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🎃 Is Chicago the pumpkin spice capital?
September 4, 2024 · —Sidney Madden
Want to get paid to try Trader Joe’s pumpkin spice products? The grocery store is looking for a “pumpkin spice pundit” to review the seasonal goods for $1,000. Apps close Tuesday! Onto other pumpkin spice news 👇
What's CITY Talking About?
Charges Filed in Blue Line Shooting
Authorities charged a 30-year-old man with four counts of first-degree murder for allegedly killing four people at the CTA Forest Park station early Monday, authorities said. [NBC Chicago]
First Foxtrot Store to Reopen
A Foxtrot store in Gold Coast is reopening Thursday months after the chain suddenly closed stores across the country. [Eater]
- How will Chicagoans respond? Workers demanded backpay, and some vendors grew distrustful of the company. [City Cast Chicago 🎧]
A Pumpkin Spice Tour of Chicago
Illinois is the country’s largest producer of pumpkins and home to the canned pumpkin brand that made pumpkin pie a household staple. But what other pumpkin–flavored treats are in the city? [City Cast Chicago 🎧]
What To Do
Wednesday, Sep. 4
- Golden Star Club 🎭 Englewood | 10 a.m. to Noon | Free
- Somatic Movement 💟 Irving Park | 1:45–3 p.m. | $15
- One Book, One Chicago Unveiling 📖 Harold Washington Library | 2–3 p.m. | Free
- Forest Therapy 🌳 Morton Grove | 5:30–7 p.m. | Free
I was today-years-old when I learned some Minnesotans have a problem with the Illinois State Fair butter cow 🧈 🐄
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