John Owens

Shuttered CHA complex gets new life as artists’ home

August 18, 2019 at 11:13 p.m.

When the Chicago Housing Authority's Dante Harper Townhomes closed in 2007, it seemed to be another symbol of the continued decline of the once solidly working-class Grand Crossing neighborhood on...

Whiting drops plans for Chicago Baseball Museum

December 23, 2018 at 7:59 p.m.

A sports museum complex set for groundbreaking by fall 2015 in Whiting will still include a hall of fame for sports mascots, but another wing dedicated to Chicago's baseball history...

‘Lord Thing,’ 44-year-old doc may have lessons for today

June 18, 2018 at 2:15 p.m.

A rediscovered 44-year-old film about the genesis and transformation of one of Chicago's oldest street gangs is becoming a training tool for interventionists working with the city's street organizations today....

5 years after Burr Oak scandal, hope and challenges

June 17, 2018 at 5:41 p.m.

Five years after workers were accused of digging up and dumping hundreds of bodies in a scheme to resell burial plots, Burr Oak Cemetery is trying to overcome the scandal...

Black Sox footage emerges, documented after decades

August 19, 2019 at 11:41 a.m.

It's one of the most significant sports film discoveries in recent years, offering up a new look at the 1919 World Series, when eight Chicago White Sox players allegedly conspired...

Black Sox footage emerges, documented after decades

December 23, 2018 at 11:45 p.m.

It's one of the most significant sports film discoveries in recent years, offering up a new look at the 1919 World Series, when eight Chicago White Sox players allegedly conspired...

Pioneering Cubs female exec Midge Donahue to be honored

May 21, 2019 at 2:09 p.m.

She was a pioneering major league baseball executive, responsible for a series of groundbreaking innovations during her nearly 40 years as an employee with the Chicago Cubs. Now, more than...

Bill Veeck, baseball’s Barnum

June 17, 2018 at 10:11 p.m.

Mary Frances Veeck had to think about the question for a few seconds: How would her late husband of 35 years, the legendary baseball executive Bill Veeck, handle being 100...

Bill Veeck, baseball’s Barnum

August 25, 2021 at 1:13 a.m.

Mary Frances Veeck had to think about the question for a few seconds: How would her late husband of 35 years, the legendary baseball executive Bill Veeck, handle being 100...

‘Cicero March’ added to National Film Registry

August 24, 2021 at 11:25 p.m.

Members of the Chicago Film Archives are celebrating the selection of a 1966 documentary about a notorious Chicago-area civil rights march as one of the 25 films for the National...

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