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23 Shots Near St. Rita / 'Fast Eddie' Out Of Jail Quick / Lewis Black

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Hooray for the weekend! Let's get brunch!

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Saturday: Soaked. High: 63 Low: 51.

Sunday: Blown Away. High: 63 Low: 51.

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  • "Fast Eddie" was released from federal prison more than a year early. The former alderman and two-time felon Edward Vrdolyak, 84, was convicted on a tax evasion charge and sentenced to 18 months in prison. After just five months, he was moved to a halfway house in Downers Grove. (Patch)
  • The Whole Foods Market that former Mayor Rahm Emanuel lured to an Englewood strip mall built with $10 million in taxpayer cash is closing after just six years. Meanwhile, Whole Foods opened a giant store in the Gold Coast this week. (Patch)
  • Twenty-three gunshots rang out near a St. Rita High School baseball game and track meet on the Southwest Side. "I've never experienced violent gunfire. The boys on the field hit the ground," a baseball player's parent told reporter Megan Hickey. (CBS2)
  • A three-year-old girl died after being trapped in a Bronzeville apartment fire early Saturday. Firefighters rescued the girl from the second floor in the 600 block of East 43rd Street around 2 a.m. but later died from burns and smoke inhalation. (WGN9)
  • Chicago sommelier Jelena Prodan's nomination for the prestigious Jean Banchet Awards has been rescinded over racial profiling allegations. Prodan was involved in an incident with a racially diverse group of diners who say staff exhibited "racist and homophobic behavior toward them, questioning whether they could afford a $56-per-pour Scotch." (Eater)
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Saturday:

  • Robbie Fulks w/ Al Rose, Steve Doyle at Space (8 p.m.)
  • The Steepwater Band at Martyr's (8 p.m.)
  • Kaleo at The Arragon Ballroom (7 p.m.)
  • Banda MS at Allstate Arena (8 p.m.)
  • Lewis Black at Chicago Theater (8 p.m.)
Lewis Black. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Sunday:

  • Suzanne Vega at Old Town School of Folk Music (7 p.m.)
  • Mike Wheeler at Buddy Guy's Legends (9 p.m.)
  • Midnight Sun at City Winery (8 p.m.)
  • Elio at Schubas (6:30 p.m.)
  • Letterkenny Live at The Chicago Theater (7 p.m.)

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— Mark Konkol

About me: Mark Konkol, recipient of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, wrote and produced the Peabody Award-winning series "Time: The Kalief Browder Story." He was a producer, writer and narrator for the "Chicagoland" docuseries on CNN and a consulting producer on the Showtime documentary "16 Shots."

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