Hyde Park Herald

The Hyde Park Herald is a weekly publication that caters to the Hyde Park area in Chicago, Illinois.

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Police district councilors, community groups slam State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke's felony review bypass program

2 days ago | hpherald.com | Max Blaisdell

Dozens of organizations and nearly 100 individuals, including legal scholars, civil rights groups and elected police district councilors, have signed an open letter calling on Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke to end a controversial pilot program that allows police to file felony gun possession charges without prosecutorial oversight.
Balkanske Igre celebrates 60 years of Eastern European music and dance

4 days ago | hpherald.com | Marc C. Monaghan

Shortly after wrapping their 58th annual Spring Festival two years ago, John and Galia Miloucheva Kuo started plans to bring the festival of Balkan music and dance back to Hyde Park. The couple, longtime festival organizers, wanted it to return to the University of Chicago, where it had been held for decades until moving to the suburbs amid Covid-19. The timing felt right - 2025 marked the 60th anniversary of the founding of Balkanske Igre, the Balkan dance group that runs the festival.
Volunteers tidy, bond at Nichols Park

5 days ago | hpherald.com | Marc C. Monaghan

On a brisk Saturday morning, a team of volunteers was hard at work in Nichols Park spreading wood chips around a playground, picking up trash and scrubbing graffiti off its benches. The sprucing, overseen by the Nichols Park Advisory Council (NPAC), was part of a citywide "It's Your Park Day" cleanup initiative. The annual event is organized by the Chicago Parks Foundation and marks the beginning of volunteer season in the city's public green spaces.
'Cats'

6 days ago | hpherald.com | Anne Spiselman

I've never cared that much for Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats." Yes, it ran for 21 years in London after premiering in 1981 and for 18 years on Broadway, where it racked up loads of awards, including seven Tonys. And yes, it became one of the longest-running shows ever in both cities, has enjoyed countless productions all over the world and sparked the mega-musical trend.
XS Tennis founder proposes dual hotel-apartment complex near athletic center

1 week ago | hpherald.com | Zoe Pharo

A former U.S. Open coach and the founder of a prominent youth tennis organization is spearheading a new proposal to build a dual hotel-apartment complex in the Washington Park neighborhood. The development, pitched by XS Tennis & Education Foundation founder Kamau Murray, is a two-building project proposed for the vacant lot at 5301 S.
Conscious Plates launches $100K fundraising campaign to save the vegan eatery

1 week ago | hpherald.com | Max Blaisdell

Latrell Garnett, the owner of Conscious Plates, wasn't planning to become a restaurateur when he began cooking alkaline vegan meals out of his cousin's kitchen in 2018. "There wasn't a vision," he said. "I was homeless. It was just to bring in some money, and people happened to like the food that I was making." Seven years later, his Woodlawn restaurant Conscious Plates, 820 E.
Eve L. Ewing and Ta-Nehisi Coates discuss the racist roots of American schooling

1 week ago | hpherald.com | Max Blaisdell

Marking the February release of Eve L. Ewing's latest book , "Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism," fans gathered on Zoom last Thursday for a conversation between the University of Chicago professor and another writer, Ta-Nehisi Coates. Hosted by the Family Action Network, the event reunited the longtime friends and explored how schools have historically functioned as instruments of racial control.
Illinois lawmakers pass bill aimed at expanding dual language programs

1 week ago | hpherald.com | Samantha Smylie

Illinois lawmakers have passed a bill that will help school districts expand dual language programs, in which students are taught in English and another language throughout the school day. House Bill 3026 passed the Democratic-controlled Senate along party lines with a43-12 vote on Thursday. The proposal now heads to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office for final approval.
Past, present and future in 'The Antiquities'

1 week ago | hpherald.com | Anne Spiselman

The best thing about Jordan Harrison's "The Antiquities" is the mind-bending concept. Fully titled "A Tour of the Permanent Collection in the Museum of Late Human Antiquities," the world-premiere co-production by Goodman Theatre, Playwrights Horizons and Vineyard Theatre is set far in the post-human future but asks us to imagine that we're back in time seeing how things got the way they are.
Griffin MSI union workers demand first contract

1 week ago | hpherald.com | Marc C. Monaghan

More than two years after Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) employees overwhelmingly voted to unionize, workers were out on the museum’s front steps Thursday evening demanding a first contract with management. "We want to show them that we mean business," said Langston Swiecki, a Griffin MSI employee and member of the union’s bargaining committee.