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What’d City Council Approve?

After intense debate and heckling from the crowd, alders greenlit a plan to spend $51 million to help asylum-seekers. The council also voted to make a pandemic outdoor dining program permanent. [WBEZ]

Blast the AC

As temps hit the 90s, remember the city now has air conditioning requirements for landlords. [WTTW]

• The ordinance passed after three women died at a Rogers Park senior living facility during a 2022 heat wave. What are other responsibilities of Chicago landlords? [City Cast Chicago 🎧]

Happy Pride!

June is finally here, which means you can celebrate Pride all month long with drag brunches, queer proms, fests, and more 🌈 [Block Club]

Illinois Senior Hall of Fame

Nominate residents 65 and older for the state’s Senior Hall of Fame by the end of the day. [Illinois Department on Aging]

• Who has made the list? The late civil rights icon Timuel Black. [City Cast Chicago 🎧]

Reparations Forum in Chatham | Saturday | 1–3 p.m.

Go to Chatham-Avalon Church to join residents, workers, and activists to discuss what reparations could mean for Black Americans. [Free]

Plant Party in Avondale | Sunday | Noon to 5 p.m.

Shop plant babies at Sleeping Village 🪴 [Free entry]

Chicagoland Rosé Chatbot | All Month | Varies

Celebrate National Rosé Month with pink-themed happy hours, a rosé chatbat, and more at the Hampton Social in River North, Streeterville, Skokie, and Barrington all month long. [Varies]

Recreate ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’

Who else wants to play hooky like in the beloved 1986 John Hughes film? Ahead of June 5, the day Ferris may have taken off, writer Leigh Giangreco sets to find out if his itinerary is possible in a school day.

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