Wicker Park, Bucktown, West Town

The market will run 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the museum in Ukrainian Village.

The festival is organized by Lawrence Peters, a longtime fixture in Chicago's country music scene. It went virtual in 2020 and was canceled last year because of the pandemic.

Ukrainegiving.info gathers fundraisers, charities, and other information on how to support Ukraine in one central place.

The restaurant opened in the former Alba's Restaurant space and offers dishes from all over Latin America.

Opening Monday, the cafe will sell coffees, sandwiches, pastries, salads and Publican bread. Owners eventually hope to hold classes and events in the space.

Sponsored by the Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce, the street festival runs July 22-24 on Milwaukee Avenue between North Avenue and Paulina Street.

CDOT has designated Erie from Damen Avenue to Noble Street a neighborhood greenway. Officials had no updates on a proposal to build protected bike lanes on Wood Street in the neighborhood.

Artist Joseph Renda Jr. painted a large mural outside the Mexican restaurant's former location. Lakeview restaurant Barcocina is expanding into the space.

Formerly known as Emmett Street Apartments, the development has been renamed after Chicago labor activist Lucy Gonzalez Parsons.

The local food pantry, which has seen a spike in use during the pandemic, moved its headquarters to West Town to be more centrally located.

Bellows opened its first store in Miami in 2021. Owner Marcello Peschiera said its streamlined approach to film processing allows for fast developing times.

Hosted by the West Town Chamber of Commerce, West Fest Chicago runs July 8-10 on Chicago Avenue between Wood Street and Damen Avenue.

Artist Lajuana Lampkins has gained a following for selling her paintings on the street in Wicker Park. Her collection of her late son's poetry and other writings will be released Friday.

Last year, the Chicago Tribune found that fewer than 500 structures in the city “contain free public restrooms with few or no barriers to entry, such as security checkpoints or client-only access.”

The Okseniuk family arrived in Chicago last month with the help of their sister and aunt Yuliya Abushevich. Their journey to the United States included a stay in a refugee camp in Tijuana, Mexico.

Two shootings in four months occurred outside The Point bar and music venue on Milwaukee Avenue. Police deemed the business a public safety threat in February and ordered its closure.

Longtime Myopic Books employees J.R. Nelson and Matt Revers bought the store earlier this week. They want to continue its legacy as one of Chicago's most cherished bookstores.

A compromise reached Monday marks the likely end of a standoff between Alds. Brian Hopkins and Scott Waguespack to represent the $6 billion megadevelopment.

Move over, lobster ward. Chicago's about to get a pool noodle ward, which political observers are blasting as an extreme case of gerrymandering.

Police initially said Jayarion Huddleston was shot Sunday night while standing in a kitchen. But officials now say "there's several different stories out there" about how the shooting occurred.