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July 24, 2023
We accept PSAs! If you have an event, fundraiser, or artist you want to share, email us and we might share your message. Allison Y. is hosting a running tour commemorating the 1919 Chicago Race Riot Thursday.
What's CITY Talking About?
Can Near West Side Soccer Facility Be Stopped?
Activists want Mayor Brandon Johnson to uphold campaign promises and stop the Chicago Fire from taking over the former public housing site. [Block Club]
- How are campaign promises holding up? [City Cast Chicago 🎧]
Was NASCAR Worth It?
Choose Chicago is studying the economic impact of the two-day downtown street car race, something 2nd Ward Ald. Brian Hopkins pushed for. The city can opt out of NASCAR next year 180 days before the event. [Crain’s 🔒]
- Chicagoans had mixed feelings about NASCAR. [City Cast Chicago 🎧]
VP Kamala Harris in Town … Again
A week after delivering a tribute on the South Side to Rev. Jesse Jackson, who is retiring as president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the veep is back for the UnidosUS annual conference and a fundraiser in Gold Coast. [Tribune 🔒; Sun-Times]
Where Is It?
Last Week’s Winner
Answer: The Auditorium Theatre. Many of you correctly guessed the downtown theater, sharing acts you’ve seen and that you’ve even performed onstage 🤯 Vincent B. was our winner and picked the next clues.
This Week’s Clues
Who designed this South Side sculpture? Reply correctly, and you could pick trivia next.
- The sculpture is located on Jackson Park’s Wooded Island.
- Installed in 2016, the dozen of lotus flower petals represent peace.
- This Japanese artist first visited Chicago with her husband, a member of the Beatles, in the ‘70s.
- It is the artist’s first permanent artwork in the Americas.
What To Do
The Evie Opens on Mag Mile 🍴 Monday | 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The upscale restaurant is replacing Bandera on Michigan Avenue. [Varies]
South Chicago Heights Senior Walk 👟 Tuesday | 6 a.m.
Older adults can mingle as they walk through Sauk Trail Woods. [Free]
Bilingual Tree Walk in Garfield Park 🌳 Friday | 10 a.m.
Learn about trees in Spanish or English at the conservatory. [Free]
Today on City Cast
Is This a 'Lame Duck' School Board?
Earlier this month, Mayor Brandon Johnson replaced all but one member of the Chicago Board of Education. Ahead of Wednesday’s meeting, WBEZ’s Sarah Karp tells us about the city’s last fully elected school board.
I have a PSA: My cousin Trent wrote and stars in an incredible play “Elements of Style” at the Neo-Futurist Theater in Andersonville. Don’t believe me? Trust the Reader. See it through Aug. 12!
— Sidney Madden
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