Reyvin Reyes, a business partner at Moon Melon — a local shop that sells fandom art and crochet items — describes products to customers at his booth in DIBScon’s “artist alley” on Saturday, May 24, 2025. Reyes said sharing his art with students at university conventions gives him “a lot of fulfillment.”
A woman stops to pet at a dog during an “Adoptable Pup Parade,” hosted by Anti-Cruelty on the Riverwalk on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. Anti-Cruelty, a Chicago-based animal welfare organization, hosts the parades to offer city residents “fun, social interactions” with their adoptable dogs.
Different types of onigiri, including fillings like tuna and shrimp, are displayed at the Onigiri Kororin stand at The Uptown Farmers Market on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Onigiri Kororin is a small business that sells Japanese rice balls, co-founded by Yuta Katsuyama in 2020.
Dwanye Armstrong protests against a federal judge, who he says “didn’t do her job,” outside of Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. He said he was “disappointed” with the judge’s treatment of his case and plans to keep demonstrating, despite having protested for five days already.
Lou Mena, center, treasurer of DePaul Urban Gardeners (DUG), instructs members on tasks that need to be completed around the garden at a club meeting on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. The club centers on exploring urban agriculture and supporting local food systems.
Brianna Pantoja, member of the DePaul Chemistry Club, plays with the stretchy slime she created during the “Chemist’s Cauldron” event on Thursday, Oct. 30. The event was a Halloween celebration where members got to do spooky-themed experiments while eating candy and pizza.
Vinnie Castaldo, secretary of DUG, shows off a head of broccoli he harvested from the garden on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. Food grown by the club is either given to members or donated to Love Fridges, an organization that stocks fridges full of free food around the city of Chicago.
From left, Kelly Nelson, Lisa Saeger, Cole Lockwood, Kamari Perry, Marie Boucher and Darian Davis advertise adoptable dogs during Anti-Cruelty’s Pup Parade on the Riverwalk on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. Saeger said the event is usually very successful as dogs are frequently adopted during it.
DePaul student Daniel Mullin fastens an anti-Aramark button to his backpack during a DePaul student demonstration for university food service workers on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. Group members passed buttons out to students on DePaul’s campus throughout the event.