🌱 Happy Camper Raises Funds For Slain Employee + Safety Meeting

Good morning, Lakeview! Here's the neighborhood news for March 31.

First, today's weather: Colder with showers around. High: 40 Low: 32.

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Here are the top 3 stories today in Lakeview:

1. More than $63,000 have been raised for the family of Hermilo Beltran, the Happy Camper employee who was shot and killed in Wrigleyville Sunday night. Happy Camper will also donate sales for the rest of the week to Beltran’s wife and two daughters. (Block Club)

2. Lakeview leaders held a private meeting Tuesday night to address safety concerns in the area. Ald. Tom Tunney led a discussion on keeping workers safe, suggesting different Uber procedures and having employees leave in pairs. (WGN)

3. Lincoln Park native Graham Moore penned the script for “The Outfit,” now playing in theaters. The Oscar winner chose to set the story in 1950s Chicago because “I’m enamored of drawing from real life.” (Paid source: Tribune)

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Today in Lakeview:

• DIFFA/Chicago hosts a “Lip Sync for Life” event. (6 p.m.)
• “You Won’t Be Alone” opens at Music Box Theatre. (7 p.m.)
• Trivia Night at the Pony Inn. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Former DePaul University President Rev. John T. Richardson died this week at age 84. (CBS)
• WTTW historian Geoffrey Baer is sharing the history of Ivanhoe Theater, which is now home to Lakeview’s Binny’s Beverage Depot location. (WTTW)
• Zazas Pizzeria was just named one of the 10 hottest restaurants in Chicago. (Chicago Magazine)
• Tickets sales spiked Monday for Chris Rock’s Chicago show in October after the comedian was slapped by Will Smith onstage at the Oscars. (Patch)
• Five Iron Golf will open a Lincoln Park location this spring. (Block Club)

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— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.