Picture Chicago: 16 must-see recent images from Sun-Times photographers

Eddie Payton, 66, cleans off his repurposed ice fishing tent — donated to provide shelter for homeless individuals — underneath the Dan Ryan Expressway at South Canalport Avenue, Monday, Oct. 24. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Kamila Rodriguez and Samuel Lara, who are part of Tonantzin Nueva Generación, dance during the Upside Down Halloween Parade at Washington Park Oct. 22. The annual parade, now on its third year, starts the city of Chicago’s Halloweek. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

A mural that used to feature an 8-foot-high, photo-realistic painting of of Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, at 958 W. Lake St. is shown painted over in black Wednesday. The mural’s artist, Jason Peterson painted over Ye’s likeness as fallout over the Chicago native’s recent string of controversial and antisemitic public statements garnered backlash in his hometown. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (left) and Republican challenger Kathy Salvi prepare to debate at WTTW Studios Thursday, ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm election. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Bandleader and violinist Alex Koffman performs with The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band Sunday at the Highland Park Public Library. The band performed 16 bars of music on a float during the July 4th parade before shots rang out. They made their first visit and performance back in Highland Park since the mass shooting. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Kimberly Saunders, whose son Parnelius Saunders, 18, is a survivor of the May 19 mass shooting outside a McDonald’s in the Gold Coast neighborhood, stands near the scene of the crime Aug. 30. She said in a Sun-Times/WBEZ article Friday that she was stunned to learn he was shot by a machine gun. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Jeff Beck (left) and Johnny Depp perform at The Chicago Theatre Sunday. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

People walk by the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum at 800 S. Halsted St. in the University Village neighborhood Oct. 19. Many ghosts are said to prowl the premises at the museum, and people have reported hearing the “Devil Baby” scurrying in the attic. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

City of Chicago workers, who are represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and their supporters march Thursday during a demonstration at 2 N. La Salle St. The workers are demanding fair wages and a safe working environment, according to Susan Littlefield, president of AFSCME Local 2912. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

A voter casts an early ballot Monday for the Nov. 8 general election at an early voting site at the Chicago Public Library’s Bucktown-Wicker Park branch, 1701 N. Milwaukee Ave. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Former Teamsters boss John Coli walks out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after a judge sentenced him to 19 months in prison, Wednesday morning. Coli was charged with illegally pocketing $325,000 in secret cash payments from Cinespace Chicago Film Studios. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Chicago police investigate Monday at the Greyhound bus station in the 600 block of West Harrison Street after a 30-year-old man was shot to death outside the Near West Side station. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson kisses his wife Stacie Johnson Thursday after announcing that he is running for mayor of Chicago during a news conference at Seward Park in the Cabrini-Green neighborhood. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Batisha Baker (left) and Jamila Ford hand mix a sheet of vegetables during a healthy cooking class Oct. 20 at The Hatchery, 135 N. Kedzie Ave. in Garfield Park. The participants are engaged in what they hope will be a transformational eight-week health challenge sponsored by the Garfield Park Rite to Wellness Collaborative. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Gage Park High School cheerleaders perform during a Monday morning assembly at the school as Chicago Public Schools celebrate the district’s four-year high school graduation rate for the Class of 2022. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

People cross a pedestrian bridge over the Eisenhower Expressway near the Oak Park Blue Line station Oct. 21. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)