Maxwell Evans

New Orleans-based artist Jean-Marcel St. Jacques drew on centuries of Black spiritual and sustainable practices to create the artwork, which will be displayed at a Woodlawn museum honoring the teen and his mother.

New Orleans-based artist Jean-Marcel St. Jacques drew on centuries of Black spiritual and sustainable practices to create the artwork, which will be displayed at a Woodlawn museum honoring the teen and his mother.

Elon Musk and prominent right-wing social media accounts widely circulated claims that dozens of migrants with guns and motorcycles "took over" a South Side apartment. The claim was bogus, said police, neighbors and the area's alderperson.

Young, local photographers will give impermanent street art a longer life by documenting the Southeast Side event. The photos, made on disposable cameras, will be displayed in an exhibition next month.

Lynn’s wants to be in the conversation about Chicago’s best pizza, its owners said. They're working to "create Black community networks" in Woodlawn and beyond to keep money circulating locally.

Sunshine Gospel Ministries is planning a three-story community center on vacant, formerly residential land next to Washington Park.

Members of the Kenwood gym can transfer for free to another Planet Fitness until November, company officials said. Other South Side locations are in Chatham, Pullman, Hegewisch and Back of the Yards.

This weekend's Birds, Bikes and Beats festival brings neighbors together to celebrate cycling, the South Side's natural beauty and the 40th anniversary of house music, organizers said.

Ordinance sponsor Ald. Desmon Yancy is firmly opposed to removing protections for low-income renters, he said. A meeting on the issue — public, but exclusive to neighborhood residents — is Saturday.

The record store-turned-outpost for music education and events will preview its newly renovated space with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday.