Cannon founded GroceryLand, a food pantry dedicated to serving people with AIDS, and was a tireless activist for the LGBTQ+ community.

Wheat led Third Unitarian Church since 1969, seeing it through a time of upheaval and change on the West Side.

Principal Shaka Rawls, a 1993 graduate of the all-boys Catholic school in Auburn Gresham, said his message to students is to “never, ever, ever give up.”

Mellis, 81, helped transform how development, institutions and community groups work together.

Kastanes, who had a passion for telling stories of pastimes from across the city of Chicago, had amassed more than a quarter-million followers on social media.

Jon Czerwien launched his YouTube channel in January to show home cooks and fellow firefighters how to make hearty food using everyday ingredients.

Marvin Young’s “Impressions Of A City,” a collection of his drawings and portraits, will be on display Thursday through Aug. 23 at Intuit Art Museum in West Town.

Beverly plays a big role in "Marguerite," which explores the rising comic's life on the South Side and beyond. She's headlining a show Saturday at Gaelic Park.

Retired Chicago firefighter John Carmody has taken up where the original Knife Guy of Beverly left off, traveling the neighborhood with his signature cart and honing neighbors' knives for $2 a blade.

Jamie Campbell set out to celebrate her 40th birthday four years ago with a run. She turned a goal of running 40 consecutive days into a lifestyle.