Pat Nabong

1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Pat Nabong

Carlson Kressley spruced up puppies with Hawaiian shirts, dresses and sunglasses on Tuesday at the PAWS Chicago Medical Center and Lurie Clinic in Little Village. Kressley, who is a judge of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and was one of the stars of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” toured the shelter and styled dogs to promote Global Travel Advisor Day, which is Wednesday and honors travel professionals and their work, and to promote a Beach Party fundraiser for PAWS Chicago in July.

2 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Kade Heather |Violet Miller |Pat Nabong

James Dmello awoke at 3 a.m. Saturday to watch the televised funeral Mass for Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Square in Rome. Dmello, 57, of suburban Cary, was overcome with emotions and immediately knew he and his wife, Anne, had to be present for a Mass memorializing the pope because “if he was for us, then we have to be for him.”“It was too much, like, I couldn’t control myself. I woke up 3 in the morning and nonstop until it got over, I was there the whole Mass,” Dmello said.

3 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Pat Nabong

El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. | The place for coverage of Latino news and culture in Chicago. Usando una corona de espinas y una túnica blanca con manchas rojas, un hombre cargaba una cruz de madera al oeste de la calle 18, seguido por cientos de personas. Por 48º año, los devotos católicos marcharon durante el “Vía Crucis Viviente”, una tradición anual del Viernes Santo en Pilsen que conmemora la pasión y la vida de Jesucristo.

3 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Pat Nabong

Wearing a crown of thorns and a white robe stained with splotches of red, a man carried a wooden cross down West 18th Street with hundreds of people behind him. For the 48th year, Catholic devotees marched during the annual “Via Crucis: Living Way of the Cross,” a Good Friday tradition in Pilsen that commemorates the passion and life of Jesus Christ.

1 month ago | wbez.org | Dorothy Hernandez |Kyra Senese |Pat Nabong |Jessica Ma

Cherry blossom alert: The cherry trees are blooming in Jackson Park on the South Side. After two years of underwhelming blooms, Chicagoans returned to Jackson Park this weekend to catch the first signs of cherry blossoms, with their delicate pink and white petals beginning to unfurl. Many paused to snap selfies or take in a moment of springtime peace.