Chicago Gospel Music Festival 2023: PHOTO GALLERY The annual festival kicked off Saturday in Millennium Park. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 3, 2023
VIEW: Taylor Swift and her Swifties take over Chicago See what it’s like in Chicago when Taylor Swift fans descend upon the city over a three-day, Tay-Tay-filled weekend. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 2, 2023
Picture Chicago: 16 must-see photos from the week in news Falcons in the Loop, kayakers enjoying the river, highlights from Sueños Music Festival and more in our best photos from the last week. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 2, 2023
Swifties, Chicago prepare for Taylor Swift’s Soldier Field dates Taylor Swift performs three sold-out shows at Soldier Field this weekend. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. for the 6:30 p.m. performances on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 1, 2023
New U.S. citizens sworn in at first naturalization ceremony at White Sox park Two dozen people, ages 18 to 80, from 17 countries, were sworn in before the early afternoon game between the White Sox and Los Angeles Angels. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 1, 2023
All the right moves: ‘West Side Story’ choreography stands the test of time Choreographer Joshua Bergasse is re-staging the Tony Award-winning musical’s demanding footwork in a Lyric Opera production. Chicago Sun-Times · May 30, 2023
Mom creates garden where son was shot, hoping people will remember him, maybe help solve his killing “We just want justice for him, and we just want his name to be remembered,” said Nicole D’Vignon, the mother of Nicolaus Cooper, gunned down in March in Chicago Heights. Chicago Sun-Times · May 28, 2023
Sueños Music Festival 2023 — Day 1 PHOTO GALLERY Thousands of fans descended on Chicago’s Grant Park for a two-day festival celebrating reggaeton and other Latin music courtesy of Feid, Arcangel and Wisin & Yandel and more. Chicago Sun-Times · May 27, 2023
Sueños Music Festival Day 1: Feid, Arcángel, Ivy Queen, Chencho Corleone deliver powerhouse sets Sueños Music Festival has returned to Chicago for a Memorial Day weekend extravaganza in Grant Park. Chicago Sun-Times · May 27, 2023
Park district partnership seeks to bring more sports programing to visually impaired athletes At a soccer clinic on Friday in Hyde Park, visually impaired athletes used blindfolds to keep players on equal footing as they learned to use adaptive equipment. Chicago Sun-Times · May 26, 2023
Picture Chicago: 11 can’t miss Sun-Times’ photos Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over his first City Council meeting, efforts begin to restore and preserve the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse, and adorable foxes call Millennium Park home. Chicago Sun-Times · May 26, 2023
With sometimes self-deprecating humor, Johnson presides over first City Council meeting The new mayor more than made it through his first Council meeting with grace, style and plenty of jokes. Chicago Sun-Times · May 24, 2023
Mother of slain Chicago Police Officer Aréanah Preston wants community center built to remember daughter, support city’s youths “Aréanah was a community person,” Dionne Mhoon told the Sun-Times. “So what better way to celebrate her and remember her name than by doing something for the community?” Chicago Sun-Times · May 24, 2023
A closed Chicago public school turned private, and it’s now draining taxpayer dollars Is it good public policy to underfund CPS, which serves students who need special services, while sending dollars to private schools that do not accommodate them? Chicago Sun-Times · May 21, 2023
Chicago Sun-Times · May 21, 2023 From inside Cook County Jail, chess spreads across the globe Chicago hosted an international conference on teaching chess to detainees in jails and prisons. Officials from the International Chess Federation and corrections agencies from around the world are exploring how chess can be used to help rehabilitate incarcerated people.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 20, 2023 New Little Village sculpture celebrates arriving immigrants: ‘We underestimate how courageous people are’ The work by Chicago-based artist Salvador Jiménez-Flores was made after Flores won the Chicago Sculpture Exhibit’s Richard Hunt Award. It’s one of 42 the exhibit is installing this month.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 19, 2023 Food truck festival returns to Daley Plaza to serve up fresh favorites The event — which runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Fridays through Oct. 6 — is in its eighth year.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 19, 2023 Picture Chicago: 18 of the best Sun-Times photos this week A mournful city said goodbye to Chicago Police Officer Aréanah Preston, Mayor Brandon Johnson was sworn in, and hundreds gathered in Evanston to celebrate Asian, South Asian and Pacific Islander art and culture.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 17, 2023 Slain Officer Aréanah Preston’s mother voices hope at funeral: ‘In this tragic situation, my family and I feel triumph’ “Death is only a tragic thing if you have not lived. My baby lived,” Preston’s mother, Dionne Mhoon, told the crowd at Trinity United Church of Christ on Wednesday.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 15, 2023 His kidney saved Gail Fink’s life 18 years ago and his wife delivered her twins. Now they pray she can find another kidney. After Texas pastor Juan Uribe donated a kidney to Gail Fink of Northbrook, his wife served as a surrogate for her twin boys. Now Fink needs to find another donor so she can watch her 15-year-old boys continue to thrive.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 14, 2023 Mother’s Day BBQ provides food, clothing and reminder to unhoused moms that ‘you are not alone’ “My message to single moms is that you can find a way out, find your gift and you can do anything,” said LaSonya Alexander, founder of Moms Can Do It 2.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 12, 2023 Chicago Symphony Orchestra librarians know the score Every printed note of every work performed by the orchestra is meticulously organized, catalogued, filed and eventually set on stage by a three-person team at Symphony Center.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 12, 2023 Picture Chicago: 14 must-see photos from the week in news Dozens gathered for a vigil for Chicago Police Officer Aréanah Preston; former President Barack Obama stopped by Lilydale First Baptist Church in Roseland; and Mayor Lori Lightfoot declared a state of emergency as immigrants arrived in Chicago with no space for housing.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 12, 2023 Chicagoans try to help newly arrived migrants as ‘welcoming city of immigrants’ faces a space crunch for asylum-seekers Erika Villegas, who lives in Garfield Ridge, is among Chicagoans who have taken it upon themselves to visit police stations to help newly arrived immigrants. They want “the city to step up” more.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 11, 2023 Activists call for public health funding, community programs in new ordinance Lonette Sims, chair of People’s Response Network, announced Thursday that the group had drafted an ordinance calling for greater funding for community-based public health programs.