Maxwell Evans

The city's landmarks commission enthusiastically approved protected status for Waters' home at 4339 S. Lake Park Ave. It now will be reviewed by a City Council committee.

The annual Back Alley Jazz Fest takes place around the neighborhood Saturday, coinciding with the Universal Alley Jazz Jam at the Black United Fund of Illinois.

"This decision was not easy, but it is the necessary and responsible one to make," organizers Dave Jeff and Jonathan Swain said.

The improvements are part of a year-long project to beautify 71st Street in South Shore and make it safer for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists.

The Chicago horse riders are "trying to keep this a generational thing" by getting kids familiar with horses and cowboy culture.

The asbestos doesn't pose an immediate health risk, officials said. The city will cite Reserve Management Group, which is suing to open a fifth scrapper on-site, for building and health code violations.

The free festival is 2-8 p.m. Saturday in Nichols Park. There will be footwork, juggling, storytelling and more.

Kids from the Lost Boyz group got a museum tour and watched a game between the White Sox and the Royals thanks to donations from supporters.

LaVonté Stewart, founder of the nonprofit Lost Boyz Inc., once again is wearing the championship ring he won with Hampton University's football team in 1994.

The gym, set to open at 2049 E. 79th St. by the end of the year, will also offer programs for young people. "There's definitely a need in that area for space where you can come and get a quality workout."

Within two years, co-op members hope to be making 5,000 meals daily at a new facility at 400 E. 71st St.

Neighbors say the boat, called the Dawn Treader, has been camped out near 67th Street for days. The sailboat is registered in Michigan and the U.S. Coast Guard is attempting to reach its owner.

The “state-of-the-art media campus” is planned for a 6.5-acre plot in the far southwest corner of South Shore.

The Sista Afya practitioners want Black women — and all other South Siders — to know "it’s worth it to invest in their mental health," the executive director said.

With visits to riot sites and other important parts of Chicago Black history, organizers of a weekend bike ride want to give context to the racial violence of a century ago.

Though officials intend to "save and reuse as much of the existing limestone as feasible," neighbors are concerned the city's efforts to stop lakefront erosion threaten Promontory Point's decades-old design.

The owner is on track to pay off a 2018 property tax debt by month's end and plans to appeal 2019 and 2020 tax bills in hopes of securing "a new, fairly assessed bill."

The City Council's Plan Commission signed off on the proposed Regal Mile Studios at 77th, South Chicago and Stony Island.

The installation on the 8900 block of Commercial Avenue — the neighborhood's main business corridor — is part of a city program to boost businesses hit hard by the pandemic.

The clinic will be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in Greater Grand Crossing to boost Chicago's youth vaccination rate of 33 percent.