Maxwell Evans

Rapper and dancer Lil M.U. headlines the free fest Saturday in Washington Park organized by and catering to youth, some of whom will sell goods at a vendor village.

The $74 million rebuild of the station's platforms, headhouses and long-dormant 60th Street entrance will take three years to complete, officials said.

GOOSE ISLAND — For more than two decades, the Silver Room Block Party has served as a gathering place for Chicago's creative community.

The funds will support programs at George Washington and St. Francis de Sales high schools, Olive Harvey College and Chicago State University. The company will also issue grants to local groups with STEM initiatives.

“From Memory to Movement: Emmett at 85,” closing Saturday, is inspired by its curator's promise to Mamie Till-Mobley — and by Chicago-area teens who explore social justice through storytelling.

Rainbow Races, which aims to boost LGBTQ+ participation and representation in sailing, is partnering with the local chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for this year's race and fundraiser.

A man and a woman were found fatally shot in a car along the Midway Plaisance, and another man was killed and a woman wounded in a drive-by shooting near Promontory Point, police said.

Students at Parkside Academy in South Shore have also organized over the past year for their own peace room.

More than $1 million in state money will help the youth sports organization purchase and renovate an old WIC grocery store on 71st Street into a headquarters with indoor practice space, classrooms and offices.

Teens aged 14-18 will wrap their free summer entrepreneurship course at nonprofit Gray Matter Experience Thursday by pitching their “social impact”-focused businesses to a panel of judges.