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🧅 The Onion bought what?!
November 15, 2024 · —Sidney Madden
Hey! Remember just a few days ago when I said Chicago should have a Jeremy Allen White lookalike contest? It’s happening this weekend! The power of manifestation 🔮 If anyone goes, please send pics.
What's CITY Talking About?
AG to Mayor: Watch Police Reform Budget
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul warned Mayor Brandon Johnson in a letter this week not to cut staff or spending related to a federal court order to reform the Chicago Police Department. Raoul said the city could face sanctions. [WTTW]
CTA Clark & Lake Station Overhaul
Google is paying to move the station’s main entrance to the northeast corner of Clark and Lake as the tech giant transforms its new headquarters at the Thompson Center. [Sun-Times]
- Construction on Helmut Jahn’s polarizing building is underway. [City Cast Chicago 🎧]
Chicagoans React to Pitchfork Leaving
Many longtime fans are still in shock after the organizers of the music fest said Pitchfork would not return to Chicago next year. Ald. Walter Burnett, 27th Ward, hopes the company behind the festival will reverse course. [City Cast Chicago 🎧]
This Week’s Must-Read
Is this a Hallmark movie? A longtime customer at Give Me Some Sugah Bakery found out the owner of the South Shore spot was his biological mother. I might’ve shed a few tears reading this one. [NBC Chicago]
Your Chicago News Quiz
It’s Friday, so you know what that means? News quiz time! See if you can get a perfect score. Here’s the first Q.
The Onion, a satirical Chicago-based publication, just bought which website?
- BuzzFeed
- Vice
- WikiLeaks
- InfoWars
What To Do
Friday, Nov. 15
- Preschool Vision Screening 👓 Beverly | 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Free
- Ice Skating opens ⛸️ Maggie Daley Park | 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. | $17+
- Ice Skating opens ⛸️ Millennium Park | 11 a.m. | $20
- Staple & Stitch Art Book & Print Fair starts 📚 River North | 3–9 p.m. | Free
- Pokémon Art Show 🐉 McKinley Park | 4–10:30 p.m. | $5+
- Mariah Carey Pop-Up Bar 🧑🎄 The Loop | 4–11 p.m. | $30+
- ZooLights opens ✨ Lincoln Park | 4:30–10 p.m. | $7
- Lightscape opens ❄️ Chicago Botanic Garden | 4:30–11 p.m. | $34+
- Free Museum Night 👀 Bridgeport | 5–8 p.m. | Free
- “The Light of Truth” Screening 🎦 Englewood | 6:30 p.m. | Free
- Tribute to Paquito D’Rivera 🎵 Lakeview | 7:30 p.m. | $30
- Full Moon Nature Walk 🌝 Lemont | 7:30 p.m. | Free
Saturday, Nov. 16
- Christmas Around the World 🎄 Museum of Science & Industry | 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Included in museum entry
- Randolph Street Holiday Market starts 🎁 West Loop | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. | $12
- Lycée French Market 🇫🇷 Lincoln Square | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. | $5 suggested donation
- Sip & Thrift 🛍️ Pilsen | Noon to 5 p.m. | Varies
- Journaling Retreat 📝 Auburn Gresham | 1–3 p.m. | $30
- Wine Fest 🍷 River North | 1–5 p.m. | $25+
- Free to Browse 🖱️ Little Village | 4–10:30 p.m. | Free
- Illumination: Tree Lights opens 🌲 Morton Arboretum | 4:30–9:30 p.m. | Varies
- Deeply Rooted Dance Theater 💃 The Loop | 7:30 p.m. | $35+
- Friendsgiving for a Cause 🫂 Chinatown | 10–11:30 p.m. | Free
Sunday, Nov. 17
- National Take a Hike Day 🚶 Willow Springs | 10 a.m. | Free
- Gratitude Potluck 🙏 Oak Park | 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Free
- Puzzle Exchange 🧩 Jefferson Park | 2–5 p.m. | Free
- Viking Pub Crawl 🗡️ Andersonville | 3–6 p.m. | $25
- Don Toliver 🎶 Credit Union 1 Arena | 7:30 p.m. | $87+
While you ice skate around Maggie Daley Park this weekend, throw the ribbon a vote in a national contest for best ice skating rink.
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