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Podcast: City Cast Chicago
Episode: Your Guide to Throwing a Chicago Block Party
Description: While music and street fests get most of the Summertime Chi hype, neighborhood block parties are probably the real unsung heroes. Already, hundreds have taken place, bringing BBQs, bounce houses, and casper slides to neighborhoods across the city. So what goes into putting on a block party? Host Jacoby Cochran sits down with Newsletter Editor Sidney Madden to find out. Sidney recently interviewed Ashley Rayner and Joel Simon, who have both coordinated block parties in their neighborhoods. And if those names sound familiar, it's because they gave us neighborhood guides in Beverly and Lakeview!  Yo...