Get Ready to Play and Party This Week in McKinley Park

Country-Western DJ Lawrence Peters spins on Saturday, August 24, at the Marz Community Brewing tap room.Rock out at One City Tap this Friday, August 23, at Otro Ritmo Presents: Droid's Blood, Material, Primitive Teeth & Spirit Trap, another night of awesome music from the Otro Ritmo crew. This show is pay-what-you-can, with a $5 suggested donation for live sets from Material — visiting from Vancouver, British Colombia — and Primitive Teeth, plus DJ sets by Droid's Blood and Spirit Trap.

The Farmers Market Concert: Chicago Horn Consort presents a dozen French horn players performing at the McKinley Park Farmers Market on Sunday, August 25, at the William McKinley memorial in McKinley Park. Stick around for fresh goods and produce, and play some Bocce Ball with your friends and neighbors. 

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Development Council Expands Board, Lands 501(c)(3) Status

McKinley Park Development Council board member Tony Adams pitches his re-election bid at the July 2019 council meeting.

The McKinley Park Development Council has continued to grow with the addition of three new board members and the official designation of the group as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. At its July 17, 2019, meeting, council members elected McKinley Park neighborhood residents Jim Hankes, Mary Carmen Moreno and Faye "Nikita" Wu to the board of directors. Tony Adams and Kara Breems successfully ran as reappointment candidates.

Being formally recognized as a non-profit by the U.S. federal government represents an important milestone for the council, said President John Belcik. "This will help us reach that goal of starting and completing projects that the neighborhood wants and deserves," he said.

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Baking Obsession Gives Rise to Scratch Pastries at Butterdough

Uva and Lalo Leon are prepared for service in Butterdough's kitchen.

Business Name: Butterdough
Address: 3452 S. Western Ave.
Hours: 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tues.-Fri., 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat. and Sun.
Online: Butterdough's Facebook Page

Self-described baking geeks Uva and Lalo Leon worked as brothers to "destroy our parents kitchen" on their path to Butterdough, a new bakery and cafe just north of West 35th Street and South Western Avenue in the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago. "We got the idea to make this love of baking into a business," Uva Leon said.

Open since July 13, Butterdough offers freshly made coffee drinks, pastries and sandwiches, all created from scratch ingredients. Although the menu changes every day, constant staples include plain, almond and chocolate croissants, plus special items like the popular vegan horchata, Lalo Leon said. 

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