Good afternoon! It’s Friday, and Chicagoans can have fun Indigenous Peoples Day at occasions beginning this weekend. Right here’s what else it is advisable know as we speak.
1. The Chicago Housing Authority has paid $22M to firms tied to a board member
As my colleague Dan Mihalopoulos studies for WBEZ, the three distributors embrace longtime CHA Commissioner Debra Parker’s boyfriend, sister and daughter.
Many of the CHA funds to Lavi Decor and Cleansing, Parks and Bell Cleansing, and Ryan’s Cleansing Companies had been made after Parker attended her first assembly as a board commissioner on July 17, 2018.
Parks and Bell grossed solely $30,000 in 2015 and $50,000 the next yr, Charles Bell, Parker’s boyfriend, instructed metropolis officers. In 2017, Parks and Bell’s largest deal was a $111,000 contract for cleansing bogs and pantries at 60 E. Van Buren St. — the CHA headquarters. The subsequent yr, former Mayor Rahm Emanuel nominated Parker to the CHA board. The Chicago Metropolis Council unanimously authorised her appointment, and she or he attended her first assembly as a CHA commissioner in July 2018. Final yr, Parks and Bell noticed its income from the CHA skyrocket to $1.4 million, a WBEZ investigation discovered.
The commissioner stated she and different board members had nothing to do with the distributors’ success as a result of company workers resolve who will get work from the housing authority. [WBEZ]
2. Demonstrators and police scuffled exterior the Broadview ICE facility
Protesters on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility within the western suburb tussled with state police and sheriff’s police this morning, hours after a choose ordered a fence erected exterior the constructing be taken down.
Three protesters had been arrested in the course of the fray and charged with resisting and obstruction: Mara R. Blumenstein, 28, Emmett J. Matlock, 19, and Peter M. Reimer, 31.
There have been no indicators of Nationwide Guard members — who had been seen there for the primary time yesterday — however about 50 state police had been stationed alongside twenty fifth Avenue, the place automobiles enter and exit the power.
At the moment’s protest comes within the wake of two key rulings issued yesterday. A federal choose quickly barred the “federalization and deployment of the Nationwide Guard of the USA inside Illinois” for not less than 14 days. One other federal choose quickly barred federal brokers from spraying chemical brokers and rubber bullets at peaceable protesters and journalists masking demonstrations. [Chicago Sun-Times]
Sister Jean emanated a sure love and grit that sunk into college students on and off the courtroom — and made for nice TV, Mitch Dudek writes for the Chicago Solar-Instances.
Amid basketball hysteria, the nation marveled at Sister Jean, Loyola’s secret weapon: the tiny nun who was equally adept at main staff prayers and providing scouting studies. Pictures of towering basketball gamers bending low to offer Sister Jean a postgame hug turned a part of the nightly information.
“In lots of roles at Loyola over the course of greater than 60 years, Sister Jean was a useful supply of knowledge and charm for generations of scholars, school, and workers,” stated Loyola President Mark C. Reed in an announcement late final night time. “Whereas we really feel grief and a way of loss, there’s nice pleasure in her legacy. Her presence was a profound blessing for our complete neighborhood and her spirit abides in hundreds of lives. In her honor, we are able to aspire to share with others the love and compassion Sister Jean shared with us.” [Chicago Sun-Times]
Cultural commissioner Clinée Hedspeth bowed out of a rocky tenure earlier within the week. Now town’s arts sector is looking on Mayor Brandon Johnson to nominate a pacesetter who will meet the second, particularly amid Trump’s elevated immigration enforcement and Nationwide Guard deployment, Courtney Kueppers writes for WBEZ.
“I fear a bit bit that within the face of that true emergency, that one thing like the humanities and tradition would possibly drop as a precedence,” theater artist Coya Paz stated. “My hope is that the [Johnson] administration continues to acknowledge how vital artists and tradition staff are to telling the story of Chicago and to creating Chicago the type of lovely, vibrant place that we’re all combating for.”
Hedspeth’s tenure, which lasted lower than two years, was typically marked by turmoil, together with excessive turnover and bullying accusations from a number of staffers. A mayoral spokesperson instructed WBEZ yesterday that Johnson had not requested Hedspeth’s resignation. [WBEZ]
5. Chicago Vogue Week is again. Listed here are the don’t-miss occasions and designers to observe
Chicago isn’t usually perceived as a vogue capital, regardless of being town that raised Legislation Roach, a stylist synonymous with excessive vogue (Zendaya is an anchor consumer); Virgil Abloh, the late creative director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear ready-to-wear line; and Cynthia Rowley, who offered her first assortment when she was a scholar on the Faculty of the Artwork Institute of Chicago.
John Leydon, founding father of Chicago Vogue Week, desires to vary that, Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu studies for WBEZ.
“I noticed a possibility and a spot,” stated Leydon, a hospitality entrepreneur who owns Ruby Room, Gold Star Bar and Grace & Leavitt Tavern. “We’re a world-class metropolis that didn’t actually have a powerful voice on the planet of vogue. Different occasions concentrate on exclusivity; we’re making it extra accessible. Relying in your curiosity, there’s completely different reveals you may go to. It’s not all about runway.”
This yr’s annual collection runs via Oct. 19 and contains reveals, talks and buying markets all through the Chicago space. All are open to the general public, with some requiring registration or a paid ticket. [WBEZ]
Right here’s what else is going on
- The White Home funds workplace stated mass firings of federal staff have begun in an try to exert extra strain on Democratic lawmakers as the federal government shutdown continues. [AP]
- Venezuela’s opposition chief María Corina Machado gained the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her work towards transitioning the nation from a dictatorship to a democracy. [NPR]
- Chicago’s violence prevention leaders say they are going to reevaluate how they vet peacekeepers after one was allegedly concerned in a high-profile smash-and-grab. [WBEZ]
- Chicago Cubs pitchers say they’re able to do no matter it takes to “get outs” in tomorrow’s win-or-go-home Recreation 5 vs. towards the Milwaukee Brewers. [Chicago Sun-Times]
Oh, and yet another factor …
When 9-year-old Daniel Saint Márquez thinks of his dad, he photos the lowriding neighborhood that embraced his late father, Alberto Márquez.
The boy helped construct a silver memorial trike for his father finally yr’s Gradual & Low Chicago Lowrider Competition. A staffer from the Nationwide Museum of Mexican Artwork noticed it and known as the household with an invite to construct an ofrenda for the 2025 version of the annual Día de Muertos exhibition, my colleague Ambar Colón writes.
Now in its thirty ninth yr, the annual exhibition options paintings centered on the Day of the Useless themes of mortality, grief and loss — but additionally the celebration of life. The museum at all times dedicates the showcase to the deceased, and this yr’s assortment is devoted to the individuals of Texas and New Mexico who misplaced their lives in lethal floods over the summer season. [Chicago Sun-Times]
Inform me one thing good …
What have been your favourite meals you’ve lately made out of no matter you had readily available?
Darlene writes:
“I don’t like every meals going to waste. I’ve a behavior if I do know I’m not going to get to these veggies earlier than they rot, I’ll cube them up and freeze them. Or if I get beets to roast, I’ll clear the greens and freeze them. Bones from meat get put in a bag within the freezer. If I’ve some leftover pasta, I’ll freeze it. Leftover chives… you get the image. Then when it begins to get chilly, prefer it has began to be this week, I put all of the bones in some water with seasonings and make a broth. After a number of hours of cooking, I add all of the veggies. Lastly, I add the pasta — if there’s not sufficient pasta, I’ll prepare dinner some individually and add it to the soup. We simply completed a rooster soup I made with all types of veggies from the freezer and I made some orzo on the facet to place in it. Scrumptious and nothing went to waste.”
Ellen writes:
“Leftover can of cranberry sauce from two Thanksgivings in the past and cornmeal. I requested Gemini for a recipe utilizing these substances and it got here out nice!”
Thanks for all of the responses this week! It was nice listening to from everybody.
Correction to yesterday’s publication: The College of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is just not among the many campuses contracting with Risepoint to launch on-line packages.
