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Leylani Valencia, 8, center, a patient in Lurie Children’s Single Ventricle Center of Excellence, performs in the Fontan Choir at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music in Evanston on Dec. 4, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Photos: Heart condition choir

December 20, 2024 at 11:12 a.m.

Riders from Club Los Vaqueros Unidos begin the horseback pilgrimage at Dam No. 1 Woods (East) Forest Preserve in Wheeling on Dec. 7, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Photos: Horseback pilgrimage to Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines

December 8, 2024 at 1:07 p.m.

A horseback pilgrimage — which had 800 riders, according to the archdiocese — was the “unofficial start” of activities at the Des Plaines shrine for the feast of Our Lady...

Ice formed by Lake Michigan water covers breakwater boulders along the Lakefront Trail south of West Fullerton Avenue on Nov. 30, 2024. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Photos: Chicago sees coldest weather since January

December 1, 2024 at 4:23 p.m.

Bitterly cold weather is set to continue into early next week, as the Chicago area has not seen such chilly weather since mid-January. The daily highs in the coming week...

Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) yells to the sideline that his helmet communication system is not working in the final drive against the Lions on Nov. 28, 2024, at Ford Field in Detroit. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Week 13 photos: Detroit Lions 23, Chicago Bears 20 in Detroit on Thanksgiving

November 28, 2024 at 11:23 p.m.

Photos from the Chicago Bears' Week 13 game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on Nov. 28, 2024

Ben Shabad is crowned winner in a Jeremy Allen White lookalike competition at Humboldt Park in Chicago on Nov. 16, 2024. Shabad won $50 and a pack of cigarettes. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Photos: Meet the winner of the Jeremy Allen White lookalike competition in Chicago

November 16, 2024 at 4:16 p.m.

Photos from the Jeremy Allen White lookalike competition in Humboldt Park on Nov. 16, 2024.

Dominick Brown, Cyrie Topete, and Aaron Choate perform “Sweet Gwen Suite” in Hubbard Street Dance Company’s fall series dress rehearsal at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago on Nov. 15, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Photos: Hubbard Street Dance Company’s Fall series includes Fosse-Verdon gem

November 16, 2024 at 11:30 a.m.

The Hubbard Street Dance Company fall series includes “Sweet Gwen Suite,” by Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon.

Bulls forward Patrick Williams hangs his head from the bench as the Timberwolves took the lead during the fourth quarter on Nov. 7, 2024, at the United Center. The Bulls lost 135-119. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Photos: Minnesota Timberwolves 135, Chicago Bulls 119

November 8, 2024 at 5:09 p.m.

Photos from the Chicago Bulls' 135-119 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Nov. 7, 2024, at the United Center.

Fireworks burst as Chicago’s Christmas tree is lit during a ceremony in Millennium Park on Nov. 22, 2024, near Michigan Avenue and Washington Street. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Photos: Chicago’s 2024 Christmas tree lights up in Millennium Park

November 22, 2024 at 8:31 p.m.

Chicago's official 2024 Christmas tree is lit in a ceremony in Millennium Park. The 53-foot Colorado blue spruce was planted 50 years ago by former Logan Square homeowner Jim Mulligan....

Oliver Fansler, from right, 1, dressed as Mike Wazowski, Theo Kowalczyk, 3, dressed as Mayor Humdinger, and Theo Fansler, 3, dressed as Sulley, trick or treat on Halloween in the Roscoe Village neighborhood of Chicago on Oct. 31, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Photos: Trick-or-treaters go for the candy

November 1, 2024 at 7:57 a.m.

Children all over Chicago put on their best costume and go trick-or-treating in their neighborhood on Oct. 31, 2024.

John Willis, 12, left, looks in awe at a blewit mushroom that Gino Albert found with the Illinois Mycological Association at the St. Mihiel Woods-East nature preserve in Tinley Park on Oct. 26, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Photos: Mushroom club searches for understudied topic that thrives in the creepiest places

October 31, 2024 at 4:42 p.m.

Mycology is the study of fungi — hence the Illinois Mycology Association. During mushroom season in Illinois, mid-April to early November, the Illinois Mycological Association members conduct surveys around Chicagoland...

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