🍬 Are these Chicago’s best candies?

Inside Johnson’s DC Trip

Mayor Brandon Johnson joined mayors from across the country to ask for more federal aid to help the tens of thousands of largely Venezuelan migrants who have arrived in the city since last year. [City Cast Chicago 🎧]

End of Daylight Saving Time

Ready to “fall back” an hour Sunday? Chicagoans will get an extra hour of sleep this weekend as we switch to standard time for the next few months. [NBC Chicago]

• Legislative efforts for permanent daylight saving time have fallen through the cracks — including from local lawmakers. [City Cast Chicago 🎧]

This Week’s Must-Read

As temperatures drop, migrants living outside of police stations in tents wonder how they’re going to survive the winter. [Tribune 🔒]

🔺 = Sid’s picks

Fall Night Market in West Loop 🛍️ Friday, Saturday | 5–10 p.m.

WNDR Museum is hosting Sauced’s two-night market where you can pick up handmade goods, prints, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more. [Free entry]

Museum of Illusions Reopening in the Loop 🪞 Saturday | 10 a.m.

The museum will feature new exhibits about perception and the human brain when it reopens this weekend. [$23+]

🔺 Pumpkin Smash Citywide 🎃 Saturday | Varies

Get rid of your rotting pumpkins at events in Avondale, Humboldt Park, Gage Park, North Center, Roselle, and more. [Free]

Brighton Park Poets’ Workshop 💬 Sunday | 1:30–4 p.m.

Join the group that meets semi-monthly to discuss poems, share work, and respond to prompts in English or Spanish at the local library branch. [Free]

🔺 South Side Pie Challenge in Hyde Park 🥧 Sunday | 2–5 p.m.

Sample all types of pies — fruit, nut, cream, sweet potato, and pumpkin — from amateur bakers at the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club. Proceeds go to help local hunger causes. [$5 a slice, cash preferred]

Toy and Game Fair in Rosemont ♟️ Saturday, Sunday | Varies

Catch kid entrepreneurs sharing their inventions at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. [$6+]

🔺 Black Harvest Film Fest Downtown 🎞️ This Month | Varies

Gene Siskel Film Center will showcase films from across the Black diaspora through Nov. 16. [$13+]

Children International Film Fest in Lincoln Park 🍿 This Month | Varies

Kids and teens can see documentaries, animation, shorts, and feature films at Facets through Nov. 19. [Varies]

Chicago, the former “candy capital of the world,” once was home to companies that produced Snickers, Lemonheads, and more. But what’re the best candies with local ties? Hey Chicago Readers weighed in.

Best Chicago Candies

🍫 Patrick B.: “Nothing beats a fresh, crumbly Butterfinger. A friend told me to always buy the fun size bag at Halloween since that’s when they make the most and they’ll be at their freshest. If you’ve ever eaten an old, chewy Butterfinger that’s been on the shelf for a while, you understand.”

💚 Tricia G.: “Frango Mints are addictively delicious!”

🍬 Annie A.: “Mars wins for best Halloween candy and best overall. They are classics that can’t go wrong. The variety and seasonal elements of M&Ms, the unstoppable energy of the Snickers, the less-than-subtle gay pride euphemism of ‘taste the rainbow’ — it has it all.”

🤎 Zoe J.: “Snickers obv.”

One Reader Prefers a Healthier Option

💪 Nick H.: “I hand out Cliff Bars and Kind bars. Makes a great item for the lunch box.”

P.S. Did anyone pretend to eat all their kids’ candy like the Jimmy Kimmel bit? Those videos never fail to make me laugh.

Will Johnson Secure Federal Aid for Migrants?

Crain’s Leigh Giangreco and Block Club’s Atavia Reed break down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s D.C. visit, why the city’s Save-A-Lot grocery stores are stalling, and Christmas music already playing.