Esther Bergdahl

1 month ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Esther Bergdahl |Ysa Quiballo |Jennifer Tanaka

You’d be right to feel disappointed if you arrived at a farmers market only to find mostly prepared foods or a craft bazaar. Some shoppers may also wonder if the produce they’re buying was actually grown by the people behind the tables. While the reselling of produce at a farmers market is likely uncommon, the practice is not unheard of.

1 month ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Ashlee Rezin |Esther Bergdahl

Chicagoans with a flair for fashion and finesse celebrated the biggest night in style with a showstopper of their own on Monday timed in parallel with New York’s Met Gala. Attendees descended on the historic Stan Mansion in Logan Square for the Chicago Fashion Coalition event “Chicago Does the Met Gala.” In the New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute event is an annual affair.

Feb 20, 2025 | wbez.org | Esther Bergdahl

With an assist from a drone, one Chicago photojournalist captures the brutality and the beauty of winter in the Windy City.

Jan 16, 2025 | wbez.org | Esther Bergdahl |Lynn Sweet |Tessa Weinberg |Dan Mihalopoulos

Coco Chanel made a name for designing many things, though flags of any sort were not among them.

Oct 31, 2024 | nprillinois.org | Mary Dixon |Esther Bergdahl

Director Steve Pink, a self-described liberal, was an unlikely candidate to make a movie about former Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, often categorized as a “rock-ribbed” conservative. The Illinois native filmmaker’s credits included Grosse Pointe Blank, High Fidelity and not one but two Hot Tub Time Machine movies. Yet Kinzinger was an intriguing character to follow: A prominent member of the House Select Committee on the Jan.