South Side Weekly
2 days ago · Community newspaper by and for Chicago's South Side. Arts, Culture, Politics. Est. 2013.
Public Meetings Report — January 16, 2025 – South Side Weekly
6 days ago · At the Chicago City Council Budget Hearing for the Department of Law, the city’s corporation counsel, Mary B. Richardson, introduced the office’s fourteen staff members attending. Her presentation noted that the 2025 budget was reduced by $45.9 million from 2024, the number of full-time employees by twenty-one (to 406 from 427), and personal services cost by …
Studio Freelove Makes Practicing Art Accessible
Oct 18, 2024 · Valdez created Studio Freelove with a focus on accessibility. The studio offers three ways for artists to pay for the collective after being selected: a full pay model where artists pay $100 a month; a half model where artists pay $50 and work five volunteer hours per month; and a full volunteer model where artists work ten hours.
The Complicated History of the Globetrotters – South Side Weekly
Nov 7, 2024 · M any of us know about the Harlem Globetrotters, a South Side all-Black basketball team, and Abe Saperstein, its Jewish, Chicago-based promoter. The Globetrotters had its impetus at Bronzeville’s Wendell Phillips High School (now William Phillips Academy High School) and went on to become a worldwide sensation that entertained millions.
After Intense Debate, City Council Passes 2025 Budget
Dec 17, 2024 · This story was co-published with The TRiiBE.. O n Monday, the City Council passed Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed 2025 budget in a 27–23 vote. It was the Johnson administration’s fourth budget proposal this season, which began with the mayor initially proposing a $300 million property tax increase, followed by a $150 million tax increase, and most recently, a $68.5 million property tax ...
Best of the South Side 2024
I f you’re thinking, “Huh, it’s been a while since I saw one of these…” you’d be right. Our last Best of the South Side issue, which celebrated ten years of BoSS, came out in 2022. After iterating on the same formula for a decade, we decided to take a break and imagine how we can crank the dial up for the next decade of Bests.
Hilliard Homes Tenants “Heartbroken” After Fatal Shooting in a …
Dec 12, 2024 · M ore than two months after a fatal shooting in the Hilliard Towers Apartments, tenants are still waiting for answers about what happened, whether it could have been prevented, and what it means for the building.. In the early morning of October 5, police responding to a call at 2030 S. State St. found a young man with apparent gunshot wounds in a vacant apartment on the building’s first ...
The Chicago Housing Authority Explained – South Side Weekly
Feb 25, 2022 · O riginally intended to replace overcrowded, deeply impoverished neighborhoods, Chicago’s midcentury public housing developments initially offered significantly better living conditions to residents, and for a time were, as author Dawn Turner told the South Side Weekly, “bastions” of stability that “conferred dignity on the residents.”. But subsequent decades of disinvestment and ...
Inside Chinatown’s Century-Long Fight for Power - South Side …
Dec 26, 2023 · C han and other civic leaders attribute the exclusion to Chinatown’s lack of a political voice and involvement, to the detriment of the community. In 1998, Chan founded CBCAC, which brought together existing institutions like Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, CASL, and Pui Tak Center to unite the community and strengthen its political power.
South Side Michelada Festival Triumphs in New Location
Jul 18, 2024 · L ast weekend, Miche Fest returned to the South Side, putting international stars side by side with local vendors, DJs, and artists. More than 10,000 people attended the festival each day, setting a festival record, according to a spokesperson. For its sixth year, the festival—named in homage to micheladas, the spicy Mexican drink—moved from Pilsen’s Harrison Park to Oakwood Beach in ...