Hyde Park, Woodlawn, South Shore

Celebrate the end of August with Pizza City Fest at the Salt Shed, the Thalia Hall Block party, Cultivate Festival, a Hyde Park flea market, a Humboldt Park salsa band concert and more.

The cost of food, staff shortages and other issues are forcing restaurants to make tough choices, owners said. "It's a constant battle."

The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat watch for Wednesday and Thursday. Find a cooling center near you and how to monitor for heat-related illnesses.

Chance the Rapper fans will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Acid Rap, and the Jollof Festival, froSkate pop-ups and a Pilsen walking tour are also on deck.

Marquinn Gibson is fundraising to get his Woodlawn shipping-container café back on track. "I’ve just built too much rapport in just one year to bail out like that."

Buoys aren't very visible, which has led to close calls in the popular South Side swimming area, swimmers said. But Park District officials say swimming is banned, and people should not be in the water at all.

Miss Major, who was born in Chicago in the 1940s, is a long-time transgender activist who participated in the 1969 Stonewall Riots.

The Washington Park native studied fashion at Dunbar Vocational Academy, was discovered by Ebony Magazine matriarch Eunice Johnson and got one of his biggest breaks from the Oprah Winfrey Show.

Seventeen neighbors will tell their stories through theater, dance and song this weekend with the community production "Fertile Ground: Celebrating the Great Migration and Green Living in Black Chicago."

Block Club's guide will help you donate or receive free school supplies and backpacks before CPS kids head to class Aug. 21.

The analysis by Chris Deng, an incoming University of Chicago freshman, found that only 13 percent of tests run at the schools met a federal long-term benchmark for internet speed.

In what tenant advocates say is a new and welcome move, lending giant Freddie Mac filed a foreclosure lawsuit because of substandard living conditions at Ellis Lakeview Apartments.

The family-owned vegan eatery plans to open in September, bringing "living" foods like açaí bowls, salads, smoothies and juices to 55th Street.

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

Attend Chicago's only classical music street fest, do yoga at Promontory Point, enjoy an outdoor Mexican music concert and so much more.

Residents will withhold some rent if problems aren't fixed within 14 days, they said. Landlord 312 Property Management hopes to resolve complaints by the end of the week.

Federal housing officials said Ellis Lakeview's owners defaulted on the mortgage by not fixing problems at the building, where neighbors long have complained of filthy conditions.

The beloved Black-owned boutique welcomed vintage lovers to a unique shopping experience for the last time Friday.

You can go to a bike block party, join a BIPOC book discussion or watch deepwater solo climbers at Navy Pier.

With coffee, café fare, ice cream, a performance stage and a community room, Urban Luxe Café wants to bring "something a little bit different" to 79th Street, its owner said.