Learn about the design behind the Black History Month warmup jerseys and the artist, Tyrese Ingram, a 19-year-old artist from North Lawndale. View original post here: NHL Blog
CHICAGO — Marcellus Moore, a former member of the Vice Lords, has spent time in jail and on the streets of Chicago’s West Side. He’s seen it all — poverty, crime and incarceration. But inside of the Firehouse Community Art Center in North Lawndale, he witnessed something he’d never seen
CHICAGO – A homegrown, former MLB star is ramping up efforts to feed Chicagoans, as grocery bills rise. Curtis Granderson brought his food security awareness campaign to North Lawndale Thursday during a food give away. Inside each grocery bag, there are four healthy meals cooked and ready to go, meaning one more family won’t
When Sara Guderyahn became the Chicago Blackhawks Foundation’s new executive director last November, she took a long look at the long-term goals of the hockey franchise’s philanthropic arm. Now, just shy of a year later, the main goal she identified — increasing investments in the West Side neighborhoods around and
One West Side is a three-year initiative to invest at least $2 million in leaders from Chicago’s West Side as part of efforts to create greater opportunity for youth in their own communities CHICAGO – The Chicago Blackhawks Foundation and A Better Chicago announced the inaugural cohort of grantees, including The Firehouse Community Arts Center, today
Read More at chicagotribune.com Like virtually every other physical event in 2020, the Chicago Blues Boot Camp had to make a digital pivot due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The modest, four-year-old operation typically piggybacked on the international audience of the Chicago Blues Festival, and 14 of its 28 students in 2019 were visiting
