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This Week In Photos: Sueños In Grant Park, A Fierce Chosen Family And Some Very Cute Animals

PHOTOS: Take a peek at life in the city through the eyes and lenses of the Block Club Chicago staff.

Colin Boyle and Block Club Chicago Staff

8:00 AM CDT on Jun 2, 2023

Eduin Caz crushes a can of beer as Grupo Firme headlines the second day of Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park on May 28, 2023.

CHICAGO — The temperature is starting to feel more like Summertime Chi these days, and the news isn’t cooling down.

Here’s what Block Club Chicago reporters captured while covering the neighborhoods this week.

Becky G performs during the second day of Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park on May 28, 2023.

Festival goers wait for Myke Towers to perform during the second day of Sueños Music Festival at Grant Park on May 28, 2023.

Read more: Sueños Music Festival Kicks Off Second Year Of Celebrating Reggaeton At Grant Park

A woman who said her name was Lila yelling about immigrants, President Joe Biden, city crime and her property taxes during a May 31, 2023 community meeting at Swedish Hospital Anderson Pavilion, 2751 W. Winona Ave.

Read more: City Officials Pitch Plan To Convert Diplomat Motel Into Transitional Housing During Rowdy Meeting

Flowers are left for William Hair, who was fatally shot in the 500 block of West Surf Street on May 28, in Lakeview in May 30, 2023.

A bullet pierced the windshield of a parked car on Barry Avenue near Broadway on May 30, 2023 after a string of shootings that left four injured and one killed in Lakeview over Memorial Day weekend.

Read more: In Lakeview, Neighbors Express ‘Alarming Concern’ After Spate Of Shootings Leave Man Dead, 4 Others Wounded

Volunteer Ashley Beckord walks Lady the dog at the Anti-Cruelty Society in River North on May 19, 2023.

Volunteer Ashley Beckord walks Patch the dog at the Anti-Cruelty Society in River North on May 19, 2023.

Read more: Anti-Cruelty Society Invites Chicagoans To Take A Dog Out For A Day — And Maybe Even Adopt It

Cavair fka Fred, Lucia Spinelli, Toni Solaru and Teagan O’Toole of the Pepperonis chosen family pose for a photo with Phoenix the dachshund at their Humboldt Park apartment on May 25, 2023.

Read more: Meet The Pepperonis, A Chosen Family That’s Overcome Everything From Cancer To Pet Parade Upsets

A selection of T Square Cafe’s rice bowls around one of the cafe’s citrus spritzer drinks.

Read more: T Square Cafe Brings Traditional Boba Tea, Rice Bowls And More To North Center

Lexi Laneau poses for a photo at Goals Not Dreams gym in the West Loop, 328 S. Jefferson St., on May 23, 2023.

Ricky Zheng, Alex Adams, Lexy Napper, Kelli Coleman and Lexi Laneau pose for a photo at Goals Not Dreams gym in the West Loop, 328 S. Jefferson St., on May 23, 2023.

Read more: Queer Couple Opens Powerlifting Gym In West Loop During Pride Month: ‘I Want People To Feel Welcomed’

Brewer Ray Gonzalez has helped out Good Times in its brewery.

Read more: Good Times Brewery Opens Thursday In Lakeview, Filling Vacancy Left By Smylie Bros

The outdoor space next to Logan Commons.

Read more: Vacant Corner Building In Logan Square Will See New Life As Community Event Space

Edwin Figueroa, owner of Sweet Dragon Boba at 4800 West Irving Park Road, smiles in the shop May 31, 2023.

Read more: Sweet Dragon Boba Tea Opens At Six Corners With 36 Flavors Of Bubble Tea And A Jelly Bean Room

Chicago Police are parked in the 3400 block of West Wrightwood Avenue outside of former Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Logan Square home, as seen on May 30, 2023.

Barricades in the 3400 block of West Wrightwood Avenue outside of former Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Logan Square home, as seen on May 30, 2023.

Read more: As Lori Lightfoot’s Large Security Detail Shrinks, Her Logan Square Neighbors Say ‘It Feels Like A Normal Block Again’

A cat outside a convenience store along East 75th Street in Greater Grand Crossing on May 30, 2023.

A large turtle (not Chonk) soaks in the sun along the Chicago River near Goose Island on May 23, 2023.

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