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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="666" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Maxwell-Street-Market.png?fit=1024%2C666&quality=80&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Maxwell-Street-Market.png?w=2000&quality=80&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Maxwell-Street-Market.png?resize=300%2C195&quality=80&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Maxwell-Street-Market.png?resize=1024%2C666&quality=80&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Maxwell-Street-Market.png?resize=768%2C499&quality=80&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Maxwell-Street-Market.png?resize=1536%2C998&quality=80&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Maxwell-Street-Market.png?resize=1200%2C780&quality=80&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Maxwell-Street-Market.png?resize=1568%2C1019&quality=80&ssl=1 1568w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Maxwell-Street-Market.png?resize=400%2C260&quality=80&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Maxwell-Street-Market.png?resize=706%2C459&quality=80&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Maxwell-Street-Market.png?fit=1024%2C666&quality=80&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure><p>CHICAGO — Popular Chicago farmers markets — including Maxwell Street Market and the city-sponsored farmers markets — are returning to neighborhoods citywide this month.</p><p>The markets kick off this spring and summer and run through October, bringing fresh produce, local artisans, street food and multicultural programs to Chicago streets. Some neighborhood farmers markets — like the <a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/02/lincoln-square-farmers-market-returns-in-may-2/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-wpel-link="internal">Lincoln Square</a> and <a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/10/wicker-park-farmers-market-returns-may-4/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-wpel-link="internal">Wicker Park</a> markets — kicked off earlier this month.</p><p>Chicago’s longest-running farmers market, the Daley Plaza Farmers Market, returns May 22 to 50 W. Washington St. in the Loop. It’ll take place 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursdays through Oct. 23, with more than 40 vendors offering fresh and locally sourced goods. There will not be a market June 19.</p><p>New vendors at Daley Plaza this year include Vangie’s Farm, Onigiri Kororin, DMApothecary and Taste of India.</p><p>The Daley Plaza Farmers Market will also host a seed swap and seedling sale 11 a.m.-2 p.m. May 29, a new addition to the market. Gardeners of all levels will be able to bring seeds to share and browse locally grown seedlings.</p><p><strong>Other city-sponsored farmers markets include:</strong></p><ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Division Street Farmers Market, 30 W. Division St. (7 a.m.-noon Saturdays from May 17-Oct. 25)</li>
<li>Austin Town Hall Farmers Market, 5610 W. Lake St. (1-6 p.m. Thursdays from June 12-Oct. 30)</li>
<li>Pullman Farmers Market, 11100 S. Cottage Grove Ave. (7 a.m.-noon Wednesdays from July 9-Oct. 29)</li>
<li>Bronzeville Farmers Market, 4700 S. King Drive (10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sundays from July 13-Oct. 19)</li></ul><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="520" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/04/Farmers-Market-Entrance-2024-1024x683.jpg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-859030" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/04/Farmers-Market-Entrance-2024.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/04/Farmers-Market-Entrance-2024.jpg?resize=300%2C200&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/04/Farmers-Market-Entrance-2024.jpg?resize=768%2C512&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/04/Farmers-Market-Entrance-2024.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/04/Farmers-Market-Entrance-2024.jpg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/04/Farmers-Market-Entrance-2024.jpg?resize=400%2C267&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/04/Farmers-Market-Entrance-2024.jpg?resize=706%2C471&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/04/Farmers-Market-Entrance-2024.jpg?w=1350&quality=89&ssl=1 1350w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/04/Farmers-Market-Entrance-2024-1024x683.jpg?w=370&quality=89&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The Lincoln Square Farmers Market entrance in 2024. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Lincoln Square Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce</span></figcaption></figure><p>Maxwell Street — the city’s longest-running open-air market and a Chicago tradition for more than a century — also returns this month with six themed pop-up markets through October. It’ll take place 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on select Sundays through the spring, summer and fall along Maxwell Street between South Halsted Street and South Union Avenue.</p><p>Each Maxwell Street market will have vendors selling vintage and rare goods, handmade crafts, resale housewares, clothing and food. There will also be live entertainment, family-friendly activities, Somos Arte Chicago activations and walking tours led by the Maxwell Street Foundation.</p><p>Vendor applications for this year’s Maxwell Street Market are now open. Learn more and apply <a href="https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/maxwell_street_market.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><p>Maxwell Street Market kicks off with a “Spring Garage Sale” May 18. There’ll be live entertainment by DJ James Porter, the Ivy Ford Trio, the Vino Louden Duo and Mike Wheeler and Larry Williams.</p><p><strong>The rest of this season’s Maxwell Street Market schedule:</strong></p><ul class="wp-block-list"><li>June 8: “Celebrating Chicago Blues” with performances by Omar Coleman Westside Soul, Harmonica Hinds and more;</li>
<li>July 13: “SummerDance at Maxwell Street” with dance lessons;</li>
<li>Aug. 10: “Dog Days of Summer,” a pet-friendly market day with pet vendors and summer activities;</li>
<li>Sept. 14: “Kids’ Edition” market with kid vendors and child-focused entertainment;</li>
<li>Oct. 5: “Happy Birthday, Maxwell Street” market with a special appearance and reading by Avery Cunningham, the author of “The Mayor of Maxwell Street.”</li></ul><p>“Maxwell Street and the Farmers Markets are more than just places to shop — they’re cultural hubs and living pieces of Chicago’s heritage,” said DCASE Commissioner Clinée Hedspeth in a press release Thursday. “This season’s events each spotlight a unique part of our city’s vibrant spirit, from the legacy of Chicago Blues to family fun, dancing, and literary delights.” </p><p>Learn more about Chicago’s farmers markets and find the full spring, summer and fall schedule <a href="https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/farmers_market.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-background-color has-background is-style-wide"/><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><div class="wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cad6afd wp-block-group-is-layout-flex"><p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>Support Local News!</strong></p>
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<description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="656" height="480" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-08-at-2.17.23%E2%80%AFPM.png?fit=656%2C480&quality=80&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Pope Leo XIV, the Chicago-born first American pope, appears before the masses at the Vatican." decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost in Chicago, began his first remarks as pope with "Peace be with you!"]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="656" height="480" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-08-at-2.17.23%E2%80%AFPM.png?fit=656%2C480&quality=80&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Pope Leo XIV, the Chicago-born first American pope, appears before the masses at the Vatican." decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure><p>CHICAGO — Pope Leo XIV, the freshly-elected Chicago-born pope, delivered his first speech as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church from the Vatican Thursday.</p><p>Although he is the first American pope, he delivered his remarks in Italian, with a bit of Spanish.</p><p>Here is the <a href="https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-05/pope-leo-xvi-peace-be-with-you-first-words.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Vatican’s English translation</a> of his speech:</p><p>Peace be with you! Dearest brothers and sisters, this was the first greeting of the risen Christ, the good shepherd who gave His life for the flock of God. I, too, would like this greeting of peace to enter your hearts, to reach your families and all people, wherever they are; and all the peoples, and all the earth: Peace be with you.</p><p>This is the peace of the Risen Christ, a disarming and humble and preserving peace. It comes from God. God, who loves all of us, without any limits or conditions. Let us keep in our ears the weak but always brave voice of Pope Francis, who blessed Rome – the Pope who blessed Rome and the world that day on the morning of Easter.</p><p>Allow me to continue that same blessing. God loves us, all of us, evil will not prevail. We are all in the hands of God. Without fear, united, hand in hand with God and among ourselves, we will go forward. We are disciples of Christ, Christ goes before us, and the world needs His light. Humanity needs Him like a bridge to reach God and His love. You help us to build bridges with dialogue and encounter so we can all be one people always in peace.</p><p>Thank you Pope Francis!</p><p>Thank you to my Cardinal brothers who chose me to be the Successor of Peter and to walk together with you as a united Church searching all together for peace and justice, working together as women and men, faithful to Jesus Christ without fear, proclaiming Christ, to be missionaries, faithful to the gospel.</p><p>I am a son of Saint Augustine, an Augustinian. He said, “With you I am a Christian, for you a bishop.” So may we all walk together towards that homeland that God has prepared for us.</p><p>To the Church of Rome, a special greeting:</p><p>We have to look together how to be a missionary Church, building bridges, dialogue, always open to receiving with open arms for everyone, like this square, open to all, to all who need our charity, our presence, dialogue, love.</p><p><strong><em>[In Spanish]:</em></strong></p><p>Hello to all and especially to those of my diocese of Chiclayo in Peru, a loyal, faithful people accompanying the bishop and helping the bishop.</p><p><strong><em>[Returning to Italian]:</em></strong></p><p>To all you brothers and sisters of Rome, Italy, of all the world, we want to be a synodal church, walking and always seeking peace, charity, closeness, especially to those who are suffering.</p><p>Today is the day of the Supplicatio [Plea] to Our Lady of Pompei.</p><p>Our blessed mother Mary always wants to walk with us, be close to us, she always wants to help us with her intercession and her love. So let us pray together for this mission, and for all of the Church, and for peace in the world.</p><p>We ask for this special grace from Mary, our Mother.</p><p>Hail Mary.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-background-color has-background is-style-wide"/><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><div class="wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cad6afd wp-block-group-is-layout-flex"><p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>Support Local News!</strong></p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="666" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-13.png?fit=1024%2C666&quality=80&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-13.png?w=2000&quality=80&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-13.png?resize=300%2C195&quality=80&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-13.png?resize=1024%2C666&quality=80&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-13.png?resize=768%2C499&quality=80&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-13.png?resize=1536%2C998&quality=80&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-13.png?resize=1200%2C780&quality=80&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-13.png?resize=780%2C507&quality=80&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-13.png?resize=400%2C260&quality=80&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-13.png?resize=706%2C459&quality=80&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-13.png?fit=1024%2C666&quality=80&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure><p><em>Editor’s Note: This story has been updated after the new pope’s older brother denied reports he is a Cubs fan.</em></p><p>CHICAGO — The Cubs looked for awhile like that they had a pope in their corner. But not so fast. Pope Leo XIV is actually a White Sox fan, his older brother said.</p><p>Born at Mercy Hospital and raised in south suburban Dolton, the earlier reports that Pope Leo XIV was a North Side fan was a surprise that was hailed by the Cubs’ Marquee Sports Network, citing ABC News.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
<div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native, is a Cubs fan 😄 <a href="https://t.co/35YOrJxQsk" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">pic.twitter.com/35YOrJxQsk</a></p>— Marquee Sports Network (@WatchMarquee) <a href="https://twitter.com/WatchMarquee/status/1920538400785903996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">May 8, 2025</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>
</div></figure><p>The Cubs official chaplain, the Rev. Burke Masters of St. Isaac Jogues Parish in suburban Hinsdale, was excited to hear the early Cubs news.</p><p>“I want to invite Pope Leo to come celebrate Mass at Wrigley Field,” Masters told ABC7.</p><p>The Cubs posted the good news on the stadium’s iconic marquee with the message, “Hey Chicago. He’s a Cubs fan!”</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
<div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to Pope Leo XIV! <a href="https://t.co/s02yDDegQd" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">pic.twitter.com/s02yDDegQd</a></p>— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/1920573012333490433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">May 8, 2025</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>
</div></figure><p>But later in the day, an ABC7 reporter caught up with one of the pope’s older brothers, John Prevost, and asked him to confirm the report.</p><p>He said it wasn’t true. </p><p>“He’s a Sox fan,” John Prevost told ABC7.</p><div class="wp-block-group alignright is-style-default" style="padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c6b4b7cd wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><h2 class="wp-block-heading sidebar" id="h-listen" style="font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase">Listen 🎧</h2>
</div></div><p>The confusion may have stemmed from the fact that their mother, the late Mildred Prevost, was from the North Side, John Prevost said. Their late father, Louis, was a St. Louis Cardinals fan. But Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, chose the Sox.</p><p>“Standing on his own two feet,” John Prevost said.</p><p>The Prevost family lived in south suburban Dolton and attended church on the Far Southeast Side. John Prevost was principal at St. Gabriel School in Canaryville, which is firmly in White Sox territory. </p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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</div></figure><p>A spokesperson for the White Sox said team merch is making its way to the Vatican. </p><p>“Family always knows best, and it sounds like Pope Leo XIV’s lifelong fandom falls a little closer to 35th and Shields,” the spokesperson said. “Some things are bigger than baseball, but in this case, we’re glad to have a White Sox fan represented at the Vatican. A pinstripes White Sox jersey with his name on it and a hat are already on the way to Rome, and of course, the Pontiff always is welcome at his ballpark.”</p><p><strong>Related:</strong></p><p><a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/08/pope-leo-xiv-named-first-american-pope-and-hes-from-chicago/" data-wpel-link="internal"><strong>Pope Leo XIV Named First American Pope — And He’s From Chicago</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/08/da-pope-chicago-loses-its-mind-over-homegrown-pontiff/" data-wpel-link="internal"><strong>Da Pope: Chicago Loses Its Mind Over Homegrown Pontiff</strong></a></p><p><em>Mack Liederman contributed reporting.</em></p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-background-color has-background is-style-wide"/><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><div class="wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cad6afd wp-block-group-is-layout-flex"><p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>Support Local News!</strong></p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 18:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="666" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-11.png?fit=1024%2C666&quality=80&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-11.png?w=2000&quality=80&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-11.png?resize=300%2C195&quality=80&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-11.png?resize=1024%2C666&quality=80&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-11.png?resize=768%2C499&quality=80&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-11.png?resize=1536%2C998&quality=80&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-11.png?resize=1200%2C780&quality=80&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-11.png?resize=780%2C507&quality=80&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-11.png?resize=400%2C260&quality=80&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-11.png?resize=706%2C459&quality=80&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Blank-2000-x-1300-11.png?fit=1024%2C666&quality=80&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure><p>CHICAGO — Moments after <a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/08/pope-leo-xiv-named-first-american-pope-and-hes-from-chicago/" data-wpel-link="internal">news broke that the new pope was from Chicago</a>, the internet did what it did best — and Chicagoans went nuts. </p><p>Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was named pope on Thursday, succeeding Pope Francis, who <a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/21/chicagoans-mourn-pope-francis-the-peoples-pope/" data-wpel-link="internal">died last month</a>.</p><p>Born at Mercy Hospital in Bronzeville, Prevost grew up in suburban Dolton but attended church at St. Mary of the Assumption on the Far Southeast Side, <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/religion/2025/05/03/robert-prevost-pope-francis-conclave-catholic-church-dolton-saint-mary-assumption-parish" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">according to the Sun-Times.</a></p><p>Prevost attended the Catholic Theology Union in Hyde Park from 1978 to 1982, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cardinal-robert-prevost-chicago-first-american-pope/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">according to CBS Chicago</a>. During that time, he taught in local Catholic schools, including serving as a substitute teacher at St. Rita High School on the South Side, the Sun-Times reported.</p><p>“Anyways Chicagoans are gonna be very normal about this, I’m sure,” Chicagoan Soren Spicknall posted sarcastically on Blue Sky. </p><p>Here are some of our favorite reactions. <a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/08/pope-leo-xiv-named-first-american-pope-and-hes-from-chicago/" data-wpel-link="internal">To read about the new pope and his connection to Chicago, click here. </a></p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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<div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chicago produced a Pope before a QB who throws for 4000 yards.</p>— Annie Agar (@AnnieAgar) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnieAgar/status/1920530001755025771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">May 8, 2025</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>
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<div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">chicago pope!!!! NO KETCHUP ON THE EUCHARIST</p>— walter (@culturecanceler) <a href="https://twitter.com/culturecanceler/status/1920528254844211519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">May 8, 2025</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>
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<div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Welp, the Pope is from Chicago. Communion is about to get a whole lot better. <a href="https://t.co/L3R5345yAF" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">pic.twitter.com/L3R5345yAF</a></p>— Derek Morgan (@mtcderek) <a href="https://twitter.com/mtcderek/status/1920544668976095596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">May 8, 2025</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>
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<div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A New Pope from Chicago, you say? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NewPope?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">#NewPope</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VaticanVibes?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">#VaticanVibes</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PopeMeme?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">#PopeMeme</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HolySarcasm?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">#HolySarcasm</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/dabears?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">#dabears</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChicagoPope?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">#ChicagoPope</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/chicago?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">#chicago</a> <a href="https://t.co/ihZLpVQJaG" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">pic.twitter.com/ihZLpVQJaG</a></p>— Bo Wright (@Bo_Wright) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bo_Wright/status/1920591124776755520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">May 8, 2025</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>
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<div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Anyone wanna join me for a toast to our new Chicago pope? <a href="https://t.co/uxnu2rn3HA" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">pic.twitter.com/uxnu2rn3HA</a></p>— Emily Zanotti 🦝 (@emzanotti) <a href="https://twitter.com/emzanotti/status/1920534079562195065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">May 8, 2025</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>
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<div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Everything dope, including the Pope, comes from Chicago! Congratulations to the first American Pope Leo XIV! We hope to welcome you back home soon. <a href="https://t.co/CBnXVjNhbJ" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">https://t.co/CBnXVjNhbJ</a></p>— Mayor Brandon Johnson (@ChicagosMayor) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChicagosMayor/status/1920533436248305771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">May 8, 2025</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>
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<div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“They tell me he’s a Cubs fan,” Dick Durbin told me of Pope Leo XIV <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gocubsgo?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">#gocubsgo</a></p>— Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href="https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1920540064825622636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">May 8, 2025</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>
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<div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“ God bless everyone in the world, except Green Bay.” <a href="https://t.co/4sdYLtfdfj" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">pic.twitter.com/4sdYLtfdfj</a></p>— Ross Read (@RossRead) <a href="https://twitter.com/RossRead/status/1920530181996925343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">May 8, 2025</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>
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<div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">New Pope serving the body of Christ at mass <a href="https://t.co/retLuaWp0o" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">pic.twitter.com/retLuaWp0o</a></p>— Asscela Express 🚅 (@biz_socks) <a href="https://twitter.com/biz_socks/status/1920530168466002111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">May 8, 2025</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>
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<div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Translation: <br>He has eaten our dogs<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/chicagopope?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">#chicagopope</a> <a href="https://t.co/AXnRL4FzaV" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">pic.twitter.com/AXnRL4FzaV</a></p>— The Wieners Circle (@TheWienerCircle) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheWienerCircle/status/1920585770659668042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">May 8, 2025</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>
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<div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The new pope is a <a href="https://twitter.com/Cubs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">@Cubs</a> fan which means he ironically hates the Cardinals</p>— Caitlin Hendricks (@caitlinhendrix) <a href="https://twitter.com/caitlinhendrix/status/1920536158691377584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">May 8, 2025</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>
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<title>Pope Leo XIV Named First American Pope — And He’s From Chicago</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 17:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="665" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-08-at-12.32.52%E2%80%AFPM.png?fit=1024%2C665&quality=80&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost, Is America's First Pope — And A Chicago Native" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Bronzeville and raised in the south suburbs, will be known as Pope Leo XIV.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="665" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-08-at-12.32.52%E2%80%AFPM.png?fit=1024%2C665&quality=80&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost, Is America's First Pope — And A Chicago Native" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure><p>CHICAGO — There’s a new pope, and he’s a Chicago native. </p><p>Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost will be known as Pope Leo XIV. He was selected Thursday at the Vatican on the second day of Conclave, a process by which cardinals choose the pope. He succeeds Pope Francis, who <a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/21/chicagoans-mourn-pope-francis-the-peoples-pope/" data-wpel-link="internal">died last month</a>.</p><p>Born Sept. 14, 1955, at Mercy Hospital in Bronzeville, Prevost grew up in suburban Dolton and attended church at St. Mary of the Assumption on the Far Southeast Side, <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/religion/2025/05/03/robert-prevost-pope-francis-conclave-catholic-church-dolton-saint-mary-assumption-parish" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">according to the Sun-Times.</a></p><p>“He’s an extraordinary person with a very keen intellect, a heart as big as the whole world, especially for the people who most are on the margins,” Sr. Barbara Reid, president of the Catholic Theological Union, where Prevost studied, said at a Thursday news conference.</p><p>Prevost’s role as Pope Leo XIV will allow him to continue to preach unity as his predecessor did, but he will put his own spin on the role due, in part, to his background in Chicago and its diverse religious population, the official said.</p><p>“There are communities of faith from all different walks here in Chicago. And there have been tremendous leaders of all stripes that have come from this city,” Reid said.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="507" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/prevostbig-1024x666.png?resize=780%2C507&quality=80&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-874650" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/prevostbig.png?resize=1024%2C666&quality=80&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/prevostbig.png?resize=300%2C195&quality=80&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/prevostbig.png?resize=768%2C499&quality=80&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/prevostbig.png?resize=1536%2C998&quality=80&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/prevostbig.png?resize=1200%2C780&quality=80&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/prevostbig.png?resize=780%2C507&quality=80&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/prevostbig.png?resize=400%2C260&quality=80&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/prevostbig.png?resize=706%2C459&quality=80&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/prevostbig.png?w=2000&quality=80&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/prevostbig-1024x666.png?w=370&quality=80&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, will serve as Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Wikimedia Commons</span></figcaption></figure><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-educated-in-hyde-park">Educated In Hyde Park</h2><p>Prevost attended the Catholic Theological Union in Hyde Park from 1978 to 1982. During that time, he taught in local Catholic schools, including serving as a substitute teacher at St. Rita High School in Chatham, the Sun-Times reported. </p><p>He also presided over communion ceremonies at St. Gabriel Parish in Canaryville, where his brother was the principal of the elementary school.</p><p>Prevost was simply known as “Bob” at the Chicago Theological Union, and his appointment as the pope came as a surprise, Reid said.</p><p>“We didn’t think it was possible that the cardinal electors would consider an American colleague as the next” pope, she said.</p><p>While at the Theological Union, Prevost entered the Order of St. Augustine. He served in an Augustinian mission in Peru, heading a seminary in Trujillo.</p><p><strong><em>RELATED: <a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/08/da-pope-chicago-loses-its-mind-over-homegrown-pontiff/" data-wpel-link="internal">Da Pope: Chicago Loses Its Mind Over Homegrown Pontiff</a></em></strong></p><p>Father John Lydon — who lived with Prevost for 10 years while they both served in an Augustinian seminary in Trujillo, Peru — remembers him as an outgoing, thoughtful priest with a sharp mind, deep compassion for the poor and a strong singing voice.</p><p>“He’s actually a very good singer,” Lydon said. “Deacons proclaim the Gospel at papal ceremonies, and they choose ones who can sing. When he was in Rome, he was selected.”</p><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="768" height="1024" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3104-768x1024.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-874701" style="width:365px;height:auto" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3104-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3104-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&quality=89&ssl=1 225w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3104-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&quality=89&ssl=1 1152w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3104-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3104-scaled.jpeg?resize=900%2C1200&quality=89&ssl=1 900w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3104-scaled.jpeg?resize=600%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3104-scaled.jpeg?resize=450%2C600&quality=89&ssl=1 450w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3104-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C400&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3104-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C200&quality=89&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3104-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C1600&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3104-scaled.jpeg?resize=2000%2C2667&quality=89&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3104-scaled.jpeg?resize=780%2C1040&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3104-scaled.jpeg?resize=400%2C533&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3104-scaled.jpeg?resize=706%2C941&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3104-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&quality=89&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3104-768x1024.jpeg?w=370&quality=89&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost, with Sr. Barbara Reid, O.P., president of the Catholic Theological Union. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Provided</span></figcaption></figure></div><p>Prevost is also the kind of person you’d feel comfortable grabbing a beer with, a warmth that feels rooted in his Chicago upbringing, Lydon said.</p><p>“His personality is very outgoing,” Lydon said. “When we were in Peru, we didn’t celebrate birthdays in a big way, but we always had to block out a week for his birthday celebration because every part of the parish wanted to have a birthday party for him. Which just is a sign of how close they felt to him as a priest.”</p><p>Brothers Frank Connor and Nathan Fernandes, students at Catholic Theological Union, were ecstatic when they heard the news of one of their own becoming the next Pope.</p><p>“I was in total disbelief,” Connor said. “We were going insane in the house. It still is pretty surreal.”</p><p>Prevost lived in the same house that Connor and Fernandes now share across the street from Catholic Theological Union. Both students were surprised that Prevost was chosen as the first American Pope in the church’s history.</p><p>“We knew it was a possibility, but we thought it was a long shot since they don’t usually choose Americans,” Connor said.</p><p>For members of the Augustinian order, the elevation of Pope Leo XIV isn’t just a historic moment for the Church — it feels personal, especially with his ties to Chicago.</p><p>“I’m from New Jersey, not Chicago, but I can only imagine the excitement here,” Connor said. “I bet we’ll see more people coming to Mass. It’s a chance for evangelization, especially in Chicago where it feels close to home.”</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="520" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/PPP1-1024x683.jpg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-874685" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/PPP1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/PPP1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/PPP1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/PPP1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/PPP1.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/PPP1.jpg?resize=2000%2C1333&quality=89&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/PPP1.jpg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/PPP1.jpg?resize=400%2C267&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/PPP1.jpg?resize=706%2C471&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/PPP1.jpg?w=2048&quality=89&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/PPP1-1024x683.jpg?w=370&quality=89&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Students at St. Rita High School in Ashburn watch news of the appoint of Robert Prevost to pope. Prevost was a substitute teacher at St. Rita. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Facebook/St. Rita High School</span></figcaption></figure><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-returning-to-chicago">Returning To Chicago</h2><p>Prevost returned to Chicago in 1999, when he was elected to lead the local Augustinian order, according to <a href="https://collegeofcardinalsreport.com/cardinals/robert-francis-prevost/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Cardinalium Collegii</a>, an Italian publication that tracks cardinals who could become pope.</p><p>The Augustinian Midwest order came under fire during Prevost’s tenure when a priest serving at Providence Catholic High School in suburban New Lenox was allowed to stay at a local monastery after being found to have abused young boys, the Sun-Times <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/26/22302129/catholics-priest-child-sex-abuse-st-john-friary-james-ray-richard-mcgrath-hyde-park-augustinians" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">previously reported</a>. </p><p><strong><em>RELATED: <a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/08/pope-leo-xiv-is-a-cubs-fan-despite-south-side-roots-reports-say/" data-wpel-link="internal">Pope Leo XIV Is A Sox Fan, Despite The Early Hope From Cubs Fans, His Brother Confirms</a></em></strong></p><p>Prevost most recently was the prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, a powerful position in the Catholic church that helps oversee the appointment of new cardinals.</p><p>As a cardinal, Prevost worked very closely with Pope Francis over the past few years, and the two had a similar view of what their ministry should be, the Catholic Theological Union official said. Francis named Prevost a cardinal in 2023.</p><p>As theologians debated whether the Catholic church would continue down the more progressive path charted by Pope Francis or pick a more conservative leader, Prevost was often touted as a “middle-of-the-road” pick. He’s shared posts critical of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on social media while calling for more support for immigrants. But he’s also expressed anti-LGBTQ+ views, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/world/americas/pope-candidate-cardinal-robert-francis-prevost.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">according to The New York Times.</a></p><p>Prevost, 69, is the first American pope. He is a dual citizen of the United States and Peru, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pope-could-it-be-american-cardinal-robert-prevost/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">according to CBS News</a>. He also attended Villanova University in Philadelphia.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="519" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5262-1024x682.jpg?resize=780%2C519&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-874815" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5262.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5262.jpg?resize=300%2C200&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5262.jpg?resize=768%2C512&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5262.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5262.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5262.jpg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5262.jpg?resize=400%2C267&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5262.jpg?resize=706%2C471&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5262.jpg?w=2000&quality=89&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5262-1024x682.jpg?w=370&quality=89&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Carson Moore of Lakeview prays at Holy Name Cathedral after Chicago’s Robert Francis Prevost was named Pope Leo XIV on May 8, 2025. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago</span></figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="520" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/DSC_5319-1024x683.jpeg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-874758" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/DSC_5319.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/DSC_5319.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/DSC_5319.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/DSC_5319.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/DSC_5319.jpeg?resize=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/DSC_5319.jpeg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/DSC_5319.jpeg?resize=400%2C267&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/DSC_5319.jpeg?resize=706%2C471&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/DSC_5319.jpeg?w=1620&quality=89&ssl=1 1620w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/DSC_5319-1024x683.jpeg?w=370&quality=89&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A man prays the rosary at Holy Name Cathedral Thursday, May 8, 2025, hours after a cardinal with local roots was name the next pope. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago</span></figcaption></figure><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-it-s-a-great-day-of-excitement-for-chicago">‘It’s A Great Day Of Excitement For Chicago’</h2><p>News of Prevost’s appointment is being met with excitement in Chicago. The Rev. Greg Sakowicz announced the news at Holy Name Cathedral, 735 N. State St., and it was met by cheers from the assembled congregation.</p><p>“When I announced the news in Chicago, the sun came out,” Sakowicz said at a press conference at Holy Name.</p><p>Bishop Larry Sullivan, with the Archdiocese of Chicago, said the news of the pope being a local was exciting, but it was secondary to the news of a successor to Pope Francis.</p><p>“We’re proud he’s from Chicago,” Sullivan said. “We’re proud he’s the first pope from the United States of America. Pope Leo is first and foremost a child of God. That means he is going to serve all of God’s people.”</p><p><strong><em>READ: <a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/08/pope-leo-xivs-first-speech-translated-to-english/" data-wpel-link="internal">Pope Leo XIV’s First Speech (Translated To English)</a></em></strong></p><p>Sullivan said Chicago has a large contingent of Augustinian Catholics, and that population has spoken very highly of Prevost in recent weeks. </p><p>“Just a really wonderful man,” Sullivan said at a press conference Thursday at Holy Name. “He is someone who looks to the lord for all he does. … It’s a day of great excitement for Chicago, for the United States, to have one of our own be elected as pope to serve as the holy father. It really is a cause of joy, for great excitement.”</p><p>At 2:30 p.m., church officials opened the doors of Holy Name to the public. About 30 people entered immediately, kneeling and praying inside.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="585" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2439-1024x768.jpg?resize=780%2C585&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-874712" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2439-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2439-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2439-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2439-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2439-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&quality=89&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2439-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2439-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&quality=89&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2439-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&quality=89&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2439-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2439-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&quality=89&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2439-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C1500&quality=89&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2439-scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C585&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2439-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C530&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2439-scaled.jpg?w=2340&quality=89&ssl=1 2340w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2439-1024x768.jpg?w=370&quality=89&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Bishop Larry Sullivan (r.) speaks at Holy Name Cathedral on the ascension of Robert Prevost to pope of the Catholic Church. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Melody Mercado/Block Club Chicago</span></figcaption></figure><p>Lorna Bundes, a lifelong Catholic living in Chicago for college, came immediately to Holy Name after the new pope was announced. She, her parents and younger brother were amongst a small crowd of people waiting to enter the church.</p><p>“Me and my parents were actually at my apartment watching the news because I follow the Vatican on Instagram,” Bundes said. “When we heard that he’s from Chicago, we were ecstatic to hear that we have our first American Pope. So we had to come here and commemorate and also put in a prayer and give thanks to God.”</p><p>Mark Beterbide and his son William Beterbide were at the top of the John Hancock building when they heard the news of the new Pope. Visiting from Northern California, they saw signs for Loyola University and joked about a possible Sister Jean sighting when they came across Holy Name Cathedral.</p><p>Both lifelong Catholics, they decided to come inside for a quick prayer.</p><p>“I think it’s a good time to have an American Pope to bridge the gap between the world and in our country,” Mark Beterbide said.</p><p>Prevost’s parents were Mildred Martinez and Louis Marius Prevost. He has two brothers, Louis Martin and John Joseph.</p><p>John Prevost served as principal of St. Gabriel Elementary School in Canaryville from 1993-2004 and again in 2015. Robert Prevost, then a bishop, presided over a confirmation ceremony for St. Gabriel’s students in 2002 and 2015, according to the school. </p><p>“The huge thing was him confirming all of us. He took pictures with everybody and was open to talk to anybody who wanted to,” said Meghan Caponera, a St. Gabriel alumna who was confirmed by Prevost in 2002. “He just seemed like a normal man. You weren’t ever afraid to approach him when he was there.”</p><p>When the news broke of Prevost’s appointment, Caponera’s friends and family started contacting each other immediately, she said.</p><p>“He was never loud. I never, ever heard him raise his voice. But when he spoke, everyone just stopped. Everyone just listened,” Caponera said.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="519" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5241-1024x682.jpg?resize=780%2C519&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-874814" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5241.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5241.jpg?resize=300%2C200&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5241.jpg?resize=768%2C512&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5241.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5241.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5241.jpg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5241.jpg?resize=400%2C267&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5241.jpg?resize=706%2C471&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5241.jpg?w=2000&quality=89&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5241-1024x682.jpg?w=370&quality=89&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Faithfuls gather in prayer at Holy Name Cathedral after Chicago’s Robert Francis Prevost was named Pope Leo XIV on May 8, 2025. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago</span></figcaption></figure><p>Speaking to ABC7, John Prevost said he spoke with Robert Francis Prevost days before the papal conclave elected him pope. The future pope shot down his brother’s suggestion that he could be a frontrunner.</p><p>“That’s just nonsense,” the then-cardinal told his brother, John Prevost told ABC7. “That’s just talk. There’s never going to be an American pope.”</p><p>John Prevost said his brother was extremely patient growing up, but would stand his ground when needed. He expects the same from his as pope, especially when handling the scrutiny of being the first American pope.</p><p>“He will handle it,” John Prevost told ABC7.</p><p>“He can be quiet at times, but will speak his mind,” his brother said. “When necessity arises, he will tell you what he’s thinking.”</p><p>His brother also said the new pope was inspired by his predecessor, Francis, as they both served in South America. People should not expect an immediate difference in their papacies, John Prevost said.</p><p> “They had the same experiences, working with missions, working with the downtrodden,” he told ABC7.</p><p>It’s been nearly 50 years since a pope visited Chicago, when Pope John Paul II visited in 1979. Chicagoland native Carson Moore is hoping this new installment will mean the city won’t have to wait much longer.</p><p>“It’s just a special day to be a Catholic … a special day to have the pope from our city,” Moore said.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="519" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5187-1024x682.jpg?resize=780%2C519&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-874809" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5187.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5187.jpg?resize=300%2C200&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5187.jpg?resize=768%2C512&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5187.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5187.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5187.jpg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5187.jpg?resize=400%2C267&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5187.jpg?resize=706%2C471&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5187.jpg?w=2000&quality=89&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/050825-Pope-Leo-XIV-Colin-Boyle-5187-1024x682.jpg?w=370&quality=89&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Faithfuls gather in prayer at Holy Name Cathedral after Chicago’s Robert Francis Prevost was named Pope Leo XIV on May 8, 2025. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago</span></figcaption></figure><hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-background-color has-background is-style-wide"/><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><div class="wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cad6afd wp-block-group-is-layout-flex"><p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>Support Local News!</strong></p>
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<description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="683" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?w=1920&quality=89&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?resize=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?resize=400%2C267&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?resize=706%2C471&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>The state's decision to end a health care program for undocumented immigrants could force 33,000 people to lose health coverage and further strain emergency rooms and safety net clinics, advocates said.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="683" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?w=1920&quality=89&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?resize=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?resize=400%2C267&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?resize=706%2C471&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_6968.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure><p>CHICAGO — Immigrant advocates and medical experts are calling on local officials to preserve a state program slated to end this summer that provides health care to more than 33,000 immigrants.</p><p>“I’m really concerned about not having health insurance. Without it, I’m going to stop getting [many] treatments,” said Gabriela Piceno, a Southwest Side neighbor and recipient of the Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults program.</p><p>The program provides health care for low-income adults ages 42-64 who are not eligible for Medicaid due to their immigration status. Amid a projected state budget deficit and <a href="https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/27/pritzker-cutting-health-care-program-noncitizens-report-reveals-costs-far-exceeded" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">previously underestimated program costs</a>, state officials announced it won’t be renewed next year. A <a href="https://hfs.illinois.gov/medicalclients/healthbenefitsforimmigrants/healthbenefitsforimmigrantseniors.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">similar program for people older than 65 will continue</a>, state officials said.</p><p>When Piceno loses coverage June 30, she will face difficult choices as she might have to delay dental treatments she was about to start, skip doctor visits and stop counseling sessions, she said.</p><p>Before enrolling in the program, Piceno rarely visited the doctor due to the cost of visits and treatment. Since receiving these health benefits, she has been able to regularly visit a clinic near her house, while also seeing a gynecologist, a primary care doctor, a dentist and a counselor. She said she has an appointment in the next month with an eye doctor to get diagnosed for vision issues.</p><p>“I don’t know what I’m going to do. I will have to interrupt my care or pick what is less expensive,” said Piceno, who was recently diagnosed with pre-diabetes.</p><p>Thousands of people could see interruptions to their treatment for chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension, miss preventive care screenings for cancer, skip vaccines or stop getting medical care altogether, medical providers told Block Club.</p><p>“The biggest challenge is going to be getting them medications,” said Miranda Hart, an internal medicine doctor at Erie Family Health Center, 2750 W. North Ave.</p><p>The federally qualified health center offers affordable medical, dental and behavioral health services. Insured and uninsured patients get care, treatment and medicine with costs varying based on a sliding scale. Between 60-70 percent of patients have Medicaid, and about 2,800 patients are insured under the state program, Hart said.</p><p>“They could be facing $150 or more every time they go to the pharmacy. For people who are struggling to put food on the table despite working full time, paying their rent and necessities, that cost at the pharmacy is often prohibitive,” Hart said. </p><p>As patients skip treatment for chronic diseases, these conditions could worsen, leading to complications that require urgent medical care or hospital visits. </p><p>“All Illinoisans will bear the cost for these health care cuts,” said Enddy Almonord, director of the Healthy Illinois Campaign, which leads a coalition of organizations advocating for affordable health care regardless of immigration status.</p><p>The program’s end could burden the entire healthcare system as local hospitals and clinics could be treating more uninsured patients who may not be able to cover the costs of care, medical providers and advocates said.</p><p>After the health care programs for immigrant seniors launched, hospital bad debt declined by an average of 15% statewide, or an average of $1.5 billion per hospital each year, according to a preliminary <a href="https://erlab.uchicago.edu/research/hbiahbis/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">research report by the University of Chicago</a>. Bad debt refers to outstanding balances on hospital bills that the institution is unlikely to recover.</p><p>While negotiations on the 2026 state budget continue, immigrants like Piceno said state officials need to consider their contributions to the local economy and workforce. She has lived in the state for 29 years, is a mother of four and formerly worked as a house cleaner and nanny. She and her husband have always paid taxes, she said.</p><p>“We are not a burden. We contribute,” Piceno said. </p><p>In 2024, the state’s program for adults ages 42-64 cost $487 million, <a href="https://hfs.illinois.gov/medicalclients/healthbenefitsforimmigrants/healthbenefitsforimmigrantadults.html#faq-whathealthcarecoveragealternativesexistforthepeoplewhoarelosingtheirhbiacoverage-faq" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">according to state data</a>. In 2021, immigrant-led households in Illinois paid $8.6 billion in state and local taxes and $13.1 billion in federal taxes, <a href="https://hic.us-east-1.linodeobjects.com/benefits-brief.pdf" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">according to data by the Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois Chicago.</a></p><p>Cuts to the program could further strain community clinics like Erie Family Health Center, which would continue to provide services for uninsured patients at a fraction of the cost without the means to get reimbursed for the rest of the bill, Hart said.</p><p>“That then impacts our financial solvency as an organization as well,” she said. “And it can limit what types of additional wraparound services we’re able to provide for patients.”</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-background-color has-background is-style-wide"/><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><div class="wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cad6afd wp-block-group-is-layout-flex"><p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>Support Local News!</strong></p>
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<title>Swan Paddle Boats At Humboldt Park Are No More</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ariel Parrella-Aureli]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 14:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="681" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/05/050923-Humboldt-Park-Spring-Weather-Colin-Boyle-6642.jpg?fit=1024%2C681&quality=89&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>Wheel Fun Rentals, which also offered bike, paddle board and kayak rentals, closed the Humboldt Park outpost — its last city location — after years of slow business.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="681" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/05/050923-Humboldt-Park-Spring-Weather-Colin-Boyle-6642.jpg?fit=1024%2C681&quality=89&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure><p>HUMBOLDT PARK — The Humboldt Park lagoon’s swan boats are gone — and there are no plans for them to paddle back.</p><p><a href="https://wheelfunrentals.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">Wheel Fun Rentals</a>, a California-based company that had offered swan boat rentals and multi-passenger bikes at the lagoon in partnership with the Park District, recently closed its Humboldt Park outpost ahead of its usual spring opening.</p><p>The company had operated out of the lagoon boathouse, 1301 N. Humboldt Park Drive, <a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2018/06/12/you-can-now-rent-swan-paddle-boats-at-humboldt-park/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-wpel-link="internal">since 2018</a>. But business had been slow since the pandemic, and sales never picked back up, said franchisee co-owner Rodney Knight.</p><p>“It didn’t make financial sense after COVID,” Knight said. “Over the winter, we looked at numbers in the past year and the trends where things are going and just couldn’t come up with a solution to … make the numbers work.”</p><p>Wheel Fun Rentals also offered kayaks, stand-up paddle boards and bikes to rent. None of its rentable items were seen this week, and the company’s outpost was closed Wednesday.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="585" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_5293-1024x768.jpg?resize=780%2C585&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-874311" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_5293.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_5293.jpg?resize=300%2C225&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_5293.jpg?resize=768%2C576&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_5293.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_5293.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&quality=89&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_5293.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_5293.jpg?resize=800%2C600&quality=89&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_5293.jpg?resize=600%2C450&quality=89&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_5293.jpg?resize=400%2C300&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_5293.jpg?resize=200%2C150&quality=89&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_5293.jpg?resize=2000%2C1500&quality=89&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_5293.jpg?resize=780%2C585&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_5293.jpg?resize=706%2C530&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_5293.jpg?w=2340&quality=89&ssl=1 2340w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_5293-1024x768.jpg?w=370&quality=89&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The Wheel Fun Rentals’ Humboldt Park spot near the lagoon boathouse, 1301 N. Humboldt Park Drive, is seen closed May 7, 2025. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Ariel Parrella-Aureli/Block Club Chicago</span></figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="519" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-14-1024x682.png?resize=780%2C519&quality=80&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-874153" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-14.png?resize=1024%2C682&quality=80&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-14.png?resize=300%2C200&quality=80&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-14.png?resize=768%2C512&quality=80&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-14.png?resize=1536%2C1024&quality=80&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-14.png?resize=1200%2C800&quality=80&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-14.png?resize=780%2C520&quality=80&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-14.png?resize=400%2C267&quality=80&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-14.png?resize=706%2C471&quality=80&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-14.png?w=2000&quality=80&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-14-1024x682.png?w=370&quality=80&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The swan boats at Humboldt Park on Aug. 23, 2024. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago</span></figcaption></figure><p>Before the pandemic, the bathrooms in the boathouse operated by the Park District were open regularly during the business’s spring and summer season. In recent years, they were not open as consistently. This affected business and the customer and staff experience for the boat rental outpost, Knight said.</p><p>“We feel that it does impact the visitor count because one of our most common questions was, ‘Where’s the bathroom?’ And then they can’t believe we don’t have a bathroom easily accessible, especially for parents with kids,” he said.</p><p>The boathouse bathrooms have not reopened, and the park’s closest bathrooms are at the field house. Michele Lemons, a park district spokesperson, said the vendor chose not to renew their agreement after its contract expired in 2024. The district is looking into the restroom matter, she said. </p><p>A spokesperson for Wheel Fun Rentals also confirmed the closure, and the Humboldt Park location is no longer on the <a href="https://wheelfunrentals.com/il/chicago/humboldt-park/#hours" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">company website</a>. Humboldt Park was the company’s last location in Chicago; other rental spots at North Avenue and Foster Avenue beaches have also <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/wheel-fun-rentals-foster-beach-chicago-2#:~:text=WHEEL%20FUN%20RENTALS%20%2D%20FOSTER%20BEACH,Open%20app" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">closed</a>.</p><p>Swan boats were a big attraction at Lincoln Park Zoo’s south pond for years <a href="https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2011/03/10/swan-boats-dead-in-the-water-at-lincoln-park-zoo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">before the zoo stopped offering them in 2011 </a>ahead of a $12 million restoration.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="519" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-13-1024x682.png?resize=780%2C519&quality=80&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-874152" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-13.png?resize=1024%2C682&quality=80&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-13.png?resize=300%2C200&quality=80&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-13.png?resize=768%2C512&quality=80&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-13.png?resize=1536%2C1024&quality=80&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-13.png?resize=1200%2C800&quality=80&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-13.png?resize=780%2C520&quality=80&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-13.png?resize=400%2C267&quality=80&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-13.png?resize=706%2C471&quality=80&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-13.png?w=2000&quality=80&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/image-13-1024x682.png?w=370&quality=80&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The swan boats at Humboldt Park on Aug. 23, 2024. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago</span></figcaption></figure><p>Knight and business partner Dwight Bratholt also own a Wheel Fun Rentals outpost in Milwaukee. The LLC license is still active, which is for the now-closed Chicago and Milwaukee locations, per the state business portal. The owners plan to keep it active in case it’s possible to reopen the business in the future.</p><p>Before operating the boats at the lagoon, boats were last available for rent there in the 1980s or early ’90s, Bratholt told <a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2018/06/12/you-can-now-rent-swan-paddle-boats-at-humboldt-park/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-wpel-link="internal">Block Club in 2018</a>.</p><p>“We have enjoyed our time in Chicago. We love the community,” Knight said. “We had great staff and great customers. 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<title>DePaul Student’s ‘Grant Slam’ Music Fest To Draw 500 Attendees — And It All Began In His Dad’s Basement</title>
<link>https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/08/depaul-students-grant-slam-music-fest-to-draw-500-attendees-and-it-all-began-in-his-dads-basement/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mack Liederman]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 13:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="683" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?w=2560&quality=89&ssl=1 2560w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&quality=89&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C1333&quality=89&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C267&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C471&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?w=2340&quality=89&ssl=1 2340w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>What began as Grant Lendvay's high school graduation party at his dad's house has morphed into an annual music fest in Lincoln Park. The fifth edition is Saturday.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="683" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?w=2560&quality=89&ssl=1 2560w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&quality=89&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C1333&quality=89&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C267&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C471&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?w=2340&quality=89&ssl=1 2340w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-080-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure><p>JONQUIL PARK — Four years ago, Grant Lendvay was on a mission to throw the coolest senior graduation party at Barrington High School. Luckily, he had no problem booking his dad’s basement.</p><p>“I was in a band, a couple of friends were in bands,” Lendvay said. “In the heat of it, running around and moving stuff, planning what people were going to do and when, it was the most gratifying feeling I’ve ever had.”</p><p>That party has grown into an annual music festival with city permits, four porta-potties and small paychecks for the talent. The crowd has gone from 30 people in his father’s basement to more than 300 on the Little League baseball outfield grass of Jonquil Park, 1001 W. Wrightwood Ave., in Lincoln Park.</p><p>Lendvay calls it “Grant Slam.”</p><p>And the 22-year-old DePaul University senior is fired up for his fifth and biggest show yet when <a href="https://www.instagram.com/grantslamfest/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">Grant Slam</a> returns to Jonquil Park 1-9 p.m. Saturday. Admission is <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grant-slam-tickets-1345573639979?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadS-7L1rrNMF5wW1t_dYGgAX-LHAvzSzKFuwf0pCkeRlc7BUGe1uijD-iVTyw_aem_z9R5BWgdT5zZDMUA2CW3GQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">free</a>.</p><p>“It’s a real treat to have so many youthful creatives in one space,” said Lendvay, who is studying music.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="520" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3396-1024x683.jpeg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-874449" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3396-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3396-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3396-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3396-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3396-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1365&quality=89&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3396-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3396-scaled.jpeg?resize=2000%2C1333&quality=89&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3396-scaled.jpeg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3396-scaled.jpeg?resize=400%2C267&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3396-scaled.jpeg?resize=706%2C471&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3396-scaled.jpeg?w=2340&quality=89&ssl=1 2340w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3396-1024x683.jpeg?w=370&quality=89&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Grant Lendvay is getting to host his fifth annual “Grant Fest” music festival in Jonquil Park 1-9 p.m. Saturday. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Mack Liederman/Block Club Chicago</span></figcaption></figure><p>There are <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/481Dz76yDXYlqdlySXrTtr?si=wHAePQ0wR_K5dXAiP6QsBg&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAae8XQ3YdziAJtUbr0uHOIZkIchQdIYcHCimlVSpJxTnL-c6LBkFC_5PDEDWNg_aem_2dO7wsNLc4AbUvKo4t-iQQ&nd=1&dlsi=b36d7f8e82744c2e" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">eight bands</a>, 40 local vendors and 432 hot dogs.</p><p>Lendvay bought the hot dog buns from Costco himself. He’s storing them on the upright piano in his Lincoln Park apartment, which is piling up with the rest of his concert supplies. His sister has agreed to sell the hot dogs with her friend — $7 for a combo with chips and soda.</p><p>The party took off among DePaul students and the “Depaul-adjacent” music scene when Lendvay packed his Lakeview apartment’s backyard for a slate of bands three years ago, he said. </p><p>Back then, the sound was “more grunge rock and shoegazey,” but Lendvay said he’s always open to adding to the vibe. This year’s lineup includes jazz and indie folk acts.</p><p>“It’s a huge deal,” said James Matthews, one of Lendvay’s five roommates, who took a break from printing festival zines at the school’s Downtown campus to talk. “Everywhere I walk on campus, I’m seeing or hearing something about Grant Slam. There’s more buzz this year. We all chip in a bit.”</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="445" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/5B8D5EE1-DF0E-401E-AB01-E1C4438CCE8D.jpg?resize=780%2C445&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-874456" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/5B8D5EE1-DF0E-401E-AB01-E1C4438CCE8D.jpg?w=828&quality=89&ssl=1 828w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/5B8D5EE1-DF0E-401E-AB01-E1C4438CCE8D.jpg?resize=300%2C171&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/5B8D5EE1-DF0E-401E-AB01-E1C4438CCE8D.jpg?resize=768%2C438&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/5B8D5EE1-DF0E-401E-AB01-E1C4438CCE8D.jpg?resize=200%2C113&quality=89&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/5B8D5EE1-DF0E-401E-AB01-E1C4438CCE8D.jpg?resize=100%2C56&quality=89&ssl=1 100w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/5B8D5EE1-DF0E-401E-AB01-E1C4438CCE8D.jpg?resize=780%2C445&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/5B8D5EE1-DF0E-401E-AB01-E1C4438CCE8D.jpg?resize=400%2C228&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/5B8D5EE1-DF0E-401E-AB01-E1C4438CCE8D.jpg?resize=706%2C402&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/5B8D5EE1-DF0E-401E-AB01-E1C4438CCE8D.jpg?w=370&quality=89&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Grant Lendvay’s Senior Graduation Party 2021 <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Grant Lendvay</span></figcaption></figure><p>As hype grew, Lendvay changed the name of his fest from Grantcella to Grant Slam to avoid legal challenges from Coachella. But it’s not a big business endeavor: He was still $1,000 in the red after last year’s event.</p><p>“The festival is not historically profitable, and probably not this year,” Lendvay said. “I just feel a calling to give people a good time.” </p><figure class="wp-block-embed alignright is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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</div></figure><p>Lendvay is no stranger to side hustles. </p><p>When schoolwork is done, Lendvay moonlights as an audio technician at weddings and Lettuce Entertain You restaurants. He paid for his recording software, Logic Pro, by buying snacks in bulk and selling them to students after the dining hall closed. Orders came with a business card for “DePaul Dorm Dash.”</p><p>Lendvay sings in a country band and busks, playing Beatles and Frank Sinatra tunes on Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street. He sometimes hosts small shows at his apartment, dubbed “Society House.”</p><p>His entreprenural spirit traces back to mowing lawns in suburban Barrington and selling Dubble Bubble to his middle-school classmates.</p><p>Matthews said Lendvay has always been someone with a big vision.</p><p>“When you have as much motion as he does, it’s easy to be an a–hole about it. But he’s not that at all,” Matthews said. “His positivity is infectious. He uplifts everyone around him.”</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="520" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3387-1024x683.jpeg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-874447" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3387-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3387-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3387-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3387-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3387-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1365&quality=89&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3387-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3387-scaled.jpeg?resize=2000%2C1333&quality=89&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3387-scaled.jpeg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3387-scaled.jpeg?resize=400%2C267&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3387-scaled.jpeg?resize=706%2C471&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3387-scaled.jpeg?w=2340&quality=89&ssl=1 2340w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3387-1024x683.jpeg?w=370&quality=89&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Grant Lendvay is getting to host his fifth annual “Grant Slam” music festival in Jonquil Park 1-9 p.m. Saturday. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Mack Liederman/Block Club Chicago</span></figcaption></figure><p>Lendvay smiled and waved at classmates on the way to the festival grounds this week. He’s agreed not to put anything on the Little League diamond, “a big percentage of the park,” and he signed a 30-plus-page Park District application that includes a $1 million insurance policy and a promise not to do any “water-based activity.”</p><p>“The shade over here is crucial but not predictable,” Lendvay said as he spread his arms to show where he’ll put his friend’s borrowed — and clean — beer pong tables for jewelry and baguette vendors to set up shop. “Some people might get cooked by the sun.”</p><p>Lendvay counts on his friends to make it all possible, including Alexander Lehr, production manager, Maddie Voelkel, the vendor chair and zine publisher, and Erica Doan, who makes graphics and runs Slammy World, a “chill-out craft fun fidget zone” that serves as a “third space” at the festival.</p><p>Lendvay worked his growing connections to find and book the artists, a process he considers an artistic endeavor in itself.</p><p>He’s not sure what next year holds for him. But Lendvay said he’ll take a day job anywhere if it leaves him to time to pursue music and host Grant Slam again.</p><p>“I just want to be able to make people happy,” Lendvay said. “I’m sure you’ve never heard that before.” </p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="520" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-042-1024x683.jpg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-874458" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-042-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-042-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-042-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-042-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-042-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&quality=89&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-042-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-042-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C1333&quality=89&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-042-scaled.jpg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-042-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C267&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-042-scaled.jpg?resize=706%2C471&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-042-scaled.jpg?w=2340&quality=89&ssl=1 2340w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Grantslam2024-042-1024x683.jpg?w=370&quality=89&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Grant Slam 2024 <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Colin Burke</span></figcaption></figure><hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-background-color has-background is-style-wide"/><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><div class="wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cad6afd wp-block-group-is-layout-flex"><p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>Support Local News!</strong></p>
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<title>28 Vacant Lots To Be Turned Into Affordable Homes In Back Of The Yards</title>
<link>https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/08/28-vacant-lots-to-be-turned-into-affordable-homes-in-back-of-the-yards/</link>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Francia Garcia Hernandez]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 13:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="768" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=89&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?w=2560&quality=89&ssl=1 2560w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&quality=89&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=800%2C600&quality=89&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&quality=89&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=400%2C300&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=200%2C150&quality=89&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=2000%2C1500&quality=89&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=780%2C585&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=706%2C530&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?w=2340&quality=89&ssl=1 2340w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=89&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>Local nonprofits plan to build affordable single-family homes on city-owned lots in the neighborhood. Construction is expected to start in the coming weeks. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="768" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=89&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?w=2560&quality=89&ssl=1 2560w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&quality=89&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C900&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=800%2C600&quality=89&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&quality=89&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=400%2C300&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=200%2C150&quality=89&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=2000%2C1500&quality=89&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=780%2C585&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?resize=706%2C530&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?w=2340&quality=89&ssl=1 2340w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0285-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=89&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure><p>BACK OF THE YARDS — A newly built house stands out among empty lots and older homes in the 5000 block of South Throop Street.</p><p>The house’s bright yellow facade, new fence and modern design contrast with an empty lot a few feet away, its edges marked by wire fences. To the side is another empty lot, with a few others on the same block.</p><p>Some of these lots will soon be turned into homes as part of a program aimed at bringing affordable housing to Back of the Yards, North Lawndale, Chicago Lawn and Roseland.</p><p>In the coming weeks, the nonprofit The Resurrection Project plans to break ground on 28 city-owned vacant lots that will be turned into single-family homes by the end of the year, said Lizette Carretero, director of financial wellness for the Resurrection Project. </p><p>The Pilsen-based nonprofit is part of Reclaiming Chicago, an initiative to build or rehab 1,000 homes on the South Side and 1,000 homes on the West Side. In partnership with other local organizations, the nonprofit has already completed 20 homes in Back of the Yards.</p><p>The <a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/06/28/hundreds-of-homes-to-be-built-for-working-class-families-on-west-side-vacant-lots-how-do-we-create-wealth-for-people-of-color/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-wpel-link="internal">city sold vacant lots to the groups for $1 each</a>, and the construction is largely being funded through private and philanthropic donations.</p><p>Leonardo Garcia, who grew up in Back of the Yards with his family, came across one of the newly built homes while walking around the neighborhood. </p><p>At the time, Garcia had been ready to buy a home on the Southwest Side for about a year, but everything “was ridiculously priced,” he said. He closed on the two-story, two-bathroom, three-bedroom home last summer and was eligible for down payment assistance, he said.</p><p>“It feels great to have a brand-new home, to be the first owner of the home. I’m in love with my house,” Garcia said.</p><p>Growing up in the area, Garcia has seen the effects of disinvestment over time, watching many of the neighborhood’s homes decay or become empty. </p><p>“I remember growing up, it was a little bit better. And then, people were letting go of their houses, they weren’t fixing them,” he said.</p><p>In turn, Garcia struggled to find options in the neighborhood as he searched for his first home. Few new homes were available, and many of the homes on the market needed expensive repairs above his budget, he said.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="768" height="1024" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_1117-768x1024.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-874484" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_1117-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_1117-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&quality=89&ssl=1 225w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_1117-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&quality=89&ssl=1 1152w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_1117-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_1117-scaled.jpeg?resize=900%2C1200&quality=89&ssl=1 900w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_1117-scaled.jpeg?resize=600%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_1117-scaled.jpeg?resize=450%2C600&quality=89&ssl=1 450w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_1117-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C400&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_1117-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C200&quality=89&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_1117-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C1600&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_1117-scaled.jpeg?resize=2000%2C2667&quality=89&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_1117-scaled.jpeg?resize=780%2C1040&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_1117-scaled.jpeg?resize=400%2C533&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_1117-scaled.jpeg?resize=706%2C941&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_1117-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&quality=89&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/IMG_1117-768x1024.jpeg?w=370&quality=89&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Leonardo Garcia poses outside his new home in Back of the Yards. The home is one of 20 houses built by The Resurrection Project under the Reclaiming Chicago initiative. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Provided</span></figcaption></figure><p>The Reclaiming Chicago initiative aims to bring back Black and Brown neighbors who have been displaced or left, said Fred Weatherspoon, program manager for Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation, a local nonprofit and partner of the Reclaiming Chicago initiative. </p><p>“We’re cleaning up the lots with our own money. We’re also fundraising to make sure that there’s a down payment subsidy for working families to be able to come into these homes,” Carretero said. </p><p>Plans call for selling homes at affordable prices for working-class families. The average mortgage for families who have bought the newly built homes is $240,000 — a roughly $1,700 monthly payment.</p><p>Building in bulk keeps costs down amid rising construction costs and can streamline approvals for city and construction permits, Carretero said.</p><p>“This is Back of the Yards, the Stockyards, a working-class neighborhood, and we want to continue to maintain that structure here,” she said.</p><p>Last year, the city approved plans for Reclaiming Chicago to build homes in 500 city-owned lots across four neighborhoods. In the next few years, the Resurrection Project plans to build 250 homes in a 27-block radius in Back of the Yards.</p><p>As new homes go up in what were once vacant lots, there are opportunities to create much-needed housing, improve safety and spur development, Weatherspoon said. More than 760 city-owned lots are vacant in Back of the Yards, <a href="https://chiblockbuilder.com/city-owned-lots/?communityArea=NEW+CITY" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">according to city data.</a></p><p>“We need affordable spaces in this community, and one of the ripple effects is there’s going to be more rental opportunities for people as we develop,” Weatherspoon said. </p><p>With plans to build more homes in the neighborhood and offer financial and home-buying education and downpayment assistance, advocates hope more longtime neighbors will become first-generation homeowners.</p><p>“This is an investment for the disinvestment that has not been in place,” Carretero said. </p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-background-color has-background is-style-wide"/><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><div class="wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cad6afd wp-block-group-is-layout-flex"><p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>Support Local News!</strong></p>
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<title>22 Things To Do In Chicago This Weekend: Spring Pop-Ups, A Bird Walk And Illinois Craft Beer Week</title>
<link>https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/08/22-things-to-do-in-chicago-this-weekend-spring-pop-ups-a-bird-walk-and-illinois-craft-beer-week/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 13:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="683" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?w=2560&quality=89&ssl=1 2560w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1365&quality=89&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?resize=1568%2C1045&quality=89&ssl=1 1568w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?resize=400%2C267&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?w=2340&quality=89&ssl=1 2340w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure>Enjoy an outdoor carillon music fest at UChicago, tour Bronzeville with a local muralist, shop produce and handmade goods at neighborhood markets and more.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img width="1024" height="683" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?w=2560&quality=89&ssl=1 2560w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1365&quality=89&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?resize=1568%2C1045&quality=89&ssl=1 1568w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?resize=400%2C267&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?w=2340&quality=89&ssl=1 2340w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/11/SAUCED-credit-Jim-Vondruska-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&quality=89&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /></figure><p>CHICAGO — The weekend is looking to be warm and sunny, and there will be plenty of ways to enjoy the city, from a spring bird walk and a University of Chicago carillon music festival to an Asian Heritage Month celebration in Chinatown Square.</p><p>There’s also an Illinois Craft Beer Week kickoff event at Begyle Brewing, a SAUCED Night Market at Half Acre, a Czech music concert with Rembrandt Chamber Musicians, a Bronzeville mural tour led by artist Chris Devins, an Elastic Arts benefit and much more.</p><p>And if you’re looking for Mother’s Day celebrations, we’ve got 22 events and activities <a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/07/22-ways-to-celebrate-mothers-day-in-chicago-markets-wine-making-brunch-and-more/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-wpel-link="internal">here</a>.</p><p><strong>Here’s a roundup of 22 things to do in Chicago this weekend:</strong></p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-all-weekend">All Weekend</h2><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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</div></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-solidarity-studios-pop-up-mural-project">Solidarity Studios Pop-Up Mural Project</h3><p>9 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday-Friday</p><p>Solidarity Studios, 3323 N. Pulaski Road</p><p>Palestinian artist Taqi Spateen, who is known for his George Floyd murals in occupied Palestine, is stopping by Chicago for his From That Land tour. He’ll paint a large mural behind Solidarity Studios. There will also be a DJ, beat-making and on-site interviews to document community stories.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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</div></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-sauced-spring-night-market">SAUCED Spring Night Market</h3><p>5-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday</p><p>Half Acre Beer Co., 2050 W. Balmoral Ave.</p><p>SAUCED shoppers can enjoy bites from local eateries, crisp brews — including pink beer — and tunes from DJ Johnny Walker while shopping from local vendors at this night market. There will be everything from ceramics and screen prints to small-batch hot sauce to vintage home goods.</p><p>Learn more and RSVP for free <a href="https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/saucedmarket/spring-night-market-chicago?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAafpuJwHTprtU_OWrhrti09DaNxgH_s61LQxjBISBwmAXNMhrxJz5feNhD45WA_aem_vxv8LLV72CC_0ozUGDq3mQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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</div></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-cornelia-arts-building-open-studio">Cornelia Arts Building Open Studio</h3><p>6-10 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday</p><p>Cornelia Arts Building, 1800 W. Cornelia Ave.</p><p>The Cornelia Arts Building is hosting a May Open Studios event this weekend where Chicagoans can meet dozens of artists and see their latest work.</p><p>This event is free and open to the public. Learn more <a href="https://www.corneliaartsbuilding.com/events/may-2025-open-studios/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="585" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/12/Rockefeller_Chapel_UofChicago.jpg?resize=780%2C585&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-70725" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/12/Rockefeller_Chapel_UofChicago.jpg?w=1600&quality=89&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/12/Rockefeller_Chapel_UofChicago.jpg?w=300&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/12/Rockefeller_Chapel_UofChicago.jpg?w=768&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/12/Rockefeller_Chapel_UofChicago.jpg?w=1024&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/12/Rockefeller_Chapel_UofChicago.jpg?w=836&quality=89&ssl=1 836w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/12/Rockefeller_Chapel_UofChicago.jpg?w=1080&quality=89&ssl=1 1080w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/12/Rockefeller_Chapel_UofChicago.jpg?w=344&quality=89&ssl=1 344w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/12/Rockefeller_Chapel_UofChicago.jpg?w=25&quality=89&ssl=1 25w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/12/Rockefeller_Chapel_UofChicago.jpg?w=140&quality=89&ssl=1 140w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/12/Rockefeller_Chapel_UofChicago.jpg?w=370&quality=89&ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/12/Rockefeller_Chapel_UofChicago.jpg?w=400&quality=89&ssl=1 400w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The Rockefeller Chapel and its carillon. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Wikimedia/Nikopoly</span></figcaption></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-tower-thoughts-a-carillon-new-music-festival">Tower Thoughts: A Carillon New Music Festival</h3><p>7 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday</p><p>Chicagoans are invited to grab blankets and chairs and head to the east lawn of Rockefeller Chapel for a weekend of free concerts featuring carillonists Alex Johnson and Tiffany Ng, Jasper Depraetere and Stefano Colletti. The chapel will be open for indoor viewing if there’s inclement weather.</p><p>Learn more <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1373766507109170/?acontext=%257B%2522event_action_history%2522%253A[%257B%2522mechanism%2522%253A%2522discovery_custom_tab%2522%252C%2522surface%2522%253A%2522bookmark%2522%257D]%252C%2522ref_notif_type%2522%253Anull%257D" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-friday">Friday</h2><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="439" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Begyle-Brewing-Craft-Beer-Week-1024x576.jpeg?resize=780%2C439&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-874338" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Begyle-Brewing-Craft-Beer-Week.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Begyle-Brewing-Craft-Beer-Week.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Begyle-Brewing-Craft-Beer-Week.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Begyle-Brewing-Craft-Beer-Week.jpeg?resize=1536%2C863&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Begyle-Brewing-Craft-Beer-Week.jpeg?resize=1200%2C674&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Begyle-Brewing-Craft-Beer-Week.jpeg?resize=900%2C506&quality=89&ssl=1 900w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Begyle-Brewing-Craft-Beer-Week.jpeg?resize=450%2C253&quality=89&ssl=1 450w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Begyle-Brewing-Craft-Beer-Week.jpeg?resize=200%2C113&quality=89&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Begyle-Brewing-Craft-Beer-Week.jpeg?resize=100%2C56&quality=89&ssl=1 100w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Begyle-Brewing-Craft-Beer-Week.jpeg?resize=2000%2C1124&quality=89&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Begyle-Brewing-Craft-Beer-Week.jpeg?resize=780%2C438&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Begyle-Brewing-Craft-Beer-Week.jpeg?resize=400%2C225&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Begyle-Brewing-Craft-Beer-Week.jpeg?resize=706%2C397&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Begyle-Brewing-Craft-Beer-Week.jpeg?w=2048&quality=89&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Begyle-Brewing-Craft-Beer-Week-1024x576.jpeg?w=370&quality=89&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The flyer for Begyle Brewing’s Illinois Craft Beer Week kick-off event this weekend. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1078739467636119&set=gm.1022426596150174" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Provided</a></span></figcaption></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-illinois-craft-beer-week-kickoff-at-begyle-brewing">Illinois Craft Beer Week Kickoff At Begyle Brewing</h3><p>Noon-10 p.m. Friday</p><p>Begyle Brewing, 1800 W. Cuyler Ave.</p><p>Illinois Craft Beer Week kicks off this weekend, and while the <a href="https://www.universe.com/events/beer-under-glass-at-harris-theater-in-downtown-chicago-tickets-HVPGBK" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">Beer Under Glass event is sold out</a>, you can still celebrate at Begyle Brewing all day Friday. There’ll be a Keep The Pint special, Happy Hour, Neapolitan-style pizza from Limoni Belli, a Drink Illinois summer passport and other deals. <a href="https://www.illinoisbeer.org/icbw.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">Illinois Craft Beer Week runs May 9-16</a>.</p><p>Learn more <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1022426539483513/?acontext=%257B%2522event_action_history%2522%253A[%257B%2522mechanism%2522%253A%2522discovery_custom_tab%2522%252C%2522surface%2522%253A%2522bookmark%2522%257D]%252C%2522ref_notif_type%2522%253Anull%257D" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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</div></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-hermosa-culture-spring-pop-up">Hermosa Culture Spring Pop-Up</h3><p>4-7 p.m. Friday</p><p>4208 W. Armitage Ave.</p><p>This monthly spring and summer pop-up brings family activities, performances and specials from local businesses and vendors to Armitage Avenue. Participating businesses include El Azteca and Mia’s Resale.</p><p>Learn more <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1449043756063334/1449044972729879/?active_tab=about" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="516" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Sound-Czech-Flyer-1024x678.jpeg?resize=780%2C516&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-874330" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Sound-Czech-Flyer.jpeg?resize=1024%2C678&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Sound-Czech-Flyer.jpeg?resize=300%2C199&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Sound-Czech-Flyer.jpeg?resize=768%2C508&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Sound-Czech-Flyer.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1017&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Sound-Czech-Flyer.jpeg?resize=1200%2C794&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Sound-Czech-Flyer.jpeg?resize=780%2C516&quality=89&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Sound-Czech-Flyer.jpeg?resize=400%2C265&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Sound-Czech-Flyer.jpeg?resize=706%2C467&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Sound-Czech-Flyer.jpeg?w=1656&quality=89&ssl=1 1656w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/05/Sound-Czech-Flyer-1024x678.jpeg?w=370&quality=89&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The flyer for Sound Czech. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1280673134068033&set=gm.502626332783610" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Provided</a></span></figcaption></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-rembrandt-chamber-musicians-presents-sound-czech">Rembrandt Chamber Musicians Presents: ‘Sound Czech’</h3><p>7 p.m. Friday</p><p>The Cliff Dwellers, 200 S. Michigan Ave.</p><p>In “Sound Czech,” the Rembrandt Chamber Musicians explore what it means to “sound Czech” and whether a country can have a singular authentic music.</p><p>Learn more and get tickets for $39 <a href="https://www.rembrandtchambermusicians.org/tickets-subscriptions?fbclid=IwY2xjawKIohhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF2SENSS2VOcjl5OTNxbnFnAR5ps7wXm54cnPuw8rXLUgoXNhtc7YHwcsZkth_GJAvG_ZYla8ZmT0QRRXkHnw_aem_N2ExizwsrzL2jIrfsqxhzA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-saturday">Saturday</h2><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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</div></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-spring-migration-bird-walk">Spring Migration Bird Walk</h3><p>8-9 a.m. Saturday</p><p>Meet at Leone Park, 1222 W. Touhy Ave.</p><p>If you want to learn more about birds and dip your toe into birdwatching, this guided spring migration walk is the perfect opportunity. Led by local birder Scott Judd, the event will take Chicagoans through Leone and Loyola parks, and it is open to people of all ages and skill levels. Participants should dress for the weather and bring binoculars if they have them.</p><p>If it rains, the walk will be moved to 8 a.m. Sunday. Email <a href="mailto:leone.nature@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">leone.nature@gmail.com</a> to request to borrow a pair of binoculars during the walk. Learn more <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1385397446028291/?acontext=%257B%2522event_action_history%2522%253A[%257B%2522surface%2522%253A%2522home%2522%257D%252C%257B%2522mechanism%2522%253A%2522discovery_custom_tab%2522%252C%2522surface%2522%253A%2522bookmark%2522%257D]%252C%2522ref_notif_type%2522%253Anull%257D" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="519" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/02/020925-Chinatown-Lunar-New-Year-Parade-Colin-Boyle-4943-1024x682.jpg?resize=780%2C519&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-784478" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/02/020925-Chinatown-Lunar-New-Year-Parade-Colin-Boyle-4943.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/02/020925-Chinatown-Lunar-New-Year-Parade-Colin-Boyle-4943.jpg?resize=300%2C200&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/02/020925-Chinatown-Lunar-New-Year-Parade-Colin-Boyle-4943.jpg?resize=768%2C512&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/02/020925-Chinatown-Lunar-New-Year-Parade-Colin-Boyle-4943.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&quality=89&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/02/020925-Chinatown-Lunar-New-Year-Parade-Colin-Boyle-4943.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/02/020925-Chinatown-Lunar-New-Year-Parade-Colin-Boyle-4943.jpg?resize=1568%2C1045&quality=89&ssl=1 1568w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/02/020925-Chinatown-Lunar-New-Year-Parade-Colin-Boyle-4943.jpg?resize=400%2C267&quality=89&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/02/020925-Chinatown-Lunar-New-Year-Parade-Colin-Boyle-4943.jpg?resize=706%2C471&quality=89&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/02/020925-Chinatown-Lunar-New-Year-Parade-Colin-Boyle-4943.jpg?w=2000&quality=89&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2025/02/020925-Chinatown-Lunar-New-Year-Parade-Colin-Boyle-4943-1024x682.jpg?w=370&quality=89&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A young child performs a lion dance as hundreds gathered along Wentworth Avenue for the Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade on Feb. 9, 2025. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago</span></figcaption></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-chicago-asian-heritage-month-celebration">Chicago Asian Heritage Month Celebration</h3><p>10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday</p><p>Chinatown Square, 2130 S. Archer Ave.</p><p>Families can enjoy a day of cultural performances — including lion and dragon dances and traditional songs — and a Chinese character carnival at this Chicago Asian Heritage Month Celebration by the Midwest Asian Health Association. There will also be a community health fair with free screenings, wellness resources and educational workshops for all ages.</p><p>Learn more <a href="https://maha-us.org/?doing_wp_cron=1745521588.9462759494781494140625&fbclid=IwY2xjawKJF3tleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFXejBIWWwxbUhzd3l4YzBIAR6etQyTOzQmAGMn_9M1Luwr7XfT5AHFUnzkRO3NUSvUGXCz8B54KTsWwQgcwA_aem_Y_PtIas6j516c-9BnIRHXw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="585" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/02/IMG_20190209_133934.jpg?resize=780%2C585&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-93753" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/02/IMG_20190209_133934.jpg?w=1600&quality=89&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/02/IMG_20190209_133934.jpg?w=300&quality=89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/02/IMG_20190209_133934.jpg?w=768&quality=89&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/02/IMG_20190209_133934.jpg?w=1024&quality=89&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/02/IMG_20190209_133934.jpg?w=836&quality=89&ssl=1 836w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/02/IMG_20190209_133934.jpg?w=1080&quality=89&ssl=1 1080w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/02/IMG_20190209_133934.jpg?w=344&quality=89&ssl=1 344w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/02/IMG_20190209_133934.jpg?w=25&quality=89&ssl=1 25w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/02/IMG_20190209_133934.jpg?w=140&quality=89&ssl=1 140w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/02/IMG_20190209_133934.jpg?w=370&quality=89&ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/02/IMG_20190209_133934.jpg?w=400&quality=89&ssl=1 400w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Neighbors peruse locally made goods at the Hatchery. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Sarah Conway/Block Club Chicago </span></figcaption></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-garfield-park-neighborhood-market">Garfield Park Neighborhood Market</h3><p>10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday</p><p>The Hatchery, 135 N. Kedzie Ave.</p><p>Hosted by the Garfield Park Community Council, this community market is back on this weekend with local vendors. Past neighborhood markets have offered everything from fresh greens and seedlings to body care products and accessories.</p><p>Learn more <a href="https://www.gpcommunitycouncil.org/events/garfield-park-neighborhood-market-26" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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</div></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-uchicago-farmers-market-amp-arts-and-culture-festival">UChicago Farmers Market & Arts And Culture Festival</h3><p>10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday</p><p>University of Chicago Main Quad, 1155 E. 57th St.</p><p>Shop everything from fresh produce and baked goods to vintage clothing and jewelry at this University of Chicago farmers market with more than 25 local businesses. There will also be cultural student organizations with food, crafts and live performances.</p><p>Learn more <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1229023192143835/?acontext=%257B%2522event_action_history%2522%253A[%257B%2522mechanism%2522%253A%2522discovery_custom_tab%2522%252C%2522surface%2522%253A%2522bookmark%2522%257D]%252C%2522ref_notif_type%2522%253Anull%257D" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="521" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/Nat-King-Cole-mural-photo-by-Block-Club-Chicago-5-24-21.jpg?resize=780%2C521&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-628774"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A Nat King Cole mural by artist Chris Devins. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Chris Devins</span></figcaption></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-murals-amp-bronzeville-tour">Murals & Bronzeville Tour</h3><p>11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturday</p><p>Bronzeville Historical Society, 4455 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive</p><p>Muralist and artist Chris Devins will lead a bus tour through Bronzeville this weekend, featuring stops at his murals around the neighborhood. The tour departs from the Bronzeville Historical Society, which offers free parking, and ends with a light lunch.</p><p>Tickets are $75 and will help raise funds to install a mural of the late <a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/02/29/remembering-richard-hunt-the-legendary-sculptor-who-inspired-artists-in-chicago-and-beyond/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-wpel-link="internal">Richard Hunt</a>. Learn more and register <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chris-devins-murals-bus-tour-sat-may-10-2025-tickets-1318828404259?fbclid=IwY2xjawKIjJtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFZbTA2bjVoQ25WbGhtZmJHAR5bBokBWm9Bzemx2zd35VTwAnDpq9dKmBDc1TAuTR4V-NqbQIQEBh-EEjzFIw_aem_y2bCD5eolQ3iLNISCvXb_Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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</div></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-the-trashy-mother-earth-market">The Trashy Mother Earth Market</h3><p>11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday</p><p>Gallagher Way, 3635 N. Clark St.</p><p>This “junky jamboree” organized by <a href="https://www.nowhere-collective.com/events" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">Nowhere Collective</a> is a celebration of mothers, from our own mamas to Mother Earth. Shoppers can peruse upcycled home goods, art, planters, body care products and more while enjoying food, drinks and live music. There will also be waste-less activities and hands-on crafts, <a href="https://reducewastechicago.org/accepted-items/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">a Reduce Waste Chicago recycling pop-up</a> and a live art installation using a four-sided loom.</p><p>Learn more and RSVP for free <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-trashy-mother-earth-market-25-tickets-1301704305619?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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</div></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-cinco-de-chicago-ride">Cinco De Chicago Ride</h3><p>Noon Saturday</p><p>Starts at 1340 S. Damen Ave.</p><p>There will be live music, drinks, vendor, carnitas and a free raffle at this third annual Cinco de Chicago ride. The ride will kick off in Chicago and end at Tequila Mucho, 8655 W. 95th St. in Hickory Hills.</p><p>Attendees are asked to donate $20 to support the nonprofit Chicago Latino Caucus, which provides scholarships and other opportunities for Latino youth. Learn more <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/587786747095190/?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&ref_source=newsfeed&ref_mechanism=feed_attachment&_rdr" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="439" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/tomato-1.jpg?resize=780%2C439&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-625621"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Bob Zeni, a graphic designer from suburban LaGrange Park, is known as the “Chicago Tomato Man.” <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Ali Rose</span></figcaption></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-pints-plants-amp-pups"><a href="https://www.chicagotomatoman.com/new-events-3/pints-plants-amp-pups" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Pints, Plants & Pups</a></h3><p>Noon-4 p.m. Saturday</p><p>Off Color Brewing, 1460 N. Kingsbury St.</p><p>Enjoy an afternoon of pints, plants and pups while raising money for animal rescue group One Tail at a Time. There’ll be Off Color Brewing brews and <a href="https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/18/chicagos-tomato-man-is-back-with-15000-plants-for-sale/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-wpel-link="internal">Chicago’s Tomato Man</a> heirloom plants for sale, plus rescued animals to meet and cuddle.</p><p>Admission is free. Learn more <a href="https://www.chicagotomatoman.com/new-events-3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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</div></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-trans-summer-clothing-swap">Trans Summer Clothing Swap</h3><p>1-4 p.m. Saturday</p><p>Chicago Liberation Center, 2712 W. Cermak Road</p><p>The Chicago Democratic Socialists of America is hosting a trans summer clothing swap this weekend. People can donate and take home like-new clothing items and accessories to get their summer wardrobes ready. No undergarments, hosiery or winter clothes. There will also be non-alcoholic drinks and open DJ decks.</p><p>Learn more <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1218029879994736/?acontext=%257B%2522event_action_history%2522%253A[%257B%2522mechanism%2522%253A%2522discovery_custom_tab%2522%252C%2522surface%2522%253A%2522bookmark%2522%257D]%252C%2522ref_notif_type%2522%253Anull%257D" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/explore/us-chicago/108659242498155/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer"></a></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="519" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/07/071123-Indian-Boundary-Park-Colin-Boyle-1330.jpg?resize=780%2C519&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-648919"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Foliage flourishes at Indian Boundary Park in West Ridge on July 11, 2023. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago</span></figcaption></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-civic-string-quartet-at-indian-boundary-park">Civic String Quartet At Indian Boundary Park</h3><p>2 p.m. Saturday</p><p>Indian Boundary Park Cultural Center, 2500 W. Lunt Ave.</p><p>Enjoy a free concert at the park by members of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Performers include Jonah Kartman on violin, Sean His on violin, Darren Carter on viola and Sam Day on cello.</p><p>Learn more <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/987733916836797/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery_custom_tab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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</div></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-satrangi-queerness-in-south-asian-classical-arts">Satrangi: Queerness In South Asian Classical Arts</h3><p>7-9 p.m. Saturday</p><p>South Asia Institute, 1925 S. Michigan Ave.</p><p>This cultural performance featuring dance, poetry and painting will “showcase how queerness has always been a part of South Asian culture” and ways to interpret narratives through a queer lens. The goal is not just to embrace queer South Asians but to also raise awareness about their history in the region.</p><p>Learn more and get tickets for $15-$25 <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/satrangi-queerness-in-south-asian-classical-arts-tickets-1264503316459?aff=ebdssbdestsearch" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="780" height="520" onerror="if (typeof newspackHandleImageError === 'function') newspackHandleImageError(this);" src="https://i0.wp.com/bcc-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/06/elastic.jpg?resize=780%2C520&quality=89&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-429763"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A past event at Logan Square’s Elastic Arts, a venue and performance space at 3429 W. Diversey Ave. <span class="image-credit"><span class="credit-label-wrapper">Credit:</span> Provided</span></figcaption></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-elastic-arts-7th-annual-benefit">Elastic Arts 7th Annual Benefit</h3><p>7-11:59 p.m. Saturday</p><p>Elastic Arts, 3429 W. Diversey Ave., No. 208</p><p>Art and performance nonprofit Elastic Arts is hosting its seventh annual benefit in Logan Square. There will be food and drinks, live performances, a silent auction, unique art installations and more to celebrate 27 years of programs.</p><p>Learn more and get tickets for $60 <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/elastic-arts-7th-annual-benefit-tickets-1274788890889?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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</div></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-junta-ensemble">Junta Ensemble</h3><p>7 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday</p><p>Yassa African Restaurant, 3511 S. King Drive</p><p>Dine on Senegalese cuisine while enjoying soulful jazz by Junta Ensemble. There will be two sets performed throughout the evening, one at 7 p.m. and one at 8:30 p.m.</p><p>Learn more <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/551441587976680/551441594643346/?active_tab=about" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-sunday">Sunday</h2><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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</div></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-el-paseo-community-market">El Paseo Community Market</h3><p>10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday</p><p>El Paseo Community Garden, 947 W. Cullerton St.</p><p>The weekly market features food vendors, artisans and small businesses to connect neighbors and support local shops. Shoppers can also buy produce just steps away from where it was grown and harvested. The El Paseo Community Market runs every Sunday through Oct. 5.</p><p> Learn more and RSVP for free <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/938213898246173/938213914912838/?active_tab=about" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">
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</div></figure><h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-ramova-community-market">Ramova Community Market</h3><p>11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday</p><p>Ramova Theatre, 3520 S. Halsted St.</p><p>The Ramova Theatre’s monthly community market features local artists, makers and farmers who will sell their goods in the lobby and beer garden, plus local nonprofits and kids activities. The family-friendly market is free to attend.</p><p>Learn more <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1582201182339908/1582807835612576/?active_tab=about" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener external" data-wpel-link="external">here</a>.</p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-background-color has-background is-style-wide"/><div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><div class="wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cad6afd wp-block-group-is-layout-flex"><p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>Support Local News!</strong></p>
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