"From the Hood" !!!

I have zero ties to Dolton and that last one makes me proud to be from Dolton

The Silver Room Block Party is back this July, with a return to the North Side.

Tickets to the Salt Shed event are $95 and go on sale April 17. Lineup of performers and vendors is expected to drop early/mid-May. blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/10/s...

Novo Amor & Gia Margaret - Lucky For You YouTube video by Gia Margaret

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Busy week for maternal health on the South Side where —

The Chicago South Side Birth Center broke ground ahead of next year's opening: blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/07/s...

UChicago now has a 24/7 doula team for patients with eligible insurance, incl. Medicaid: blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/09/a...

From @franciagarciah.bsky.social, who found ~29% of crashes in the past year were hit+runs on 63rd (Western-Pulaski) and Kedzie (Archer-73rd).

That aligns with what I found on South Shore's main roads, which had ~33% hit+run rates this year. blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/30/h...

Augustana Lutheran Church Is Now Solar-Powered — But It Was 'A Long Road' To Get There After errant, decades-old fees on University of Chicago properties put $250,000 in city funding at risk, Augustana opted to pay the disputed debt to secure the grant. Two years later, the city is open...

A Hyde Park church's solar array is online, and is expected to meet or exceed their energy needs.

A $250K city grant helped build the array — and became a quagmire when city officials said the church owed thousands in fees from the '80s on UChicago properties. blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/06/a...

I think one of the things about bluesky is that for a lot of its users, it represents a kind of retirement from social media. Like I’m tired and I want to get out of the game

Teen On Scooter Was Killed In 1 Of 83 Hit-And-Runs On South Shore's Main Roads This Year Police have been notified about 248 crashes along the neighborhood's main roads since Jan. 1, according to city data. That means one out of every three drivers who crashed fled the scene.

In 248 crashes along South Shore's main roads this year, 1 in 3 drivers has taken off after. One killed 15-year-old Violet Harris + injured another teen.

2 hours later, 2 miles away, a man died and critically injured another driver after he ignored a stoplight. blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/30/h...

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Rum & Black - Beauty YouTube video by Name Less

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Fade White YouTube video by Geotic - Topic

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CONNIE - FUNKY LITTLE BEAT - OFFICIAL VIDEO - HD (1985 ) YouTube video by VJ ROBERTO PORTHINARY Official

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nothing in sports gives me chills like good Goalie www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhg...

Prior RT is an endorsement of pristine goalie work and the sports art account's incredible eye. Prior RT is not an endorsement of USA Hockey

Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

Lights, camera, Jackson: Civil Rights leader also became a pop culture presence Jackson's decades of civil rights efforts and running for president in 1984 and 1988 are his most important and lasting work. But that he did this while also forging a position in the nation's pop cul...

Took a break from architecture today to write a column about the Rev Jackson as a presence in pop culture, from Sesame Street to SNL. "The combination of politician and preacher just made him a magnetic force," Charles Whitaker, dean of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism said.

damnthatscrazy, by Julius Dolls from the album Lavish Outlandish

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I use this guide every election!

Love Sign (Shock G's Silky Remix) YouTube video by Prince - Topic

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Raptors waive franchise legend Chris Paul.

Bad Bunny taps Chicago conductor to lead surprise orchestra in Super Bowl halftime show

Giancarlo Guerrero, artistic director and principal conductor of the Grant Park Music Festival, in what he called a “beautiful surprise,” had nine days notice to join the top-secret musical lineup of the Super Bowl halftime show, which featured powerhouse vocalists Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin.

Woke 2 off to a good start. Go hawks

Mary J. Blige - Let No Man Put Asunder (Steve "Silk" Hurley House Mix) YouTube video by Craig Seymour

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The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...

BREAKING: The Trump administration repeatedly said the aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover.

New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them.

www.propublica.org/article/chic...

The usually cute and/or creepy face fountain in downtown Chicago, instead blue screening and shutting down

Shutting down

After Feds Denied Him Lifesaving Meds, Hyde Park Man Ordered Released From 'Unlawful' Detention Albeiro Ropero Remolina — who was arrested near his Hyde Park home in December and denied several doses of needed medication while in custody, according to his attorneys — was released on bond and ret...

After a month in ICE custody, Albeiro Ropero Remolina was released on bond to his Hyde Park home.

"1000s of immigrants who should be eligible for bond are forced to endure unlawful detainment [as they wait for habeas petitions] to be granted," an attorney said. blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/03/a...

Historic Roseland Church, Once On Verge Of Demolition, To Become Black-Women-Led Medical Center Onyx Health Collective, led by Dr. Maya Green and pharmacists Tonya Payton-Campbell and Ramona Burress, assumed ownership of Reformation Lutheran Church in November with plans to convert it into a hea...

After a bit of a hiatus, I'm back to reporting! My latest for
@blockclubchi.bsky.social on the Black-women-led Oynx Health Collective, which acquired Roseland's historic Reformation Lutheran Church late last year to transform it into a community medical clinic. blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/02/h...

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11 - Glaciers Of Ice YouTube video by BoomBap4Life

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Prayer to God On championing a cause.

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