One of the many events happening in the city that let us know the summer has officially arrived is movies in the park at Millennium Park! The fun will begin June 21st with “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and will end with a yet-to-be determined movie that–for the first time ever- will be viewers choice!

Some of the most iconic movie will include “Finding Nemo” and “Silence of the Lambs.” All movies will be shown at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion at 201 E. Randolph at 6:30pm.

Below is the full lineup, courtesy of David Matthews in this DNAinfo article:

June 21: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (1986, rated PG-13)

June 28: “Soul Food” (1997, rated R)

July 5: “A League of Their Own” (1992, rated PG)

July 12: “Thelma & Louise” (1991, rated R)

July 19 “Full Moon” Double Feature: “Moonstruck” (1988, rated PG), “Silence of the Lambs” (1991, rated R)

July 26: Kartemquin Films 50th Anniversary Celebration (celebrating the documentary filmmaker)

Aug. 2: “West Side Story” (1961, unrated)

Aug. 9: “Grease” (1978, rated PG-13)

Aug. 16: “Finding Nemo” (2003, rated G)

Aug. 23: “Purple Rain” (1984, rated R)

Aug. 30: audience choice, voting details to be announced later

We know about the new developments happening in Logan Square, heck, if you live in the area like I do then you are likely feeling the effects of new construction via random bouts of excessive traffic. It seems now that a new development in the South Loop has quietly snuck in to nab a piece of the development boom pie.

Wood Partners intends to build a 33-story apartment tower in the busy little area which will have 496 units. The site was bought last December for $15.5 million from McCaffery Interests and it seems the site is part of a planned development from 1999. And since no new zoning permits are required and the weather seems to be getting warmer, looks like construction will be starting any day now.

The question is, are there too many rental buildings being erected in Chicago?

We’ve all been hearing about the increase in taxes all over the city and have been hearing about all the new developments coming to Logan Square. With protests and marches going on in Humboldt Park regarding the imminent increase in rent and the issue of gentrification, we knew that it was only a matter of time before the same issues seeped into Logan Square.

Well, turns out that time is here. Mark Fishman owns about 80 properties in Logan Square. M. Fishman & Co. is probably a name you have seen around on buildings and if not heard about since he owns establishments like the Logan Theater, which he bought in 2012 and remodeled. He also happens to own the building located at 2700 N. Milwaukee and tenants there are already getting letters informing them of an increase in their rent which is due in part to the fact that Logan Square is such a hot-spot right now but also because the building needed many repairs that he fixed since he became the owner.

The rent is hiked up anywhere from $300 for studios to $600 for one-bedroom apartments which most of the tenants cannot afford. Today afternoon, tenants along with housing rights groups and some religious leaders will be marching at Palmer Square which has already begun.

Read more about this story here by Paul Biasco and support the cause with Logan Vs. Fishman.

Mid-March is the season for crawfish and in order to celebrate, chef Alfredo Nogueira (who is originally from Louisiana) is serving up New Orleans’ inspired dishes at Analogue in Logan Square this week.

Nogueira speaks nostalgically about his time in Louisiana and in this Chicago Tribune article, tells Steve Dolinsky about some of the flavors that will be going into this week’s dishes.

“A lot of bay, there a lot of coriander in there, oils seeping out of the lemons; we throw a million cloves of garlic in there, but I think the primary fragrance comes from bay.”