Patch Portraits Series
Patch Portraits uses the lens of the "everyday" to capture the characters of our communities.
Patch Portraits is a series that hopes to give voice to the unofficial sources that we never hear from and to humanize the official sources more often used by the media. Look forward to a new Patch Portrait in your Patch region each Wednesday.
In the meantime, check out the faces we've captured so far:
- Community Firefighter Preps for Action
- High Hopes Rest on Theatre Renovations
- Volunteer Spurs Passion for Nature Through Book
- Oxygen Tank Won't Stop 'Uncle Pete' From Aiding the Poorest
- Volunteer Throws One of Evanston's Biggest Parties
- Share Your Soles
- A Revolution Twittervised
- Defending Against Domestic Violence
- Outgoing Principal Leaves Legacy of Love
- Sketching 'Herstory' One Woman at a Time
- Deerfield Native New Chef at Townhouse
- A Walk Through North Shore History
- The Accidental Foodie
- An Au Pair's Take on This American Life
- Family Business Changing Gears
- JUF Volunteers Demonstrate Solidarity
- Serving the 101st Airborne Division
- Swimming Laps Around Old Age
- From SNL and MTV to a Mom Who's Made Her Stage
- Man On A Mission To Eradicate Hunger
- No Business Like Family Business
- Inside a High School Band Director’s Music Room
- Meinke's Has Grown Since Farm Beginnings In 1862
- High Hopes Rest on Theatre Renovations
- New Trier Senior Looks Outside the Bubble, Toward the Future
- Saying Goodbye to Highland Park Politics
- Volunteer Throws One of Evanston's Biggest Parties
- Riding With Ethel
- Dishing Up Community at the Niles Township Food Pantry
- Pastor Reed Says Farewell
- Niles Scout Restores Firefighting History
- Middle East Traveler Comes Home to Make Local Changes
- A Superhero Barista Serves Truth, Justice and Coffee
- The 11-year-old Social Entrepreneur
- A Mother, A Survivor
- Israeli Sculptor Captures Sports Icons
- After Retirement, Volunteer Work Begins
- Serving it 'Simple' at Edzo's Burger
- From Romania with Love
- Meditate On This
- Mom Turns to Dogs to Help Struggling Readers
- Priest Plants Trees, Develops Property For Generations To Come
- A Love Affair With Writing
- Pioneer of the Chicago Tanning Salon Scene
- A Big Mouth for the Better
- The Man Behind the Marquee
- From Combat to Coffee, Life Again As A Civilian
- For the Comic Thread, Costumes Matter
- Rescuing Deer, Ducks and a Rooster
- The Laughing Monk
- Just Give
- Robin Hood of The Golf Course
- Inside a High School Band Director’s Music Room
- Greek Boy Meets Girl, Names Diner After Her
Don't forget to send suggestions for profiles of the people you love to Patch editors Andrea Hart and Carrie Porter.
