Mike Lowe

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CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools high school students are blending art and history to make a public display for Memorial Day. At Lane Tech High School, a different kind of garden is blooming. Clumps of clay inside of Greg Steffens’s art classroom have weighed, pounded and cut into poppies. Ceramics students recently completed the Poppy Project. “Poppies have been a longtime symbol of remembrance for soldiers and for uniformed officers who have fallen in the line of duty,” Steffens said.

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CHICAGO — Al Scorch is vintage Chicago. He also works in vintage in Chicago at his shop, Apricot Vintage in Irving Park, where he set up a cozy spot for shoppers to hang out. “A lot of people walk in and go, ‘Oh, you left the wood paneling,’” Scorch said. “And I go, ‘left the wood paneling? We installed the wood paneling.”The store is located on Pulaski Road, more than five miles west of the glitzy shops on Michigan Avenue. The shop showcases Scorch’s love of Chicago’s history and its quirks.

1 month ago | wgntv.com | Mike Lowe |Kevin Doellman

CHICAGO — Al Scorch is vintage Chicago. He also works in vintage in Chicago at his shop, Apricot Vintage in Irving Park, where he set up a cozy spot for shoppers to hang out. “A lot of people walk in and go, ‘Oh, you left the wood paneling,’” Scorch said. “And I go, ‘left the wood paneling? We installed the wood paneling.”The store is located on Pulaski Road, more than five miles west of the glitzy shops on Michigan Avenue. The shop showcases Scorch’s love of Chicago’s history and its quirks.

1 month ago | wgntv.com | Mike Lowe

CHICAGO — Kym Mazelle has come a long way since she was a young girl in Gary, Indiana with a bright smile and big city dreams. She moved to Chicago, then attended Columbia College, and became immersed in a new underground disco music scene. She later became known as “The First Lady of House,” a recognition of her critical role in pioneering the electronic dance music genre in the mid-1980s. “It was magical,” said Mazelle. “It was a magical time because we were all very young, very hungry.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Mike Lowe

CHICAGO — Kym Mazelle has come a long way since she was a young girl in Gary, Indiana with a bright smile and big city dreams. She moved to Chicago, then attended Columbia College, and became immersed in a new underground disco music scene. She later became known as “The First Lady of House,” a recognition of her critical role in pioneering the electronic dance music genre in the mid-1980s. “It was magical,” said Mazelle. “It was a magical time because we were all very young, very hungry.