Good afternoon, and blissful Summer season Solstice! The warmth index may attain 105 levels this weekend. Right here’s what else it’s worthwhile to know right now.
1. Have fun music, meals and tradition with this information to Chicago’s avenue festivals
Pageant season is the proper time to find town’s huge communities, my Chicago Solar-Instances colleague Ambar Colón writes.
From smaller music festivals like Sq. Roots in Lincoln Sq. to bigger but lesser-known showcases just like the Chicago Mexican People Pageant and the Chicago Gospel Music Pageant, there’s certain to be one thing for everybody. Many of the occasions characteristic highlights of their neighborhood, from native musicians to meals distributors.
And because the birthplace of home music, Chicago’s competition season means there are many alternatives to get together alongside among the DJs and artists conserving the custom alive. Jazz music additionally will get an annual highlight on the Hyde Park Jazz Pageant and the Chicago Jazz Pageant.
Going into summer time, some competition organizers have voiced warnings about mounting prices, together with for safety. At the very least one main competition, Michelada Fest, was canceled by organizers as a result of points with artist visas and the present “political local weather.”
However the calendar stays sturdy by way of September for a lot of perennial occasions. You’ll be able to see the complete listing of our suggestions within the hyperlink. [Chicago Sun-Times]
2. Chicago’s Black-owned companies hope Juneteenth assist extends year-round
This 12 months, many Chicago-area Black-owned companies expressed optimism that neighborhood assist will proceed even after the vacation. However some are discovering the thrill round supporting Black companies has slowed, Mariah Rush stories for the Chicago Solar-Instances.
Juneteenth, celebrated yesterday, marks the date when the final enslaved folks within the U.S. discovered they had been free: June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas. It was made a federal vacation in 2021, a few 12 months after the George Floyd protests and the Black Lives Matter motion prompted social change — and a push to assist extra Black-owned companies.
Rayvon Fouché, a professor at Northwestern College, mentioned supporting Black-owned companies is one approach to have a good time Juneteenth.
“It’s a really troublesome time for Black of us,” he mentioned. “The collapse of all DEI efforts from the federal degree down makes it a second for Black folks to specific their energy. … So one of many methods you’ll be able to categorical your energy is thru your cash and your spending energy.” [Chicago Sun-Times]
The ordinance would empower Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling to subject curfews anytime, anyplace within the metropolis, with half-hour’ discover, my colleague Mariah Woelfel writes.
“It’s counterproductive to the progress we’ve made in lowering crime and violence in our metropolis,” Johnson mentioned at a information convention the place he introduced the veto lower than two hours after the proposal handed Wednesday. “It might create tensions between residents and legislation enforcement at a time when we’ve labored so laborious to rebuild that belief.”
Johnson’s veto, which he mentioned he would subject this week, can be the primary by a Chicago mayor since 2006.
The council voted 27-22 to go the measure. Council members would wish a supermajority, or 34 votes, to override the mayor’s veto. [WBEZ]
The mayor’s workplace, the Legislation Division and the Division of Procurement Providers all advised the Chicago Tribune they didn’t maintain data of contracts with search companies for the function, candidate résumés or stories on the search course of.
“To keep up the integrity of the method and out of respect for his or her privateness, we’re declining to share the names of particular candidates,” mayor’s workplace spokesperson Cassio Mendoza advised the Tribune. “The Johnson administration continues to consider within the significance of public transit for our metropolis and our area. We’ll proceed to work to search out essentially the most certified and succesful chief for this crucial place.”
Johnson’s workplace mentioned three transit leaders from throughout the nation weren’t keen on a proper interview when contacted concerning the place. State Rep. Kam Buckner, whose 2023 mayoral marketing campaign centered round enhancing public transit, additionally turned down the function. [Chicago Tribune]
5. The creator of Chicago’s river live performance collection is planning a floating parade
The July 19 present will characteristic bands on floating phases, comparable to pontoon boats and floating platforms, alongside the North Department of the Chicago River, Block Membership Chicago stories.
Artists have carried out on high of a concrete pillar close to the Belmont Avenue bridge since 2022 throughout native musician Ben Kinsinger’s summer time music collection, with spectators on land and in kayaks.
Now, town’s Division of Cultural Affairs and Particular Occasions has granted Kinsinger $5,000 to host a musical parade alongside a staggered route on the river between Irving Park Street and Diversey Avenue.
“The primary band will come across the nook, beginning at like Irving Park, and form of around the bend coming into view from the bike bridge throughout the best way,” Kinsinger advised Block Membership. “So then folks will be on the bike bridges because the band comes beneath taking part in music.” [Block Club Chicago]
Right here’s what else is occurring
- President Donald Trump can preserve the Nationwide Guard deployed in Los Angeles, an appeals court docket dominated. [AP]
- Iranian and European officers try to revive diplomacy as Trump delayed his determination on U.S. involvement. [CNN]
- Billions of login credentials from Google, Fb, Apple and different platforms have been leaked on-line, cybersecurity researchers mentioned. [AP]
- Bruce Springsteen will launch 83 songs spanning seven albums subsequent week. [New York Times]
Oh, and another factor …
Dhaba on Devon Avenue, operating by way of July 27 at Writers Theatre in Glencoe, is a co-production with TimeLine Theatre Firm, WBEZ theater reporter Mike Davis writes.
The present, written by Madhuri Shekar (3 Physique Drawback on Netflix, The Nevers on HBO), tells the story of a family-owned restaurant on Devon Avenue battling monetary hardships and generational divides.
On a tour of the real-life Devon Avenue in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, actor Arya Daire defined the importance of placing the colourful avenue on show.
“That was an enormous a part of the enticement to do the play,” she mentioned. “It’s set on Devon Avenue, which is a spot that we got here as youngsters with our dad and mom. We’d come right here and eat at Udupi Palace, which remains to be there and really scrumptious. My mother would come and purchase saris and issues right here, and it was a neighborhood gathering spot.” [WBEZ]
Inform me one thing good …
Chicago Satisfaction Fest is that this weekend, which has me questioning: What’s your favourite reminiscence of collaborating within the metropolis’s Satisfaction Month festivities?
Elaine writes:
“My favourite Chicago Satisfaction reminiscence is the 12 months my husband and I took the prepare as much as Chicago after which a bus to get close to the parade floor. A very nice couple helped us when it comes to the place to get off the bus as a result of the route had been modified. My husband’s age and well being (metastatic prostate most cancers) was making issues a bit tiring for him. We acquired separated by the crowds. Finally, I discovered him. A gaggle of homosexual males had adopted him, getting him within the shade with a snack and a drink. Such love abounding all over the place.”
Thanks for the responses this week, and luxuriate in the remainder of Satisfaction Month!
