Earlier this year, I said I would take lead in creating report cards for city services. Let’s start with the Chicago Public Library. What are some things you would grade them on?
Some suggestions to get you started:
Please note that these report cards are being created to reduce complaints and to start conversations. So, what what would you like to see on a Chicago Public Library report card?
Mark Cuban, Daymond John, Kevin O'Leary, Barbara Corcoran, Robert Herjavec
If you are an entrepreneur, inventor or a creator of any kind, you may have a chance to pitch your business to the Sharks on Shark Tank. Read more details on ABC Local.
CHICAGO OPEN CALL: FRIDAY, MAY 11TH
Embassy Suites — Chicago Lakefront
511 North Columbus Dr.
Chicago, IL 60611
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Do you have the nerve to go for the audition?
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Angela Thomas, Principal of Oliver Wendell Holmes Elementary School in the Englewood Communinty is someone you should know. Check out her interview with Harry Porterfield on CBS News.
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All Chicago Public Libraries, including the regional libraries and Harold Washington, will be closed on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 for staff training. Let’s hope that providing customer service is on the training agenda that day.
Charlene Rhinehart, Miss Illinois International Pageant Contestant
If you are like me, you have never met a REAL pageant contestant in person. We’ve seen them on T.V.; we’ve read about them; and we may have walked pass them in public and didn’t even know it.
Allow me to introduce you to Ms. Charlene Rhinehart, a REAL pageant contestant (and future winner) of Miss Illinois International. She’s also a Certified Public Accountant, professional dancer for the Chicago Mustangs, and Toastmaster. She is also from the South Side of Chicago. Learn more about this fascinating young lady by listening to our interview below. I did forget to ask her one question: Does she sleep?
To learn more about Charlene, visit her website at Miss CD Rhinehart; check her out on Facebook at Charlene Rhinehart; and find her on Twitter @misscdrhinehart. Do you have any questions for Charlene? Leave them in the comment box below.
Video genius, Zernual R. Sharkelford, and his family created Earth Girl, a short film about saving the earth, for a film festival contest sponsored by iPic Theaters. Guess what? It made it to the final round of voting!!! Earth Girl will compete against 15 other films on Wednesday, April 18th at 6:30pm local times at all 8 iPic Theaters across the country!!!
If you can make it to any of the theaters: Bolingbrook, IL; South Barrington, IL; Glendale WI; Fairview, TX; Austin, TX; Scottsdale, AZ; Pasadena, CA; or Redmond, WA, be sure to vote for Earth Girl!!! Check movie listings to find your local iPic theater!!!
Watch Earth Girl below to see why it will win first place. In the meantime, visit Z’s site, Darque Syde of D’Lyte, to view his work and contact him if you have any video needs.
The funeral services of Reverend Addie L. Wyatt will be held at Vernon Park Church of God, 9011 S. Stony Island Avenue
Wake: 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Home-Going Celebrations: 12:00 noon
Internment: Oakwood Cemetery, 1035 East 67th Street
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to:
The Reverend Claude and Addie Wyatt Scholarship Fund
Vernon Park Church of God – 9011 South Stony Island Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60617
(773) 721-3011
Dante & Marcie - Chicago Creative Expo
Dante Hamilton, the Founder of Chicago International Blog Awards and organizer of the Chicago Meetup Group, and I had a little down time as vendors for the Chicago Creative Expo this past weekend, and he was kind enough to interview me about my book, The Big Book of Blog Content, which will launch in April 2012. Check out our interview below.
