A Saturday Afternoon Clash in the Loop. Pro-Lifers gathered in Federal Plaza for a rally and march, while a large contingent of agitated and angry counter demonstrators responded with taunts, signs, and geers. Here are my thoughts and images from today’s festivities.
Today marked the fourth day following the Highland Park July Fourth Mass Shooting. People quietly paid tribute to the victims, with drizzle occasionally falling from the skies. Once again, I made my way to Highland Park. Here are my thoughts and images.
I headed up to Highland Park today to witness the aftermath of yesterday’s mass shooting. Here are my thoughts and images from the day.
Day 4 of the Chicago Bluesfest was the final day. I limited my activity today, but still managed to catch several great performances. Here are my thoughts, together with my images.
Day 3 of the Chicago Bluesfest saw a terrific tribute to Chicago Soul. Here are my thoughts on and images from the day.
In addition to 4-days of Bluesfest, I managed to attend the Chicago March for Our Lives demonstration in Federal Plaza. Here are my thoughts and images.
Day 2 of the 2022 Chicago Blues Festival topped Day 1, with a wide variety of Blues offered up. Here are my thoughts about and images from the second day of this four-day festival, which attracts visitors from around the country and the world.
The 2022 Chicago Bluesfest kicked off today, with an all-star lineup of Chicago Blues artists. Here are my thoughts about and my images from the first day of this four-day festival that attracts visitors from around the country and the world.
Last night a gunman shot nine people, killing two, at the corner of State and Chicago Avenue. The event transfixed the public. The media was out in force today. I spent two hours in the area this afternoon. Here are my thoughts and images.
Today, somewhere around 5,000 abortion-rights advocates gather in Chicago’s Federal Plaza, and they then marched through the Loop, ending at the Ida B. Wells Memorial. Here are my thoughts about what I witnessed, together with my images.
Pianist Vijay Iyer brought his friends to the Logan Center for the Performing Arts to perform Ghosts of Everywhere I Go, a commissioned piece of music intended to reflect the Black Experience in Chicago. I was fortunate to be in the audience with camera in had. Here are my thoughts and images.
Following the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a demonstration erupted in front of the United States Supreme Court. Within 18 hours, people were demonstrating across the country. Here are my images from the demonstration that took place today in Chicago’s Federal Plaza late this afternoon.
Today, I heard the summer’s first sizzle, as the heat engulfed my exposed skin. Here are some images, together with my thoughts about Chicago’s first wonderful day of the year.
Toward the end of my walk celebrating the first nice day of the year, I encountered a demonstration by Palestinians in support of the Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel. Here are my thoughts and images.
Somewhere around 1,000 demonstrators showed up in Water Tower Park for a demonstration in support of the Ukrainian people as they battle Russian imperialism and oppression. I was there, and here are my thoughts, together with some of the images I captured.
Another Sunday; another demonstration. Keep’em coming until Putin is out of Ukraine. Here are my images and thoughts from today’s demonstration in Chicago’s Daley Plaza.
On Sunday, February 27, 2022, somewhere around 1,000 demonstrators in Chicago turned out in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brazen attack on Ukraine. Here are Jack B. Siegel’s thoughts and images from the protest in Ukrainian Village.
