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Saturday, April 27, 2024

Josephine Stratman

Hector Duarte and Gabriel Villa’s “Fight to Stay” mural, 1910 S. Wolcott Ave. in Pilsen. It’s about fighting gentrification, and the artwork also pays homage to Mario Castillo’s ground-breaking 1968 “Peace” mural.
Murals and Mosaics
Hector Duarte, Gabriel Villa mural bears a message for longtime Pilsen residents: ‘Fight to stay’
It’s about “anti-gentrification but mostly the big impact from investors,” Duarte says. “They buy the small, old houses, and they destroy the character of Pilsen.”
By Josephine Stratman
 
John Cuneo, who worked in creative services at WGN, died at 58.
Obituaries
John Cuneo, Chicago writer and producer, dead at 58
Mr. Cuneo will be remembered by family and friends as creative, caring — and always ready with a joke.
By Josephine Stratman
 
A mural on a wall outside Dellwood Tire and Auto Repair in Lockport that features various modes of transportation painted in a three-dimensional style.
Murals and Mosaics
A train, a wagon and a canal: Lockport mural gives a nod to city’s transportation history
The Will County city on the Illinois and Michigan Canal once helped make Chicago a transportation hub. Artist Robert Ryan brought that to life in trompe-l’oeil style.
By Josephine Stratman
 
This mural in an alley in the 1300 block of West 18th Street in Pilsen was a collaboration between artists Michelle Huang and Mario Mena.
Murals and Mosaics
In a Pilsen alley, filled with murals, this one stands out as, well, creepy and gross
And that’s just what artists Michelle Huang and Mario Mena were aiming for with that part of The Alley Project.
By Josephine Stratman
 
One of two murals of Michael Jordan by artist Felix “Flex” Maldonado in East Chicago, Indiana. This one, at the 2nd String Quarterback Bar, 719 W. 151st St., shows Jordan flying toward winning the 1988 NBA dunk contest.
Murals and Mosaics
Michael Jordan takes flight in two murals in East Chicago that capture iconic moments
Felix ‘Flex’ Maldonado popped out the Bulls great by placing him against a black-and-white background while winning the NBA finals and an NBA dunk contest.
By Josephine Stratman
 
Eric Stewart, a medical student at the University of Illinois Chicago, hugs his mom Melissa Cobb, a nurse for 20 years at the University of Chicago, after finding out he’s been accepted into a family medicine residency program at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Steward and other UIC medical students had gathered Friday, March 18, 2022 at the UIC Forum to find out where they would go for their residency. It was the first in-person Match Day since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
News
Match Day for medical students: ‘Everything I’ve done for the past eight years leads up to this’
Match Day is one of the biggest milestones in medical school, and this year’s event was held in person for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
By Josephine Stratman
 
Bike lanes and street parking are features of a new extension of South Lake Shore Drive on the south side of Chicago, Ill., Wednesday, October 23, 2013.
Entertainment and Culture
Group bicycle rides gaining traction
Organizers say group rides are attracting more interest, spurred on by warmer weather and cabin fever.
By Josephine Stratman
 
Two Chicago police officers patrol the Jackson Red Line platform.
La Voz Chicago
Empleados de la CTA exigen una unidad policial propia para combatir el aumento de la delincuencia
Durante un “largo periodo de tiempo” durante la pandemia, el presidente de la CTA Dorval Carter Jr. reconoció que “algunas personas” empeñadas en cometer fechorías se han sentido “un poco más animadas a tener un comportamiento inaceptable”.
By Fran Spielman and Josephine Stratman
 
Jones College Prep located at 700 South State Street, in The Loop neighborhood, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021.
Education
Highly rated Chicago high school’s LSC recommends CPS fire its principal
The controversial vote pushes the LSC’s broken relationship with Principal Joseph Powers into further turmoil and threatens to divide one of Chicago’s highest-rated high schools.
By Nader Issa and Josephine Stratman