Dear Me Care Circle To Host Third Annual Pre-Mothers' Day Awards Brunch Honoring Caregivers
For the third year running, Dear Me Care Circle returns to honor the women who hold us together.
For the third year running, Dear Me Care Circle returns to honor the women who hold our families together. The caregivers, mothers, and matriarchs whose work too often goes unseen.
Three stories from the desk.
Our mission is plain. We tell the truth about this neighborhood, beautifully. We center the people whose work has built it and the people whose work is keeping it alive. The Good Life is not a brochure. It is a living record. This magazine is part of that record.
Yvette Moyo, Founder & Publisher
Five programs. One family of work.
The magazine is one part of Real Men Charities. These are the programs the magazine covers and the programs your subscription helps sustain.
Real Men Cook
The longest-running Father's Day celebration of its kind in America. Founded 1989.
Learn more
Real Women Cook
Wellness through recipe, kitchen, and community.
Learn more
Food Wellness
Nutrition education and pantry partnerships across the fourteen.
Learn more
Mental Wellness
Men's mental health programming and group support.
Learn more
MOBE Symposium
Moving Our Boys to Excellence. Annual mentorship gathering. 24 years running.
Learn moreFrom the neighborhoods we cover.
- 05 Business | March 4, 2026
South Shore Works | Revitalizing the Corridor
A block-by-block plan to bring back what was lost and protect what remains.
- 06 Culture | February 28, 2026
The Quarry Event Center | Chicago's South Side Premier Venue
A reclaimed industrial space, a new home for weddings and galas, and a stage for the South Side’s next chapter.
- 07 Heritage | February 12, 2026
MOBE Symposium | Moving Our Boys to Excellence
Twenty-four years in, MOBE is still the gathering where mentors, fathers, and educators come to remind each other why this work matters.
- 08 Business | February 4, 2026
Achieve More With Providence Bank & Trust
A South Side institution doubles down on the neighborhoods that built it.
Continue scrolling. The archive is thirty-one years deep.
A record of the South Side, block by block.
Hover or focus a marker to see what we have published from each neighborhood.