Two women were killed in a house fire Tuesday night in West Englewood on the South Side.
Officials responded to an extra-alarm fire in the 7200 block of South Wolcott Avenue, where the two women, believed to be in their 30s, were pronounced dead, the Chicago Fire Department said.
No further information was available.
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Two women were killed in a house fire Tuesday night in West Englewood on the South Side.
Officials responded to an extra-alarm fire in the 7200 block of South Wolcott Avenue, where the two women, believed to be in their 30s, were pronounced dead, the Chicago Fire Department said.
No further information was available.
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NBA referee Bill Kennedy, who came out as gay in 2015, spoke out in an emotional video Tuesday in response to the weekend shooting that killed five and left 17 others with gunshot wounds at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The 41-second video was released on the NBA’s social media platforms.
“These types of heinous crimes, these hideous hate crimes, need to stop in this country,” Kennedy said. “We, we as the people, have to figure out a way to do this and to get it done. Godspeed to the LGBT community in Colorado Springs and abroad.”
The shooting at Club Q took place Saturday night. The suspect in the shooting, Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, faces murder and hate crime charges. He is scheduled to make his first court appearance Wednesday by video from jail.
It’s not the first reaction from the NBA to the incident. Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone spoke earlier this week, calling it “another senseless mass shooting.” The Nuggets also held a moment of silence before their home game Tuesday night against Detroit.
The victims slain were Raymond Green Vance, 22; Ashley Paugh, 35; Daniel Aston, 28; Kelly Loving, 40; and Derrick Rump, 38.
“I wanted to take an opportunity to reach out to the victims and their families and express my sincere condolences for those who were there at Club Q over the past weekend,” Kennedy said.
In 25 seasons, Kennedy has officiated nearly 1,500 regular-season and playoff games.
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A top prospect of the Chicago Cubs, Pete Crow Armstrong has clinched his first Rawlings Gold Glove Award.
Crow-Armstrong, acquired in the trade that sent Javier Baez and Trevor Williams to the New York Mets, was the lone Cub to take home the award.
As if there was any doubt! 🏆⚾️
Congratulations to Pete Crow-Armstrong who won the 2022 @MiLB @RawlingsSports Gold Glove Award.
PCA recorded 194 putouts this season including some amazing web gems! #RawlingsGoldGloveAwards https://t.co/ZJrF3QfTVi
The lefty has been seen as an elite fielder since he was drafted in 2020. Coming into 2022 campaign, Crow-Armstrong posted a .944 fielding percentage with the Low-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans. Once promoted to High-A South Bend, his numbers were even better. He posted a .985 fielding percentage in more games with the South Bend Cubs.
Crow-Armstrong’s breakout at the plate along with his continued excellence in centerfield makes him perhaps the most exciting young player in the organization.
The California native could be instrumental in the next competitive era of Cubs baseball, and this may not be the last Gold Glove he receives.
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Still planning your tasting menu for Thanksgiving? Then you’ll want to check out Easy Does It (2354 N Milwaukee). From 6-9 PM, they’ll be providing samples of over 35 drinks and other treats to inspire your holiday tables. As explained on Instagram, you can expect “lots of wine, beer, cider, no & low, aperitivos, vermouths, spirits, olive oils, conservas, and more.” This tasting event is $27 to join; purchase tickets at the venue’s website but limited walk-ins are welcome. Must be 21 or over. (MC)
Tonight the Hyde Park Art Center (5020 S. Cornell) helps celebrate the release of flautist, composer, and Black Earth Ensemble founder Nicole Mitchell Gantt’s new book, The Mandorla Letters. The book, part memoir, and part “Black speculative novella,” marks Mitchell Gantt’s first collaboration with the formerly Chicago-based Green Lantern Press. She will be in conversation from 6-8 PM at the center with author, filmmaker, and dancer Ytasha L. Womack; details here. (SCJ)
Timed entries are still available for the Lincoln Park Zoo’s ZooLights display this evening, which is open until 10 PM. It’s an array of light displays along with a “light tunnel experience” along the Main Mall portion of the zoo. Bundle up with a good friend and watch as the animals make fun of you for not having any fur. Tickets are $5 Tue-Sun and free entry is available Monday nights; the display is up through Sun 1/1/2023 and closed Thu 11/24, Sat 12/24, and Sun 12/25. See the zoo’s website for details and more information about special events. (SCJ)
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Still planning your tasting menu for Thanksgiving? Then you’ll want to check out Easy Does It (2354 N Milwaukee). From 6-9 PM, they’ll be providing samples of over 35 drinks and other treats to inspire your holiday tables. As explained on Instagram, you can expect “lots of wine, beer, cider, no & low, aperitivos, vermouths, spirits, olive oils, conservas, and more.” This tasting event is $27 to join; purchase tickets at the venue’s website but limited walk-ins are welcome. Must be 21 or over. (MC)
Tonight the Hyde Park Art Center (5020 S. Cornell) helps celebrate the release of flautist, composer, and Black Earth Ensemble founder Nicole Mitchell Gantt’s new book, The Mandorla Letters. The book, part memoir, and part “Black speculative novella,” marks Mitchell Gantt’s first collaboration with the formerly Chicago-based Green Lantern Press. She will be in conversation from 6-8 PM at the center with author, filmmaker, and dancer Ytasha L. Womack; details here. (SCJ)
Timed entries are still available for the Lincoln Park Zoo’s ZooLights display this evening, which is open until 10 PM. It’s an array of light displays along with a “light tunnel experience” along the Main Mall portion of the zoo. Bundle up with a good friend and watch as the animals make fun of you for not having any fur. Tickets are $5 Tue-Sun and free entry is available Monday nights; the display is up through Sun 1/1/2023 and closed Thu 11/24, Sat 12/24, and Sun 12/25. See the zoo’s website for details and more information about special events. (SCJ)
Reader senior writer Ben Joravsky riffs on the day’s stories with his celebrated humor, insight, and honesty, and interviews politicians, activists, journalists and other political know-it-alls. Presented by the Chicago Reader, the show is available by 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays at chicagoreader.com/joravsky—or wherever you get your podcasts. Don’t miss Oh, What a Week!–the Friday feature in which Ben & producer Dennis (aka, Dr. D.) review the week’s top stories. Also, bonus interviews drop on Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays.
Chicago Reader podcasts are recorded on Shure microphones. Learn more at Shure.com.
Chicago Reader senior writer Ben Joravsky discusses the day’s stories with his celebrated humor, insight, and honesty on The Ben Joravsky Show.
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Reader senior writer Ben Joravsky riffs on the day’s stories with his celebrated humor, insight, and honesty, and interviews politicians, activists, journalists and other political know-it-alls. Presented by the Chicago Reader, the show is available by 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays at chicagoreader.com/joravsky—or wherever you get your podcasts. Don’t miss Oh, What a Week!–the Friday feature in which Ben & producer Dennis (aka, Dr. D.) review the week’s top stories. Also, bonus interviews drop on Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays.
Chicago Reader podcasts are recorded on Shure microphones. Learn more at Shure.com.
Chicago Reader senior writer Ben Joravsky discusses the day’s stories with his celebrated humor, insight, and honesty on The Ben Joravsky Show.
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There are a lot of rumors surrounding the Chicago Cubs right now and it feels impossible for them all to come true. Of them all, however, one that feels the most likely is the one that suggests that they are going to sign Kodai Senga out of Japan.
The Cubs landed Seiya Suzuki last year and he was brilliant in his first Major League season. Now, Suzuki is apparently trying to recruit Senga and get him over to the Cubs. That would certainly provide a boost to their team as they try to be competitive in 2023.
They weren’t a very good team last year but there were signs that suggest that they might be able to turn the tide. Adding good players during the offseason is a great way to add wins to your team and Senga is certainly a good player.
He is a pitcher that has some high-level fastball work. He throws a traditional fastball that can touch triple digits in addition to his cutter which is nasty. The knock on him is his lack of a third pitch which is something that he is going to have to develop before coming to MLB.
He could certainly use a changeup or a breaking pitch that would help him strike out Major League hitters more but he has an amazing base to work with as he tries to make that transition. The Cubs should be all over this right now.
After the 2023 season, it is hard to guess who the Opening Day starter might be but it very well could be Kyle Hendricks just out of respect. However, the right move might be someone like Marcus Stroman or Keegan Thompson but Senga would get consideration if he signed.
Making a singing like this one year after adding studs like Stroman and Suzuki would show the league that they are interested in winning. The National League Central could be wide open so you just never know at this point what their mindset is.
Senga is going to sign with someone this offseason so the Cubs might as well make a push for him. His stuff on the mound has the potential to be nasty and it would be fun to see it alongside some of the other good pitchers that the Cubs are trying to develop right now.
Over the past few years, Randy Finell—the enigmatic 21-year-old Ohioan releasing music as Brakence—has avoided interviews and other press appearances while racking up tens of millions of streams. He lets his openly confessional music speak for itself. On “Fifthenigma,” a Soundcloud upload from 2016, he mixes samples and jittery beats under his warbling vocals, crafting a moody tapestry that recalls the early work of electronic producer Baths in its playfulness and sincerity.
Brakence’s formula has remained the same ever since, though his productions have become increasingly complex. His self-released breakthrough album, Punk2, ended up shoehorned into the “hyperpop” box when it came out in 2020, but putting him in a category with anyone else does a disservice to the distinctiveness of his pop. Brakence wraps up midwest emo and emo rap into a sharp, glitchy package; his genre blending is always precise and thoughtful, and he’s adept at creating fractured landscapes that capture Gen Z malaise. On “Dropout,” an account of his decision to leave Ohio State University in 2019, lurching hip-hop percussion and on-the-brink-of-tears vocals infuse the song with equal parts confidence and anxiety—despite his uncertain future, he sounds victorious singing “Now I’ve got more freedom than I’ve ever seen.” When he raps about relationship issues and flirting on Instagram, moments of catharsis arrive jaggedly, with record scratches (“Fuckboy”) and slipshod pop-punk excursions (“FWB”) telegraphing ambivalence.
Brakence’s latest singles, which precede his second album, Hypochondriac (out in December on Columbia), coat his clever songwriting in a glossier sheen. “Argyle” makes twinkly guitar melodies and IDM-style production feel one and the same, while “Venus Fly Trap” ends with an elegant intertwining of piano, vocal melodies, whispering, and agile beats. His sampling is more effective than ever too: loner anthem “CBD” lets the sound of a buzzing fly soundtrack its chorus, and “Caffeine” folds shouts from a famous Super Smash Bros. Melee match into its frenetic production. Brakence may have only a couple albums under his belt, but his music already feels emblematic of his generation’s sonic ingenuity.
Brakence Jane Remover opens. Sun 11/27, 7:30 PM, Lincoln Hall, 2424 N. Lincoln, sold out, all ages
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