Jake Wittich

The family-friendly LGBTQ+ festival will have activities like drag makeovers, skating and an all-ages dance party.

Crews will start resurfacing the mile-long stretch of road from Institute Place to Lincoln Avenue Thursday, Ald. Brian Hopkins said.

Marigrow is set to request a special-use permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals to open Ümi on Lincoln Avenue.

From street closures and parking bans to the Market Days lineup and schedule, Block Club rounded up important information for a successful weekend.

The Wieners Circle needs to address and abate noise, loitering and littering, neighbors said. A meeting was called by the area's alderman in an effort to settle the dispute.

This year's picnic will also honor Stanton's uncle, who died earlier this year and was one of her biggest supporters.

Employees of the 40-year-old LGBTQ+ nightclub said they will return to the bargaining table full of "strength and pride."

Inara Carroll opened Green Inc. in 1973 with Jean Alan. Fifty years later, the flower shop remains an Old Town staple.

Developers want to replace the Royal George Theatre with an eight-story apartment building that includes ground-floor retail space.

Jalisa Ford, whose son Janari Ricks would be entering seventh grade in the fall, has hosted the supplies drive in the years since her son was killed.

Nine people and two organizations also will be inducted, including Col. Jennifer Pritzker and Women And Children First co-founder Linda Bubon.

The 43rd Ward saw a 17 percent increase in robberies last year and has reported 32 robberies since June, according to Chicago Police data.

The city's transportation department is reviewing a traffic study for the proposal, which would help manage traffic around the ballpark and the nearby elementary school, Ald. Bennett Lawson said.

The labor board's regional office will now seek a settlement between the union and Howard Brown Health, which could potentially lead to some laid off employees being reinstated.

Chicago Housing Authority has applied to build 560 apartments as part of a three-phase project. Board members also signed off on another 99-unit project nearby.

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression will give away the hot dogs startings at 11 a.m. Wednesday as part of the free speech group's expansion into Chicago.

The bar and restaurant's last night was Saturday, when regulars celebrated the establishment's 18 years as a communal gathering place.

Beyoncé is stopping at Soldier Field for two nights of concerts July 22-23, and bars across Chicago are hosting events to celebrate.

Neighbors have spoken out against Metra's project to move the train tracks 20 feet closer to their homes while destroying trees and other vegetation.

Brady-Davis was sworn in Wednesday as a commissioner for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, which works to protect Lake Michigan's water.