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🚆 Will United Center project change Pink Line?
October 4, 2024 · —Sidney Madden
Let’s start on a sweet note! There are local baking contests coming up: the Bucktown Apple Pie Contest, the Tribune’s Holiday Cookie Contest, and the South Side Pie Challenge 🤤 Onto the news!
What's CITY Talking About?
United Center Project Coming Soon
The $7 billion plan to transform the area around the arena could begin as early as next summer and take 15 years. The development plans include almost 10,000 apartments and a music hall. Owners have also expressed wanting to reconfigure the Pink Line to stop at the UC. [Sun-Times]
- Plus, the United Center is back in full force this month with the start of basketball and hockey and a slate of concerts. [City Cast Chicago 🎧]
New South Side Smokehouse Rivalry?
Lem’s Bar-B-Q on 75th Street has been a staple in the Chicago BBQ scene for years. But a new spot is opening up nearby: No Sauce AZ. [City Cast Chicago 🎧]
This Week’s Must-Listen and Must-Read
- A high school senior shares why we should all know Margaret Burroughs who founded the South Side Community Art Center and DuSable Black History Museum. [WBEZ]
- The Bucktown and Logan Square UPS stores are open but, uh, not shipping packages. UPS cut ties with the locations in the spring, but the owner of the two stores is contesting the move. [Block Club]
Your Chicago News Quiz
Welcome to the weekly news quiz corner of Hey Chicago. We ask the questions, you give the answers, and we’re all winners! As always, reference past newsletters and City Cast Chicago podcasts. Here’s the first Q!
October marks 93 years since Chicago mobster Al Capone was convicted. Among his lesser-known history, Chicago was the first to adopt which food safety innovation at the mobster's urging?
- Restaurant health inspections
- Refrigeration requirements for oysters
- Sanitary conditions at Chicago’s slaughterhouses
- Expiration dates on milk cartons
What To Do
Friday, Oct. 4
- Major League Table Tennis 🏓 Bedford Park | 3–9 p.m. | $10+
- Art Walk starts 🖼️ West Town | 5–8 p.m. | Free
- Wine Fest starts 🍾 Lincoln Park | 5–10 p.m. | $40
- Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration 🎉 West Lawn | 6–9 p.m. | Free
- Malört Fest 🥃 Pilsen | 6:30 p.m. to Midnight | $30
- “Chaotic Good” Release Party 💿 Avondale | 9 p.m. | $17+
- Peaches & Cream Throwback Party 🍑 Belmont Cragin | 10 p.m. | $20+
Saturday, Oct. 5
- Go Run Chicago 👟 Columbus Park | 9–11 a.m. | Free
- Queer History Symposium 🌈 Rogers Park | 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. | $30+
- Apple Fest starts 🍎 Lincoln Square | 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. | $5 suggested donation
- Clean-Up ♻️ Humboldt Park | 10–11:30 a.m. | Free
- Pumpkinpalooza 🎃 Caldwell Woods | 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Free
- Fall Fest & Bulb Sale 🪴 Glencoe | 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Included in admission
- Pumpkin Patch 🎃 Calumet Park | 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. | Free
- Drum Talk, Book Fair 🥁 Washington Park | 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Varies
- Zine Fest 📖 The Loop | 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. | Varies
- South Side Science Fest 🧪 Hyde Park | 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. | Free
- The Warehouse Landmark Dedication Block Party 💿 West Loop | Noon to 5 p.m. | Free
- Taste of Northalsted 🍴 Northalsted | 2–5 p.m. | $20
- Canto Latino 🎤 Gage Park | 3–6 p.m. | Free
- Scarecrow Scramble 5K 🌾 Lisle | 5:15 p.m. | $45+
- Beer Fest 🍺 The Field Museum | 7–11 p.m. | $55+
- “To Love You All Ways” Show 🕺 Bronzeville | 7:30–9:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 6
- Cemetery Tour 🪦 Graceland Cemetery | Noon to 2 p.m. | $15
- Open Art Studio 🎨 Back of the Yards | Noon to 2 p.m. | $15+
- Masked Singer Karaoke 🎭 Streeterville | Noon to 3 p.m. | $45
- LoveFest 2024 🌈 South Shore | Noon to 9 p.m. | Free
- Brunchville 🧇 Hyde Park | 1–6 p.m. | $25+
- Symphony Orchestra Concert 🎼 Jefferson Park | 3–4 p.m. | Free
- Opossum Paint & Sip 🍷 Avondale | 6–8:30 p.m. | $65
- Benefit Concert for Gaza 🇵🇸 Bridgeport | 7 p.m. | $35+
- damsel. & Friends 🎸 Ukrainian Village | 7–9 p.m. | $12
Meet ya back here Monday ❣️
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