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🌱 Bears Name New President + Lightfoot Says CPS Emails A 'Mistake'
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- 🗳️ Lightfoot calls the campaign email to CPS teachers a 'mistake'
- 🏈 Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren has been named new Bears president
- 🍽️ An online marketplace brings together food by some of Chicago's most notable chefs
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📰 Top 5 stories in Chicago:
1) Lightfoot says campaign emails to Chicago Public School teachers were a mistake. Mayor Lori Lightfoot apologized yesterday after a campaign staffer emailed teachers at their CPS accounts in an attempt to recruit student volunteers for reelection efforts. Lightfoot said the campaign staffer won't be fired, but she reminded her team of the "impenetrable" wall between her political office and reelection campaign. Multiple groups are looking into the matter for potential ethics violations. (Block Club Chicago)
2) Worker dies after being pulled from debris following Bronzeville building collapse. A worker was killed after he became trapped under five feet of debris following a building collapse yesterday morning in the 700-block of East Oakwood Boulevard in Bronzeville. The collapse occurred in a vacant, three-story building currently under construction. Two other workers were at the site at the time of the collapse but were not trapped. (ABC 7)
3) Chicago Bears name Big Ten boss Kevin Warren new president, CEO. Kevin Warren, Big Ten Commissioner since 2019, replaces Ted Phillips, who is retiring next month from the franchise after 40 years. Warren, 59, previously worked in the NFL, most recently with the Minnesota Vikings. He becomes the Bears' fifth president and the first from outside the organization. (Chicago Patch)
4) West Side group wins $10M to create walkable village with grocery stores, arts center, clinic. The Garfield Park Rite to Wellness Collaborative is the recipient of the Pritzker Traubert Foundation's 2022 Chicago Prize. The group's project, called Sankofa Wellness Village, will be a walkable village in West Garfield Park that allows residents to be no more than 15 minutes from what they need—from health care and groceries to arts and entertainment. (Chicago Sun-Times)
5) Online marketplace brings together some of the city's most exciting chefs and food entrepreneurs. Here Here Market, an online marketplace that launched in August 2021, sells more than 800 culinary products made by chefs, bakers and entrepreneurs throughout Chicago—and a few outside the city. Co-founder and CEO Disha Gulati originally thought Here Here was going to be "a hyperlocal marketplace, connecting Chicago creators with Chicago consumers," but now more than half of sales are from outside of Chicago. (WTTW)
📌 Today in Chicago:
- Roving Naturalists at Garfield Park Conservatory (11:00 AM)
- Chicago Boat Show at McCormick Place (11:00 AM)
- 26th Annual Fillet of Solo Festival at Lifeline Theatre (1:00 PM)
- Cubs Convention at Sheraton Grand Chicago (5:00 PM)
- Hillbilly Frolic at FitzGerald's (5:30 PM)
- Chicago Bulls vs. Oklahoma Thunder at United Center (7:00 PM)
- Kayo at Epiphany Center for the Arts: The Sanctuary (7:00 PM)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone In Concert at Chicago Symphony Orchestra (7:30 PM)
- Circle Picnic: Journey For The Sun at Chopin Theater (7:30 PM)
- Led Zeppelin 2 at House of Blues (7:30 PM)
- The Schwag (Grateful Dead Experience) at Cubby Bear (7:30 PM)
- Judy Collins at Old Town School of Folk Music (8:00 PM)
- Are You Ready For It? A Taylor Swift Inspired Dance Party at Lincoln Hall (8:00 PM)
- Cello For Peace: Ian Maksin & Gabriel Datcu at Artifact Events (8:00 PM)
- This Is Your Brain On Beer Comedy Show! at Midwest Coast Brewing (8:00 PM)
- Loose Ends feat. Jane Eugene at City Winery (8:00 PM)
- Archers of Loaf at Bottom Lounge (8:00 PM)
- Bowie Tribute Night with Spaceface at Brauerhouse (9:30 PM)
- French Police at Empty Bottle (10:00 PM)
📱 Social chatter:
- What's in a doctor's medicine cabinet?: "Forget what's in your wallet. What's in your medicine cabinet? We asked to see doctors' bathroom cabinets, and this is what we saw." (Chicago magazine via Instagram)
- Expressway shootings: "Illinois police say 'dramatic' decline in Chicago expressway shootings in 2022." (mystateline.com)
- South Side or North Side?: "'South Side' creators are quizzed on where Chicago businesses are located." (NBC 5)
- Greatest 'slips' from Chicago politicians: "Madigan's 'bandits' remark could join list of 'golden' oldies caught spilling from pols' loose lips." (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Mad Hatters: "For decades, the Mad Hatters have brought the joy of reading to children across the Chicago area. . They're coming to the Archer Heights Branch Library, 5055 S. Archer, at 11:00 a,m. Saturday, January 21. No admission charge. Children ages 3-10 (and their parents) are most welcome." (Southwest Chicago Post via Facebook)
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