Hyde Park Herald

03/01/2025

"Even in the winter, there's something about being in the lake and looking out over the horizon ... Your spirit is in a different place."

On a chilly New Year’s Day, swimmers Holly Shissler, Na’ama Rokem and Hanna Siurua trekked to Promontory Point to kick off 2025 with a cold water plunge.

03/01/2025

"Some of our schools are lacking music teachers and music programs, and we fill that gap."

"Don't kill me, just help me run away," intoned Chaos Control, a motley crew of young men and women from Dyett High Schools’After School Matters program as they stepped into

03/01/2025

From elections to encampments and new businesses to anniversaries, here's a glimpse at what went down in Hyde Park in 2024.

Oh Hyde Park, what a year it's been. From elections to encampments and new businesses and anniversaries, here's a glimpse at what went down in 2024.

24/12/2024

Blacks in Green (BIG), a Woodlawn nonprofit focused on environmental justice, was given the federal green light this month – to the tune of nearly $10 million – to pilot a geothermal grid in the neighborhood.

Blacks in Green (BIG), a Woodlawn nonprofit focused on environmental justice, was given the federal green light this month – to the tune of nearly $10 million – to install

21/12/2024

For more than four decades, Tony Ranzulla had been the go-to guy at Elston Ace Hardware for all manner of questions about caulks, drills and pliers.

For more than four decades, Tony Ranzulla has been the go-to guy at Elston Ace Hardware for all manner of questions about caulks, drills and pliers. No matter the attitude

21/12/2024

B’Gabs Comfort Cafe quietly reopened this fall after a two-year break with a new menu that moves beyond plant-based food.

21/12/2024

A class-action lawsuit filed this week alleges that Mac Properties is systemically discriminating against prospective renters who hold housing choice vouchers.

17/12/2024

Almost two years after Howard Brown Health abruptly laid off more than 60 workers, the LGBTQ-affirming health care center agreed to pay a $1 million settlement.

Almost two years after Howard Brown Health abruptly laid off more than 60 workers, the LGBTQ-affirming health care center reached a $1 million settlement with the National Labor Relations Board

17/12/2024

Two hundred Hyde Park School of Dance students performed before packed houses over the weekend in the school's 31st annual production of "The Nutcracker."

Two hundred Hyde Park School of Dance (HPSD) students performed before packed houses over the weekend in the school's 31st annual production of Tchaikovsky's famed Christmastime ballet, "The Nutcracker."

14/12/2024

Cantina Rosa, a new craft cocktail bar by James Beard award-winning chef Erick Williams, is now open for business in Hyde Park.

Cantina Rosa, a new craft cocktail bar by James Beard award-winning chef Erick Williams, is open for business.

14/12/2024

Seven months after a fire temporarily shut down Hyde Park Produce, neighbors raised more than $25,000 in one day to support the grocer as its owner works to bring it back to full service.

Seven months after a fire temporarily shut down Hyde Park Produce, neighbors raised more than $25,000 in one day to support the grocer as its owner works to bring it

12/12/2024

Before Harper Avenue would become a haven for Halloween, it was home to the Rosalie Villas.

This story is the first in a two-part series about the evolution of Harper Avenue.

10/12/2024

Hundreds of families flocked to downtown Hyde Park Saturday for Holly-Day, an annual event that brings Santa Claus, reindeer, elves and cheer to the neighborhood

Jekeila Shepherd and her children, aged 9 and 6, were transfixed as chainsaw-wielding artists fashioned an elf from a slab of ice in Harper Court.

10/12/2024

The Grossman Ensemble charmed a good-sized audience last Friday night in a performance of four new works.

The Grossman Ensemble, the resident performing group at the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition at the University of Chicago, charmed a good-sized audience last Friday night in a performance of

06/12/2024

With a new head coach at the helm after a season that ended in controversy, the Kenwood Academy boys basketball team is off to a strong start.

With a new head coach at the helm after a season that ended in controversy, the Kenwood Academy boys basketball team is off to a strong start this year with

06/12/2024

At Africa International House in Woodlawn, Kwanzaa celebrations start early.

04/12/2024

Mount Carmel football has clinched its 16th state title.

Mount Carmel football has done it again, and then some – with an easy victory over Batavia High School this weekend, the Caravan has clinched its 16th state title.

04/12/2024

More than a year after a mysterious fire partially destroyed a panel of "Pioneer Social Work," artists Astrid Fuller and Damon Lamar Reed debuted the restored mural.

Before her murals would become staples of the South Side, Astrid Fuller was a young social worker in Woodlawn.