One person was killed, and twenty-eight others were wounded, in shootings Wednesday in Chicago, including a 14-year-old boy and four others who were shot in Lawndale on the West Side.
About 6:05 p.m., two teenage boys and three men were at the corner of Douglas Boulevard and Christiana Avenue, when someone opened fire, Chicago Police Deputy Chief Ernest Cato said. A 14-year-old boy was shot in the head and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He hasn’t been identified. The other teen, 16, was also struck in the head and transported to Mt. Sinai Hospital in grave condition. Three men were taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where they were had their conditions stabilized. A 22-year-old was shot in the foot while another, 24, was struck in the leg. A third man, also 24, was shot in the hip.
In non-fatal shootings, Eight people were wounded in a drive-by in Lincoln Park on the North Side. Just before midnight, the group had been traveling on a party bus when a dark-gray and a black Jeep Grand Cherokee pulled up to them in the 1600 block of North La Salle Drive, and someone inside fired shots, police said. A 24-year-old man was shot in the arm and a 26-year-old woman was shot in the leg. They were both taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where the man is in fair condition and the woman is in serious condition. A 23-year-old man was struck in the groin and was also taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, in serious condition. Two men, 42 and 52, were struck in their legs and taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital, where they are in fair condition. A 27-year-old man was struck in the chest and later dropped off at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition. A 29-year-old man was struck in the arm and took himself to Rush University Medical Center, but was transferred to Stroger Hospital in fair condition. A 26-year-old woman was shot in the hand and later drove herself to Jackson Park Hospital where she is in good condition.
Minutes after the fatal shooting in Lawndale, five males — including three teenagers — were shot outside Theodore Herzl Elementary School, near Douglas Boulevard and Ridgeway Avenue also in Lawndale on the West Side. About 6:10 p.m., a man, 18, was shot in the upper body and was taken in critical condition to Mt. Sinai Hospital, police said. Two teenage boys, 15 and 17, were taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition. The 15-year-old was shot in the leg while the other, 17, suffered a graze wound to the back. A third teen boy, 14, was shot in the arm and taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in good condition, while a 22-year-old man was struck in the thigh and taken to the same hospital in good condition. Though only three blocks apart, the shootings didn’t appear to be related, police said.
A 14-year-old boy was shot in West Garfield Park. He was standing about 5:30 p.m. in the first block of North Keeler Avenue when someone fired shots, police said. The teen boy was struck in the foot and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was in stable condition.
Earlier in the afternoon, a 17-year-old boy was critically wounded in a shooting outside a gas station in the Near West Side. The teen boy was in the parking lot of a gas station about 2:30 p.m. in the 2300 block of West Warren Boulevard when someone opened fire, police said. He was shot in the abdomen and was transported to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.
A 16-year-old boy was shot in the Douglas neighborhood on the South Side. He was in the 600 block of East 31st Street when he was wounded in the shoulder about 1:40 a.m., police said. The teen was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized.
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland returns to his native Chicago on Thursday and Friday to bolster the city’s battle with unrelenting gun violence.
Garland, raised in north suburban Lincolnwood, will be in Chicago for the launch of firearms trafficking strike forces in five cities Thursday. In Chicago, he will visit a Chicago Police Department “strategic decision support center” in the afternoon.
In the evening, Garland will attend a “listening session” with people who are part of a program to reduce gun violence — with intervention and prevention a key element in President Joe Biden’s broader crime fighting package unveiled last month.
On Friday, Garland will meet with federal prosecutors and other federal law enforcement officials from around Illinois who will be part of the cross-jurisdictional strike forces.
The new long-term strategy includes a crackdown on straw purchasers who buy guns in Indiana, the suburbs and the rest of the state that end up being used in shootings in Chicago.
The strike forces are a new Biden administration initiative to reduce violent crime in Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, New York and the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento area.
In Chicago, U.S. Attorney John Lausch, who runs the Northern Illinois operation, and the top ATF officials in Chicago will be responsible for implementing the new strategy, a DOJ official said. It includes enhanced and formalized new coordination between Lausch and the U.S. attorneys in central and southern Illinois and Indiana.
While Chicago has long prohibited the sale of firearms, weapons flowing to criminals from Indiana, other states and Chicago’s suburbs make the city’s ban ineffective.
Gun rights advocates have pointed to Chicago’s tough anti-gun laws — and the ongoing chronic violence — as so-called evidence that gun bans don’t work. The real world problem for Chicago, which shares a southern border with Indiana, are gun stores near the city and people — known as “straw purchasers” — who legally buy guns passed along to criminals.
For some time, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Police Supt. David Brown have said the federal government needs to do more to stop the flow of illegal firearms to the city to prevent crime before it happens.
Lightfoot is expected to meet with Garland while he is in the city. When Garland was born, his parents lived near 79th Street and Jeffery Boulevard in South Shore.
Straw purchasers are people with clean records — no criminal or domestic violence history — who are able to clear federal background checks to legally purchase weapons they illegally pass on to someone who is not qualified to own a firearm.
A Justice Department official, outlining the program Tuesday, said federal agents and prosecutors will be told that firearms traffickers who provide “weapons to violent offenders are the enforcement priority across the country.”
The “strike forces,” the official said, “will help ensure sustained and focused coordination among federal, state and local law enforcement partners across jurisdictions to disrupt significant firearms trafficking corridors.
“The goal of this coordination effort is to disrupt the entire trafficking network from the place where guns originate, where they travel through other jurisdictions, to the places where they’re ultimately used to commit violent crime.”
The official said the plan does not include deploying extra agents to Chicago on a temporary basis.
That was a tactic used by former President Donald Trump’s Justice Department to fight violent crime in Chicago and other cities under the name of “Operation Legend.” On July 22, 2020, Trump’s Justice Department announced it was sending to Chicago more than 100 agents from the FBI, DEA and ATF to work with U.S. Attorney John Lausch. That program ended in December.
The Justice Department official said, “This is not a short-term infusion of resources; rather it’s a long term coordinated multi-jurisdictional strategy to ensure that disrupting these trafficking patterns remains a priority as long as necessary to address the problem.”
On June 23, President Joe Biden and Garland announced the administration’s gun violence prevention strategy at the White House and promised the strike forces within a month.
On July 7, when Biden made his first presidential visit to Chicago — hours after two ATF agents and a Chicago police officer were shot — Lightfoot asked Biden to speed up the timetable for promised help. Brown, at a White House meeting on July 12 to discuss the president’s crime fighting strategies, said Garland made a “significant commitment” to help the city where he was born.
At the Tuesday briefing, an ATF official noted that “firearm tracking schemes can be relatively low volume, which often makes it hard to detect until guns are recovered in crimes.
“So occasionally we will see large recoveries, but think less of tractor trailer loads of firearms and think more of ants marching from one place to another.”
Eight people were wounded in a drive-by Wednesday night in Lincoln Park on the North Side.
Just before midnight, the group had been traveling on a party bus when a dark-gray and a black Jeep Grand Cherokee pulled up to them in the 1600 block of North La Salle Drive, and someone inside fired shots, Chicago police said.
A 24-year-old man was shot in the arm and a 26-year-old woman was shot in the leg, police said. They were both taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where the man is in fair condition and the woman is in serious condition.
A 23-year-old man was struck in the groin and was also taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, in serious condition, police said. Two men, 42 and 52, were struck in their legs and taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital, where they are in fair condition.
A 27-year-old man was struck in the chest and later dropped off at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition, police said. A 29-year-old man was struck in the arm and took himself to Rush University Medical Center, but was transferred to Stroger Hospital in fair condition.
A 26-year-old woman was shot in the hand and later drove herself to Jackson Park Hospital where she is in good condition, police said.
Seven people were wounded in a drive-by Wednesday night in Lincoln Park on the North Side.
Just before midnight, the group had been traveling on a party bus when a dark-gray and a black Jeep Grand Cherokee pulled up to them in the 1600 block of North La Salle Drive, and someone inside fired shots, Chicago police said.
A 24-year-old man was shot in the arm and a 26-year-old woman was shot in the leg, police said. They were both taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where the man is in fair condition and the woman is in serious condition.
A 23-year-old man was struck in the groin and was also taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, in serious condition, police said. Two men, 42 and 52, were struck in their legs and taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital, where they are in fair condition.
A 27-year-old man was struck in the chest and later dropped off at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition, police said. A 29-year-old man was struck in the arm and took himself to Rush University Medical Center, but was transferred to Stroger Hospital in fair condition.
Five people were wounded in a drive-by Wednesday night in Lincoln Park on the North Side.
Just before midnight, the group had been traveling on a party bus when a dark-gray and a black Jeep Grand Cherokee pulled up to them in the 1600 block of North La Salle Drive, and someone inside fired shots, Chicago police said.
A 24-year-old man was shot in the arm and a 26-year-old woman was shot in the leg, police said. They were both taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where the man is in fair condition and the woman is in serious condition.
A 23-year-old man was struck in the groin and was also taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, in serious condition, police said. Two men, 42 and 52, were struck in their legs and taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital, where they are in fair condition.
Two men were killed Wednesday night in a drive-by in West Town on the Near West Side.
About 9 p.m., the men, 28 and 31, were standing outside in the first block of North Western Avenue, when someone inside a passing red Honda SUV fired shots at them, Chicago police said.
The 31-year-old man was struck in the head, the arm and foot, and the younger man was struck in the head, police said. They were both taken to Stroger Hospital where they were pronounced dead.
Welcome to our highlights of events and entertainment in Chicago at our city’s best museums and galleries. Bookmark this page and check back for updates on the latest activities.
‘Mimi Cherono Ng’ok: Closer to the Earth, Closer to My Own Body’
“Untitled” by Mimi Cherono Ng’ok(C) Mimi Cherono Ng’ok
When: To Feb. 7
Where: Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan
What: This new exhibit features the work of a photographer who travels extensively across the tropical climates on a mission to understand how natural environments, botanical cultures and human subjects coexist and evolve together. In this solo exhibit, she presents photographs and a film in which she tracked flowers and floral imagery across varied contexts and a range of hidden associations. Admission: $14-$22.
Mel Chin’s Fundred Dollar Bill ProjectProvided/Courtesy of the artist
When: July 25-Oct. 24
Where: 5020 S. Cornell
What: Mel Chin’s Fundred Dollar Bill Project as well as works by LaToya Ruby Frazier and Fazal Sheikh are on display at the Hyde Park museum as part of “Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40.” Chin’s 13-year-project, here titled “Chicago Fundred Initiative: A Bill for IL,” invites people to create their own “Fundred,” a form of currency that affirms the right of each maker to equal protection against lead contamination; Frazier’s film “Flint is Family” uses her photographs and voiceover by Flint, Michigan, resident Shea Cobb to understand the Flint water crisis; Sheikh’s landscape photography examines the connection between desertification, colonialism, and the displacement of Bedouin communities from ancestral lands in Israel’s Negev desert. Admission is free.
What: The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, where children of all ages can connect to nature and science, reopened July 8. Exhibits include “Without a Trace,” selections of photographs by Zbigniew Bzdak; “Patterns in Nature: A Bridge between Art and the Natural World,” mixed media work by artist Katherine Lampert; “Judy Istock Butterfly Haven” “Birds of Chicago” and many more. Admission: $6-$9, children under 3 free.
‘Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40’
Toba Khedoori’s “Untitled” at the Smart Museum of Art.Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner and Regen Projects, Los Angeles (C) Toba Khedoori.
“Toward Common Cause — Art, Social Change and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40” is a multi-museum venture organized by the Smart Museum of Art that explores the current sociopolitical moment, challenging questions of inclusion, exclusion, ownership and rights of access. In its gallery, the Smart Museum features works by Mark Bradford, Mel Chin, Nicole Eisenman, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Jeffrey Gibson, Toba Khedoori, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Julie Mehretu, Fazal Sheikh and Xu Bing. From July 15-Dec. 19 at Smart Museum, University of Chicago, 5550 S. Greenwood. Admission is free. Visit smartmuseum.uchciago.edu; for a list of participating museums visit towardcommoncause.org.
Stony Island Arts Bank reopens with its contribution to “Towards Common Cause.” The group show features work by Carrie Mae Weems, Kerry James Marshall, Gary Hill, Whitfield Lovell, Trevor Paglen, Deborah Willis, Dawoud Bey, Fred Wilson and Nicole Eisenman. From July 18-Dec. 19 at Stony Island Arts Bank, 6760 S. Stony Island. Admission is free. Visit rebuild-foundation.org.
The reopened DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 E. 56th Pl., participates with an exhibit of “Presenting Negro Scenes Drawn Upon My Passage through the South and Reconfigured for the Benefit of Enlightened Audiences Wherever Such May Be Found, By Myself, Missus K.E.B Walker, Colored,” a signature black silhouette installation from the artist Kara Walker. Admission: $3-$10 (Sundays free), children under 5 free. Visit:dusablemuseum.org.
‘Chicago: Where Comics Come to Life (1880-1960)’
A 1954 “Brenda Starr” panel at the Chicago Cultural Center exhibit.DCASE
When: To Oct. 3
Where: Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph
What: This exhibit looks at Chicago’s significant role in the development of the early comic strip. Curated by artist-author Chris Ware and the City of Chicago’s cultural historian emeritus, Tim Samuelson, it focuses on comics in popular publishing, African American cartoonists, the first women cartoonists, the first daily comic strip and more. Admission is free. (The exhibit is a historical companion to “Chicago Comics: 1960s to Now,” the survey of contemporary Chicago comics at the Museum of Contemporary Art.)
“We the People” by Chaz BojorquezNational Museum of Mexican Art Permanent Collection, gift of Chaz and Christina Bojorquez
When: Ongoing
Where: National Museum of Mexican Art, 1852 W. 19th street
What: After being closed for 15 months, the museum has reopened with a handful of exhibits. “Spotlight on Chaz Bojorquez and Enrique Alferez” features the museum’s newest acquisition, “We the People,” a painting by Bojorquez, and Alferez’s iconic bronze sculpture “La Soldadera.” Plus “Adlateres and the Unexpected Journey: Works by Carmen Chami” features paintings inspired by Mexican Baroque painting and figurative style. Admission is free.
“Mother and Child,” Njideka Akunyili Crosby (2016). Courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro and David Zwirner.(C) Njideka Akunyili Crosby
When: To Nov. 21
Where: National Public Housing Museum, 625 N. Kingsbury, and at the Minnie Riperton Apartments, 4250 S. Princeton
What: The National Public Housing Museum partners with the Chicago Housing Authority to display artwork by MacArthur Fellow Njideka Akunyili Crosby as part of “Toward Common Cause,” a multi-site exhibition organized by the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the MacArthur Fellows Program. Crosby uses acrylic, colored pencil and photo collages to create her distinctive portraits of African American life. “I almost want people to feel like the door is open and they’re walking by a scene into someone else’s life,” she says, “because that really is what I’m doing… mining my life to tell a story that is global but really wanting people to feel like they’re getting a glimpse into my world.” Crosby’s artwork installation is displayed on 70-foot banners on the sides of two buildings.
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Bill MauldinCopyright the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
When: Through spring 2022
Where: 104 S. Michigan
What: Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bill Mauldin, who studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and was a cartoonist for the Chicago Sun-Times, is the subject of a retrospective at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library. “Drawn to Combat” covers Mauldin’s career as a wartime cartoonist focusing on soldiers’ experiences and as a political cartoonist. The exhibit draws from more than 5,000 cartoons and objects donated to the museum by the Mauldin family. Tickets: $8, $10, children under 12 free.
Amy Sherald’s portrait of Michelle ObamaNational Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
When: To Aug. 15
Where: Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan
What: The Art Institute is the first stop of a five-city tour for the official portraits of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald are the first African Americans to be commissioned by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Galley to create the official portraits of a president or first lady. After the nationwide tour, the portraits will reside in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. The exhibit is included with museum admission ($14-$25).
Nick Drnaso’s painting for the cover of his graphic novel “Sabrina” in “Chicago Comics.”Provided
When: To Oct. 3
Where: Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago
What: A new exhibit celebrates Chicago’s pivotal role as a national and innovative center for comics and cartooning. With a focus on rediscovering the work of women and BIPOC comic artists, this major exhibition presents the last 60 years of the city’s artful cartooning history, showing how comic art is a democratic medium that allows artists to speak directly to people in relatable ways. Over 40 cartoonists are featured including Lynda Barry, Lilli Carre, Daniel Clowes, Nick Drnaso, Edie Fake, Emil Ferris, Nicole Hollander, Charles Johnson, Kerry James Marshall and Chris Ware. On display are comics, graphic novels, zines, original drawings, dioramas, commissioned films, installations, rare ephemera and books. Admission: $8, $15.
What: Generations have been inspired by the work of primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall, who has not only shown the urgent need to protect chimpanzees but also redefined species conservation to include the needs of local people and the environments. A new exhibit follows her journey from a curious young child in England to a passionate scientist studying chimpanzees in Africa. Included in the exhibit are a re-creation of her field research tent, a hologramlike projection of Goodall sharing her fieldwork memories, augmented reality activities and a projection of Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park. Tickets: $18-$32.
Vivian Maier, “Three Highland Park firemen,” Highland Park, August 1964, inkjet print. Gift of Jeffrey Goldstein/(C) The Estate of Vivian Maier
When: To May 8, 2023
Where: Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark
What: Much has been heralded about street photographer Vivian Maier’s black-and-white photographs in exhibits, books and films. Now this multimedia exhibit features 65 color images made during her time as a suburban Chicago nanny from the 1950s to 1970s, many of which have never been seen before. Maier, who died in 2009, was a bit of a character and always had a Roloflex camera around her neck as she walked the streets snapping images of women, children, the old, the poor, the abstract. While her motives remain elusive, her photographs continue to speak volumes. Tickets: $17, $19.
Where: Cleve Carney Museum of Art in the McAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage, 425 Fawell, Glen Ellyn
What: Here’s the not-too-miss art exhibit of the summer. Dolores Olmedo (1908-2002), a Mexican musician, businesswoman and friend of artists Frida Kahlo and her husband Diego Rivera, amassed an impressive list of works by both artists that reside in Mexico City’s Museo Dolores Olmedo. Her collection of paintings and works on paper by Kahlo have now traveled to the newly expanded Cleve Carney Museum of Art. The long-awaited exhibit, delayed a year because of the pandemic, features an array of oil paintings and works on paper, pivotal pieces created by the artist. Also featured are a multimedia timeline that offers a framework of Kahlo’s life, more than 100 photographs, a Kahlo-inspired garden and a family-friendly children’s area featuring a replica of Kahlo’s Casa Azul in Coyoacan, Mexico. Tickets: $23, $40.
An-My Le’s “Migrant Workers Harvesting Asparagus, Mendota, California,” part of “Much Unseen Is Also Here.”Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery
When: Through Aug. 29
Where: 600 S. Michigan at Columbia College Chicago
What: The museum is presenting two new exhibits. “Much Unseen Is Also Here: An-My Le and Shahzia Sikander” features the work of two Asian-American artists who explore their relationship to America. In the tradition of American road photography, Le’s photographs confront the political rhetoric of the moment and tackle current events; Sikander uses sculpture, drawings and animation to examine the intersection of power, gender, empire and self. “Martine Gutierrez”features work from Gutierrez’s independent art publication, “Indigenous Woman”, a magazine exploring how deeply sexism, colorism, racism, transphobia and other biases are embedded and ubiquitous in popular culture and fashion photography. Admission is free.
The Paderewki Collection at Polish Museum of America.Courtesy Polish Museum of America
When: Ongoing
Where: 984 N. Milwaukee
What: The museum, since 1935 a repository for a wide variety of materials pertaining to Poland and the Polish-American community, has reopened after being shuttered for more than a year. Among the many permanent exhibits are “Polish Chicago 1850-1939,” “Folk Art Collection” and “The Paderewski Collection,” which documents the life of Polish pianist and composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Tickets: $6-$10.
The Hartwell Memorial Window bears a design attributed to Agnes F. Northrop of Tiffany Studios.The Art Institute of Chicago
When: Permanent
Where: Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan
What: A magnificent stained glass window made by Tiffany Studios in 1917 is now on permanent display at the Art Institute. The Hartwell Memorial Window, attributed to Agnes F. Northrop, Tiffany’s leading landscape window designer, was originally commissioned for a church as the gift of Mary L. Hartwell in memory of her husband Frederick W. Hartwell. It consists of 48 different panels, and is a scenic view of Mount Chocorua, a peak in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. The window, located near the museum’s entrance, is one of the most ambitious landscape window projects produced by Tiffany. Museum admission: $14-$25.
Gears that open the bridge.Friends of the Chicago River
When: Ongoing
Where: 99 Chicago Riverwalk
What: This five-story museum celebrates the Chicago River and its world-famous movable bridges. Visitors explore a historic bridgehouse, watch the massive gears of a moving bridge and learn about the history of the Chicago River. Plus from the top floor, there’s a 360-degree view of the city and river. Find the museum at 99 Chicago Riverwalk. Admission: $5, $6; children 5 and under free.
You can walk among life-sized reproductions of a fresco masterpiece when you visit “Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition” in Oakbrook Center.SEE Attractions
When: Ongoing
Where: Oakbrook Center, 2120 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook
What: For a new perspective on some of the world’s greatest art check out this immersive exhibition showcasing the artist’s renowned ceiling frescos from the Vatican chapel. The reproductions were made using a photographic technique that captures the look and feel of the original paintings. Tickets: $14-$26.60.
There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The moon is in Capricorn.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
You will feel happier in the next four weeks because you will feel free to express yourself and be exactly who you are. You will seek amusing diversions and fun in sports activities as well as playful times with children. Relationships will be more lighthearted, and flirtations will abound! Yay!
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Home and family will be your main focus in the next four weeks. You might be more involved with a parent. You will enjoy time at home. Some of you will connect with a professional counselor to examine your role in the family (past or present).
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
The pace of your days will accelerate in the next four weeks because of a busy schedule full of errands, tasks, appointments, increased time spent with siblings, relatives and neighbors plus scheduled (and unscheduled) short trips. You might also read, write and study more.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Money, cash flow, earnings and possessions will be your focus for the next four weeks. In addition, you will also give more thought to your values and what it is that is really important to you. It’s vital to know what really matters.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
The sun will be in your sign for the next four weeks giving you a chance to recharge your batteries for the rest of year. It will also attract favorable situations and people to you, which is why this is a fortunate time for you (and the only time all year that it occurs).
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Your personal year is ending, but your new year will not begin until your birthday. Therefore, use the next four weeks to define some goals for your new year ahead. How do you want your new year to be different from this year? (A few obvious things come to mind.)
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Your popularity will increase in the next four weeks because you will be more involved with friends and members of clubs, groups and organizations. Use this time to examine the role these relationships play in your life. After all, your friends are a reflection of you.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
For the next four weeks, the sun will be at the top of your chart casting you in a flattering spotlight, which makes you look more competent and capable to others, especially authority figures. This advantage is a gift! Use it to advance your own agenda.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Travel and a chance to explore the world through film and study will appeal to you in the next four weeks. If you can travel, do so! If not, sign up for a course, go back to school or explore new ideas to enrich your world.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
In the next four weeks, you will be more passionate about financial issues like shared property, inheritances, insurance matters as well as shared responsibilities. This increased passion will also apply to intimate relationships.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
The sun will be opposite your sign for the next four weeks drawing your attention to your closest one-to-one relationships. This will be a good time to form working units and accomplish as much as you can working with others. It’s also a good time to consult an expert.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Your desire to get better organized and to become healthier will be strong in the next four weeks, which is why you will do whatever you can to turn over a new leaf. Physical efficiency will be important to you.
If Your Birthday Is Today
Actor Willem Dafoe (1955) shares your birthday. You are quick study who is independent and imaginative. Your work and your family are your top priorities. You are optimistic and alert and adaptable. This is a year of learning and perhaps teaching for you. Be open to whatever you can learn that will enrich or enhance your life. This could come through schooling or the book of experience.
Welcome to our highlights of events and entertainment in Chicago for kids and families to enjoy. Bookmark this page and check back for updates on the latest activities.
Merit School of Music is hosting summer pop-up performances beginning July 24. Courtesy of Merit School of Music
When: To Aug. 28
Where: Various locations
What: In July and August, the music school hosts a family-friendly series of interactive pop-up events throughout Chicago neighborhoods from Pilsen to Lincoln Park. “Pop-ups in the Parks” offers free instrument tunings, demos and performances by students and faculty, “Music at the Markets” features performances and giveaways at outdoor markets and “Musical Storytimes” is filled with stories and activities.
Tina-Kim Nguyen (from left) as Nancy, Suzy Krueckeberg as Mother Goose, and Greg Gonzales as Frank in “Mother Goose Lost.”Andrew Pond
When: 10 and 11:30 a.m. July 24 and 31
Where: Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport
What: Children will enjoy Eclectic Full Contact Theatre’s adventure-filled tale that finds Mother Goose forced into retirement and the dastardly Solomon Grundy rewriting all the nursery rhymes. Can friends Frank, Mandy and Detective Joe Saturday find her and save the rhymes? Tickets: $12.
The Babushka Brigade will be featured at this year’s Pierogi Fest in Whiting, Indiana.Marisa Lopez
When: July 23-25
Where: In and around downtown Whiting, Indiana
What: For more than 25 years, Pierogi Fest has delighted with its off-the-wall humor, great food and entertainment. If you want massive amounts of food, this is the place to be. There’s also the annual parade, a wacky event featuring entries like the World Famous (Anything but) Precision Lawn Mowing Team and the Babushka Brigade, a pierogi eating contest, a pierogi tossing contest, an arts and crafts area and the Bizarre Souvenir Bazaar.
You never know what fabulous finds will pop up at the Andersonville Vintage Market.Courtesy ACC
Among the performers at Wicker Park Fest (July 23-25, $10) are Archers of Loaf, Smoking Popes, Wyatt Waddell and more. On Milwaukee, from Paulina to North. Visit wickerparkbucktown.com. … Taste of Lincoln Avenue (July 24-25, $10) offers plenty of tastings from local restaurants, live music and a kid’s carnival. On Lincoln, from Fullerton to Wrightwood. Visit tasteoflincolnchicago.com. … Andersonville Vintage Market (July 25, Aug. 22, $5) features antiques, jewelry, clothing, music and more. On Catalpa, from Clark to Ashland. Visit andersonville.org.
Adler Planetarium
“Imagine the Moon”Adler Planetarium
When: Ongoing
Where: 1300 S. Lake Shore Dr.
What: The planetarium has partially reopened with a selection of its award-winning sky shows. On weekends in July and August two shows will play twice daily: “Imagine the Moon” (10:30 a.m., 12:15 p.m.) and “Skywatch Live” (11:30 am., 1:15 p.m.). The full museum won’t reopen until March 2022. Tickets: $15.
A Tempel Lippizan stallion performs “Airs Above the Ground.”Courtesy Tempel Lipizzans
When: Ongoing
Where: Tempel Farms, 17000 Wadsworth, Old Mill Creek.
What: The stallions return for a new season of equestrian dressage along with interactive, educational events. Performances feature synchronized movements set to classical music that show off the strength, beauty and intelligence of the Lipizzan horse. Following each event, there are self-guided tours through the stables to meet and pet the equine stars and ask questions of riders and trainers about how the Lipizzans are raised, trained and taught to “dance.” Tickets: $35, $25 for ages 4-14.
When: “The Front 9” (to Sept. 16) and “The Back Nine” (Oct. 13-Jan. 2)
Where: Tee off at the Elmhurst Art Museum, 150 S. Cottage Hill, Elmhurst
What: A fun new exhibit features a fully playable 18-hole mini-golf course created by more than 20 artists, designers and architects from Chicago and beyond. The family-friendly course pays homage to the School of the Art Institute’s wildly popular 1988 exhibition “Par Excellence.” Course themes range from social justice to the occult and include a fortune-telling hole that has the power to dramatically change scores as well as a hole that challenges players with an optical illusion. Admission is $5-$10 (online timed reservations); children 4 and under free.
What: Fun and learning are on the agenda at the popular family gathering spot, offering a wide variety of exhibits aimed at improving children’s lives by creating a community where play and learning connect. Babies and toddlers can enjoy “Treehouse Trails” and “Kids Town” while “Tinker Lab” and “Dinosaur Expedition” will enthrall older children. Admission: $19.
A new exhibit at the Field Museum, “Becoming Jane: The Evolution of Jane Goodall,” follows her journey from her childhood in England to a career as a passionate scientist studying chimpanzees in Africa. Hugo van Lawick/National Geographic
When: To Sept. 6
Where: Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr.
What: Generations have been inspired by the work of primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall who has not only shown the urgent need to protect chimpanzees but also redefined species conservation to include the needs of local people and the environments. A new exhibit at the Field Museum, “Becoming Jane: The Evolution of Jane Goodall,” follows her journey from a curious young child in England to a passionate scientist studying chimpanzees in Africa. Included in the exhibit are a recreation of her field research tent, a hologram-like projection of Goodall who shares her fieldwork memories, augmented reality activities and a projection of Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park. Admission: $18-$32
‘Hello Helios: The warming suns of Chicago’s Greektown’
Detail view of James Mesple’s Sun and Moon Image featured in the “Hello Helios” exhibit in GreektownCourtesy Greektown Chicago
When: Through spring 2022
Where: Halsted from Monroe to Van Buren
What: Welcome summer with a new outdoor exhibit celebrating the start of summer with 24 artworks inspired by the sun and related mythologies from Greek, Aztec, Yoruba, Japanese and Native American cultures.
The Shedd Aquarium’s popular “Kayak for Conservation” program.Shedd Aquarium
When: Ongoing
Where: Kayak Chicago: 1220 W LeMoyne,
What: Get close to nature via the Shedd Aquarium’s popular Kayak for Conservation program, which features a variety of socially distant kayaking experiences on the Chicago River. Participants learn about the river’s environmental history and discover wildlife living in its ecosystem. Sessions are open to all levels of kayakers (including newbies) and are led by Shedd’s wildlife conservation experts. The cost is pay-what-you-can ranging from $20-$100 per participant, with a recommended $40, the base cost of the program.
The Boeing 747 at “Take Flight.”Museum of Science and Industry
When: Permanent
Where: Museum of Science and Industry, 5700 S. Lake Shore Dr.
What: The MSI’s Boeing 747 reopens with a reimagined exhibit that explores modern aviation and the science of flight. The plane’s interior has been restored and new interactive elements have been added. Tickets: $12.95, $21.95.
ST. LOUIS — If the Cubs weren’t days away from being sellers at the trade deadline and were closer to the top of the National League Central, there might have been more attention on what Kyle Hendricks has been doing on the mound.
But regardless of the Cubs’ plans at the deadline and the shift in their season, Hendricks has continued to have one of the best stretches in baseball.
Hendricks left Wednesday’s game against the Cardinals trailing by a run, but his teammates bailed him out, rallying in the ninth inning for the second straight night. However, the Cardinals prevailed 3-2 in 10 innings on Yadier Molina’s single off Craig Kimbrel that scored Paul Goldschmidt, who was placed on second base.
The Cubs’ offense had gotten nothing going and entered the ninth 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position. But with two out, second baseman Nico Hoerner was hit by a pitch to put a runner on and keep the Cubs’ hopes alive.
Pinch hitter Eric Sogard followed by lining an RBI double into the right-field gap, scoring Hoerner to tie the game at 2.
That took Hendricks off the hook for the loss, extending his current hot streak. In his previous 13 starts, Hendricks was 10-0 with a 2.66 ERA. He also had quality starts in 13 of his previous 15 outings.
While he didn’t earn his MLB-leading 13th win, Hendricks finished another strong start, allowing two runs and eight hits in 6 1/3 innings. The Cardinals got to him in the seventh inning, scoring a pair of runs before he was removed from the game.
In a starting rotation that has been anything but consistent, Hendricks has not only been the stabilizing leader that the Cubs hoped he would be this season, but in many ways, he’s been even better.
The ace continued his run of success Wednesday against the Cardinals and did what he does best: give the Cubs an opportunity to win a game.
“Kyle is definitely a leader in [every] sense of the word,” manager David Ross said before the game. “His personality is a benefit in so many ways in baseball, because of the ups and downs of the season — the different things that come with a baseball season. He’s the same guy in the clubhouse and the same guy in the dugout. He works hard, he’s prepared, but he’s also just a steady personality.”
In a battle with longtime Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright, Hendricks put up another stellar performance in an old-school pitchers’ duel.
The right-hander rolled through the first four innings as he scattered two hits while inducing a ton of weak contact. He recorded five of his first nine outs in the game on grounders.
Hendricks has been able to avoid getting himself in bad situations and limiting damage, and he did that again.
He got into a jam in the fifth inning as he allowed back-to-back singles to Tommy Edman and Harrison Bader to put runners on the corners with one out.
But he didn’t let the traffic stop him. After getting the second out of the inning on a Wainwright sacrifice bunt, Hendricks struck Dylan Carlson out looking to end the inning.
What has been one of the more impressive parts about Hendricks’ three-month run of success has been the way he’s been doing it.
Throughout his eight-year major-league career, Hendricks has been the model for pitch mix. While he’s done that during his run, the Cubs’ right-hander feels like he has another level.
“I told him, I’m pretty thankful for what he gives us every fifth day,” Ross said before the game. “I think he wants to go deeper into games. I think he wants to not give up. All the great ones I’ve been around, they don’t want to give up a hit.”
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