Zachary and Dylan Zmed, front men for The Janks, canceled a show and took time out of a busy performance schedule to close the night.
The announcement brings to 10 the number of schools scheduled to close so far, with a handful of additional closing announcements expected by early next week.
Forty-nine of Chicago's public schools were scheduled to close because of depopulation and a billion-dollar deficit in the city's education budget.
Impac said in a statement that the company has met all margin calls so far and that a sale of $1 billion of loans is scheduled to close in the next 30 days.
For example, 12 of the schools scheduled to close this year received a grade of "proficient" on their last city quality review, and hundreds of students and alumni citywide spoke out in favor of effective programs at the closing schools, like one devised for mothers and pregnant teenagers at Robeson that offers day care and teaches parenting skills.
In February, the playhouse laid off its entire staff of 37 and was scheduled to close its doors because of deep debt.
She added that some type of modified schedule for closing the locks would hardly stop the fish from swimming.
The producers of "Cats," scheduled to close on June 25, announced yesterday that the show would extend 11 more weeks in response to extraordinary demand for tickets.
The Gowanus Senior Center, one of 50 scheduled to close, serves 30 meals a day in a room painted bright yellow and orange, its walls adorned with masks made by the people who use it.
Many in the area lack transportation and must walk a long distance, or take a taxi, to buy groceries, said Shanda Gentry, the principal at nearby Mays Preparatory School, which is scheduled to close because of poor test scores.
