🧸 Inside Chicago’s role in Beanie Babie mania

Fatal Oak Street Beach Accident

A woman has died and six other people were rescued after a boat hit a breakwall near the Playpen and capsized early Friday, a Fire Department spokesperson said. [Sun-Times]

• Boaters and swimmers can brush up on water safety in Lake Michigan. [City Cast Chicago 🎧]

Tracking Chicago Developments

Bookmark this map tracking all new construction projects, renovations, and proposals across the city. [Chicago Cityscape]

• Where are megadevelopments coming? Near Lincoln Park and South Loop. [City Cast Chicago 🎧]

Tracing the Origins of ‘Chicagoland’

In the 1920s, Tribune publisher Robert R. McCormick hoped popularizing the term would increase readership. And Chicagoland used to mean the whole Midwest. [WBEZ]

Who is the Far North Side ‘Aldercat?’

Rogers Park residents know Chief, the friendly outdoor tuxedo cat who has been adopted as the “aldercat” of the neighborhood. [Block Club]

• From Chance the Snapper to Chonkosaurus, meet the other animals Chicagoans melt over. [Hey Chicago 💻]

Last Week’s Winner

Answer: Yoko Ono is the artist behind “Skylanding” on Jackson Park’s Wooded Island. We didn’t hear back from winner Sagina H., so these clues are brought to you by yours truly.

This Week’s Clues

Where is this CTA station? Reply correctly for a chance to pick next week’s trivia.

• One of the oldest stations in the city, opened in 1893
• You can catch the Green and Pink lines from this stop
• Victorian-style stations once dotted the Lake Street Elevated Line

Milwaukee Avenue Study 🏙️ Monday | 6–7:30 p.m.

Weigh in on special guidelines for development along the stretch between Western and Ridgeway. [Free]

Merrionette Park Motown Tribute 🎵 Wednesday | 7–10 p.m.

Dance the night away as Motown Nation sings the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, and more at 115 Bourbon Street. [$5]

West Side Pop-Up Van 🚐 All Week | Varies

Park District’s Rollin’ Rec van is bringing sports, fitness, and games around North Lawndale and West Garfield Park through Friday. [Free]

‘Guac’ in Lincoln Park 💔 Saturday | 7:30 p.m.

Five years after Joaquin Oliver was killed in the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, his parents Manuel and Patricia are on a 23-day activism tour for what would have been his 23rd birthday. Catch Manuel’s one-man show at the Greenhouse Theater. [$23]

Is Evanston’s Reparations Program a Model for Chicago?

One of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s big promises is to make headway on reparations. Former Evanston Ald. Robin Rue Simmons led the effort to pass the country’s first-ever reparations program in the north suburb. She tells us the challenges Chicago faces.