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Analia rodriguez, is the new Leadership Investment Program Officer at the Field Foundation.

Meet analía rodríguez, Field Foundation’s new leadership investment program officer.

November 5, 2021 at 1:23 p.m.

Analía rodríguez says their story is a regular immigrant one. Their father came to the United States to work sending money to the family in Mexico until they were 18....

A poster showing common architecture in the South Shore area outside Ald. Leslie Hairston's office on East 71st Street on Oct. 27, 2021.

South Shore data project reimagines neighborhood from residents’ perspective. Eva Maria Lewis hopes it serves as a tool for action: ‘It’s everyone’s cape to wear.’

October 29, 2021 at 12:14 p.m.

If you could reimagine the world in which you lived, what would you put in the formula? Activist Eva Maria Lewis, 22, posed that question to residents of her neighborhood...

A "Ghosts on the Bloomingdale Trail" stop in Chicago on Oct. 28, 2021.

Take a walk on the Bloomingdale Trail this Halloween and Day of the Dead to hear some ghost stories from Chicago residents who lived them

October 29, 2021 at 10:17 a.m.

If one adds up the footprints in Chicago's buildings throughout the city's history — the construction and destruction of structures — one can't help but reveal ghosts, ghosts that haunt...

Almost half of Chicago’s small performing arts organizations have yet to return to in-person performances, according to Donnelley Foundation survey

October 27, 2021 at 2:29 p.m.

Since Illinois has reopened from the pandemic lockdown in 2020, normalcy is one thing that remains elusive. Case in point: a new survey by the Chicago-based Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley...

The property at 7054 S. Jeffery Blvd. in Chicago on Oct. 14, 2021. There are plans to demolish the building and build a dine-In movie theater, bowling alley and Creole restaurant on the site.

Chicago Community Trust accelerator awards $7.4M in grants to South, West side initiatives

October 25, 2021 at 2:38 p.m.

Survival has been a focus for businesses during the pandemic, but an initiative of the Chicago Community Trust is hoping to shift the conversation from survive to thrive. The endeavor,...

The casket of Timuel Black rests in the hearse outside First Unitarian Church of Chicago.

Civil rights leader Timuel Black laid to rest in small but robust service attended by community, local leaders

October 22, 2021 at 4:55 p.m.

"The world was Timuel Black's classroom and we have lived enough to be some of his many students," the Rev. Michael Pfleger said of the late South Side griot Timuel...

A model of the building including the lower level parking entrance and dog park at the Tribune Tower Residences.

Tribune Tower Residences are complete, with amenities ranging from an indoor golf simulator to herb garden

October 14, 2021 at 11:56 a.m.

Stepping inside the historic Tribune Tower at 435 N. Michigan Ave., one is faced with a lot less construction, and a lot more polish. The CIM Group and Golub &...

The Evil Intentions Haunted House in Elgin in 2018.

Statesville Haunted Prison goes out with a scream — plus Top 10 other haunted houses around Chicago for 2021

October 22, 2021 at 8:42 a.m.

Haunted houses are now open around the Chicago area. The biggest news this scare season is that 2021 will be the final year for Statesville Haunted Prison out near Joliet...

Civil rights activist and historian Timuel Black at home in Chicago on March 25, 2013.

Civil rights legend Timuel Black lived 102 years. The Chicago community says he made good use of his time. He ‘witnessed history, made history and wrote the history book.’

October 13, 2021 at 7:43 p.m.

Of the stories that Timuel Dixon Black Jr. told or relayed to generations that have come through the South Side of Chicago, his wife Zenobia Johnson-Black said he would often...

La estudiante de primer año de la Universidad de Chicago, Lydia Palmer, al centro, usa un martillo mientras participa con otros estudiantes de primer año en un proyecto comunitario para armar mesas de picnic para el South Side YMCA en Chicago el viernes 24 de septiembre de 2021.

Líderes comunitarios y universitarios primerizos se unen para fomentar el compromiso cívico

October 11, 2021 at 11:47 a.m.

Alrededor de 2,200 estudiantes de primer año llegaron al campus de la University of Chicago la semana pasada para mudarse a sus dormitorios y aprender más sobre lo que su...

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