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Hi! I'm back with your fresh edition of the Chicago Daily. If you enjoy reading this newsletter, share it with friends, neighbors and advertisers to help keep us going. Now, on to what you need to know right now, including:

  • 🗳️ Where to return your 2022 general election mail-in ballot
  • 🎟️ Cubs reduce season ticket prices
  • 🚓 Police release photos, video of West Ridge liquor store killer

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📰 Top 5 stories in Chicago:

1) Where to securely return your 2022 general election mail-in ballot in Chicago, suburbs. During the 2020 general election—at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic—there were record-setting requests for mail-in ballots, leading Gov. J.B. Pritzker to sign a bill last year to make them permanent fixtures in state elections. There are several options for returning mail-in ballots for the Nov. 8 election. Find the one closest to you in your jurisdiction.

Chicago Tribune

2) Chicago has 3 of the 'Best Gay Bars in U.S.,' Esquire says. Chicago has received recognition for having three of the best gay bars in the country. "Esquire" released a list of the "32 Best Gay Bars in America," which included Andersonville's Big Chicks, Andersonville's Farragut's and Uptown's Carol's Pub. Magazine staff said every establishment on the list is "where we can feel at home whether we know a soul or not."

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3) Cubs reduce season ticket prices 5.1 percent for 2023. The Cubs sold 2,616,780 home game tickets during the 2022 season, the lowest paid attendance in a non-pandemic impacted season since 1997. The team announced yesterday they are lowering season-ticket prices by an average of 5.1 percent. All full-season ticket holders will see ticket prices lower by 2.67 percent to 6.72 percent. The largest price cuts are for seats in the bleachers, terrace and upper level. The Cubs finished third this season in the NL Central and still managed to draw the ninth-highest paid attendance in MLB.

Chicago Sun-Times

4) "House of the Exquisite Corpse" returns with new installations for Halloween. Created by Rough House Theater, "House of the Exquisite Corpse—A Haunted Puppet Anthology" at Chopin Theater in Wicker Park combines the horrors of home with the frailties of corporeal existence. Each of the seven rooms is a peep show, where audience members voyeur into a world of puppeteers, physical theater artists and designers to create an immersive haunted house beyond expectations. Each room offers headsets to audience members which provide music, sound effects, stories, dialogue and layered atmospherics.

Chicago Reader

5) Police release photos, video of West Ridge liquor store killer, will increase patrols in area. Police are asking for the public's help in finding the man who killed West Ridge store owner Salim Khamo, 66, during an attempted robbery Monday. Khamo was fatally shot just before 10 p.m. at his store, J&K Food and Liquor, 6320 N. Western Ave. A person rode up on a bicycle, walked into the store, demanded money and shot Khamo once in his chest. Khamo was able to return fire but missed the gunman. The shooter ran away without taking anything.

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📌 Today in Chicago:

  • Pier Pumpkin Lights at Navy Pier (11:00 AM)
  • Chicago International Film Festival (1:00 PM)
  • Thursday Evening Farmers Market in Lincoln Square (3:00 PM)
  • Fall Fest at Big Delicious Planet (5:30 PM)
  • Lincoln Park Art Night in Lincoln Park (5:30 PM)
  • "Beetlejuice" at The Emily Hotel (6:00 PM)
  • A Conversation With U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor at Auditorium Theatre (6:00 PM)
  • Book & Author: We Share the Same Sky: A Memoir of Memory & Migration at Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center (6:30 PM)
  • Witches Brew: Spellbinding Cocktail Experience at Hubbard Inn (6:30 PM)
  • Drag Bingo Hosted By Aurora Divine at My Buddy's (6:30 PM)
  • Vinyasa & Vino at City Winery (6:30 PM)
  • Tire Swarm Car Show & Bike Night at Brauerhouse (7:00 PM)
  • Block Printing: Witchy Totes at Art Camp Chicago (7:00 PM)
  • Better Than Ezra: Legends Of The Fall Tour at House of Blues (7:00 PM)
  • Ryan Adams at The Chicago Theatre (7:30 PM)
  • Blue Man Group's 25th Anniversary Show at Briar Street Theatre (8:00 PM)
  • Four Tet + Ben UFO at Cermak Hall (8:00 PM)
  • All Things K-Pop at Sidetrack (8:00 PM)
  • Flamingosis and Blockhead at Chop Shop (8:00 PM)
  • Dracula at The Den Theatre (8:00 PM)
  • Rocky Horror Picture Show Bingo Party at My Buddy's (9:00 PM)
  • Pile, Maneka at Lincoln Hall (9:00 PM)

📱 Social chatter:

  • Inside the Baháʼí House of Worship: "Open House Chicago is the only time the Baháʼí House of Worship allows indoor photography—swipe to see the stunning results. 📸: @jcperezaia #chiarchitecture #ohc2022" (Chicago Architecture Center via Instagram)
  • New Wake-N-Bakery opening: "Wake-N-Bakery, which specializes in weed-infused baked goods, is opening up its fifth location on Milwaukee Avenue." (Block Club Chicago via Facebook)
  • Curie High School wins an award: "Congratulations to our very own Curie High School @curiemetrohs for being the winner of World's Best School Prize for Supporting Healthy Lives! Curie High School is also the only U.S. school to ever win this award. Go Condors!!" (Chicago Public Schools via Instagram)
  • AI and the future of computing: "Warning! Prepare to be fooled. None of the people in these photos exist. Or do they? 🤔 Learn about how artificial intelligence is creating incredibly realistic photos in our latest Century of Science blog post: The Future of Computing." (Museum of Science and Industry via Instagram)

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— Nicole Cvetnic

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 often find me reading to my two-year-old daughter, watching a tv series with my husband or cuddling with our special needs dog.

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