Maya Mokh

The South Shore Drill Team performs during the 2011 Bud Billiken Parade down South King Drive.

Bud Billiken Parade returning after COVID-induced absence in 2020, organizers announce

June 3, 2021 at 1:09 p.m.

The largest Black parade in the world, and second largest parade in the country, is coming back to the historic South Side neighborhood of Bronzeville, this time with the theme...

The Metea Valley High School marching band participates in the Memorial Day parade in Naperville on May 31, 2021.

Memorial Day 2021 in Chicago marks step closer to normalcy following pandemic cancellations last year

May 31, 2021 at 11:34 p.m.

As the Naperville Municipal Band finished the final notes of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the annual Memorial Day parade, several members could be seen wiping away tears. It had been...

Jairo Garcia, 39, an attendee of the 50th annual Pride Parade, poses for a portrait before the march begins on Montrose Avenue in Chicago's Boystown neighborhood on June 30, 2019.

Chicago Pride Parade set to return Oct. 3 following 2020 COVID-19 cancellation

May 28, 2021 at 3:07 p.m.

Chicago's Pride Parade has been officially moved to Sunday, Oct. 3, a pandemic-induced departure from its usual last Sunday in June date after the festival was canceled in 2020 because...

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