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Mariah Rush

Staff Reporter
The new retail store, Mahalia’s, is named for the former Chatham resident and legendary singer Mahalia Jackson, and it honors beloved Chatham residents.
Businesses and organizations like Firebird Community Arts and Revolution Workshop received a financial lifeline from the city last month that will help them to expand.
Owens was primarily a painter but she also dabbled in 3-D art forms and even jewelry-making. The Chicago State University professor wrote in an exhibition: “I decided not to do angry Black men and angry Black women. I painted what I saw.”
Through two programs, Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection aim to address two key issues often found on the city’s South and West sides — food insecurity and a lack of local businesses.
Members of the Far Southeast Side neighborhood are discussing a potential pop-up grocery in the food desert.
The organization, founded in 2020, delivered its millionth pound of food on Thursday and celebrated with a gift of over $10,000 to an unsuspecting family.
Emagine Entertainment, the theater’s parent company, said the location was no longer “economically viable.”
The 38th annual event honored Romel Ferguson, a minister and the Chicago Teachers Union operations manager.
The discount grocery store was originally slated to open in June 2023 but its opening was pushed back several times.