with the Park District, recently closed its Humboldt Park outpost ahead of its usual spring opening. The company had operated out of the lagoon boathouse, 1301 N. Humboldt Park Drive, since 2018.