Community Corner
🌱 Chicago's Hip-Hop Opera + $30M Mansion Listing + 1985 Bears Defense
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Good morning! In today's Chicago Daily:
- 🏫 Migrants could begin moving into the vacant Woodlawn school as early as today.
- 🎭 A new opera has an on-stage DJ and is set in a South Side barbershop.
- 💵 A Lincoln Park mansion is on the market for $30 million.
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Frigid; a morning flurry. High: 15 Low: 2.
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📰 Top 5 stories in Chicago:
1) Despite community concern, plans to move 250 migrants into the vacant Wadsworth Elementary School could move forward as early as today. A community meeting was held Saturday to provide neighbors with a clearer timeline for the Woodlawn shelter, which is slated to remain one for no more than two years. Neighbors say they feel the plan was rushed, with little community input. (CBS Chicago)
2) According to Rick Gosselin's Power Poll, the 1985 Bears once again were voted the greatest Super Bowl defense of all time. Two hundred twenty-five former players, coaches, officials, writers and broadcasters participated in the poll. The options were the 1969 Kansas City Chiefs, 1972 Miami Dolphins, 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers, 1977 Dallas Cowboys, 1985 Chicago Bears, 2000 Baltimore Ravens, 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers and 2013 Seattle Seahawks. (NBC Chicago)
3) Lyric Opera of Chicago's "The Factotum," by Will Liverman and DJ King Rico, is the first opera to incorporate an onstage DJ, and among the first with an entirely Black and BIPOC cast and creative team. The new work—which opens Feb. 3 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance—is inspired by Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" and set in a contemporary Black barbershop on Chicago's South Side. (Chicago Sun-Times)
4) Hundreds of students from more than 100 Chicago high schools received hands-on construction experience Saturday at the Obama Presidential Center site. Students who participated will have the opportunity to get an on-site architecture or construction-related job after graduation. The Obama Center is still on track to be completed by 2025. (ABC 7)
5) A mansion often regarded as Chicago's most luxurious home is on the market for a cool $30 million—$15 million less than previously listed in 2020. Located at 1932 N. Burling Street, the 25,000-square-foot home in Lincoln Park spans more than eight city blocks, has six bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, a 5,000-bottle wine cellar, seven fireplaces and a sauna. (NBC Chicago)
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📌 Today in Chicago:
- "American Graffiti" at Eisenhower Public Library District (2:00 PM)
- "Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris" at Edgewater Branch Library (2:00 PM)
- Drag It Through The Garden: Flute Music By Chicago Composers at Artifact Events (6:00 PM)
- Best of the Midwest Award Winners Showcase at Gene Siskel Film Center (6:30 PM)
- No Tell Cartel at Reggies (7:00 PM)
- Cabaret ZaZou Presents Luminaire at Cabaret ZaZou (7:00 PM)
- Citizens For Helen West Present Maggie Brown at The Promontory (7:00 PM)
- Aaron Putnam & NY Friends at Zanies Comedy Club (8:00 PM)
- Dessinger/ Paris at The California Clipper (8:00 PM)
- Miki Howard & Glenn Jones at City Winery (8:00 PM)
- Uncle Sexy & Friends at Montrose Saloon (10:00 PM)
📱 Social chatter:
- Vintage Chicago: "Opening Day of 1959 World Series" (Growing up in Chicago via Facebook)
- Chicago music moments: "Great Chicago music moments in photos, from Led Zeppelin to Liz Phair to Nirvana." (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Orchid show: "If the grayness of February gets to be too much, get a dose of flower power with a trip to the Chicago Botanic Garden's annual Orchid Show, where thousands of colorful tropical blooms fill the greenhouses. Feb. 11–Mar. 26. It's just one way to beat the blahs on our February Agenda." (Chicago magazine via Instagram)
- Snow in Chicago: "We are loving the beautiful snow today! 📸: @cdats " (Chicago Architecture Center via Instagram)
- Latino Writers Initiative: "Sharpen your writing skills with us! Join us for our next Latino Writers Initiative Virtual Meet Up on Tuesday, February 21st at 6:00 pm. These bilingual online workshops help you practice your writing skills with writing prompts and fun exercises that are sure to inspire. Plus, connect with other Latino writers from across the country and get feedback on your stories." (National Museum of Mexican Art via Facebook)
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About me: I'm a Midwesterner and very happy to call Chicagoland home. I love the outdoors—especially hiking—performing arts, photography, good food, travel and gardening. You can find me reading to my toddler, watching tv with my husband or cuddling with our rescue dog.
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