E. Jason Wambsgans – Page 9

The memorial of Potter and Bertha Palmer, April 30, 2020.

Stroll through Graceland cemetery

May 4, 2020 at 11:53 a.m.

Chicago's Graceland Cemetery, located at the busy intersection of Irving Park Road and Clark Street, is notable for its architecture and landscape design.

Lynette Houston, emergency room manager at Roseland Community Hospital, adds a decorative headband to the surgical cap of a fellow nurse in the hospital's ER as part of her effort to provide levity.

Roseland Hospital is working to save a community, while worrying about its own survival

April 20, 2020 at 12:50 a.m.

Lynette Houston, emergency room manager at Roseland Community Hospital, adds a decorative headband to the surgical cap of a fellow nurse in the hospital's ER as part of her effort...

Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki differs in that the elements are cooked separately and then stacked.

Gaijin

January 13, 2020 at 4:43 p.m.

Paul Virant pivots to okonomiyaki with Gaijin in the West Loop.

The Avanzare pizza is topped with olives, mushrooms, artichokes and prosciutto.

Statisfying Italian dishes at Avanzare

January 10, 2020 at 1:59 p.m.

Italian restaurant Avanzare in West suburban Lombard features a menu of comfortingly familiar, soul-satisfying dishes.

Krassimira Stoyanova as Luisa in the Lyric Opera's production of Verdi's "Luisa Miller." Tuesday, October 8, 2019. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Enrique Mazzola conducts Verdi’s “Luisa Miller” at Lyric Opera

October 13, 2019 at 10:16 a.m.

Enrique Mazzola conducts Verdi's "Luisa Miller" in his first appearance as music director designate at the Lyric Opera.

Evie Stoelinga, 13, attends the Lab School. "The Earth is dying and we need to save it. We don't have a future if the earth isn't around. I hope that people who care know that they are not alone and lots of people believe this is a problem."

In their own words: Portraits of Chicago-area students and activists marching in the international Climate Strike rally

September 20, 2019 at 8:18 p.m.

A crowd of students and activists estimated at between 1,500 and 3,000 marched from Grant Park to Federal Plaza on Friday as part of a global protest to highlight issues...

The state militia was called in to quell the violence on Chicago's South Side during the 1919 race riots. (baiduhai historical photo)

‘Ready to explode’: How a black teen’s drifting raft triggered a deadly week of riots 100 years ago in Chicago

July 18, 2024 at 3:27 p.m.

One hundred years ago, 7-year-old Juanita Mitchell should have been playing with other children in the streets during that summer's heat wave and getting to know her new home on...

Judy Celio comforts her son Jalen Ivy, fatigued from his first full day of physical therapy at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab on Feb. 12, 2018.

Jalen’s journey: Paralyzed by a bullet meant for someone else, a 12-year-old boy searches for a ‘new normal’

May 23, 2019 at 1:19 a.m.

Some mornings, Jalen Ivy wakes from his dreams and cries. In his dreams, he can walk. Fireworks agitate the 12-year-old. He jumps at sudden noises and jokes it’s “horror therapy”...

Jorge Roque jokes with a young man mentored by Benny Estrada in between games at the Crosstown Classic softball tournament in September 2016. The tournament brings together players from the east and west sides of Little Village.

Benny and Jorge and the quest for peace in Little Village

May 23, 2019 at 7:56 p.m.

Let's walk together, say two former gang members as they work the streets, coaxing calm from conflict Read in English | Leer en Español Late one Wednesday night last fall,...

La emoción embarga a Benny Estrada durante un tributo

La cruzada por la paz de Benny y Jorge en La Villita

May 23, 2019 at 7:56 p.m.

Caminemos juntos, dicen dos expandilleros mientras recorren las calles, para inducir la calma desde el conflicto Read in English | Leer en Español Tarde un miércoles en la noche el...

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