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THURSDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
7:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Crain’s “Who’s Who in Healthcare Breakfast” features four leading health care experts discussing the future of medical technology and innovation, and the future of the Affordable Care Act. Standard Club Chicago, 320 S. Plymouth Ct. Contact: events@chicagobusiness.com.
8 a.m. — (CHICAGO) American Bar Association Law Practice Division’s ABA TECHSHOW Conference and EXPO, to educate lawyers on current technology that would be useful in their practice. Through March 18. Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave. Contact: abanews@americanbar.org or (202) 662-1090.
8:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) 13th annual Good Food Festival & Conference, “The Midwest’s Premier Showcase For Local And Sustainable Food,” opens with Financing & Innovation forum. Through March 18. UIC Forum, 725 W. Roosevelt Rd. Contact: info@familyfarmed.org or (312) 874-7360.
9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) R&D Innovation Summit. Standard Club, 320 S. Plymouth Ct. Contact: Afolabi Opedare, aopedare@theiegroup.com or (415) 655-1673.
9:15 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Students from nine CPS elementary and high schools perform in the districts first-ever Mariachi Festival. Juarez High School, 1450 W. Cermak Road, enter at Door 15. Contact: (773) 553-1620.
9:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Council on American-Islamic-Relations Chicago officials hold a press conference responding to President Trump’s proposed travel ban, and provide assistance to arriving traveler. Until 10:30 a.m. O’Hare International Airport, Terminal 5. Contact: Ahmed Rehab, (312) 212-1520, (202) 870-0166 or arehab@cair.com.
*** 10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Community-based organizations and Woodlawn neighborhood residents decry grants from the Chicago Community Trust, designed to “secure benefits for the community as a result of the Obama Presidential Center coming to Jackson Park.” Island Terrace Apartments, 6430 S. Stony Island Ave. Contact: Devondrick Jeffers, (773) 414-4232 or dlcjeffers@gmail.com.
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago Bilingual & Diversity Job Fair features recruiters from more than 20 companies. Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, 2233 S. King Dr. Contact: (954) 727-3850.
*** 11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel cuts the ribbon on the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago’s new Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, 355 E. Erie St. Contact: (312) 744-3334 or press@cityofchicago.org. (Note: There will be no media availability following this event.)
11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin speaks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago’s new research hospital, the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab. 355 E. Erie St. Contact: Christina Angarola, (312) 353-4623, (312) 848-4484 or Christina_Angarola@durbin.senate.gov.
11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Illinois Lottery along with Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti, the National MS Society-Greater Illinois Chapter and the Illinois Department of Public Health will unveil the newest version of “The MS Project” instant game. University of Illinois at Chicago-College of Medical Research Building, Moss Auditorium, 909 S. Wolcott Ave. Contact: Jason Schaumburg, (312) 793-3034.
11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) NEIU students, faculty, and staff conduct press conference to discuss harm caused by forced furloughs of all campus workers, including students, and spring break closure. Northeastern Illinois University, Walesa Hall, 5500 N. St. Louis Ave. Contact: Nanette Potee, (773) 710-0105 or commteach@yahoo.com.
Noon — (CHICAGO) Loyola University Institute of Environmental Sustainability 2017 conference, “Climate Justice: The Struggle for Our Common Home,” with keynote (7 p.m.) by Mary Robinson, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on El Nino and Climate. Also March 17. Mundelein Auditorium, 1020 W. Sheridan Rd. Contact: (773) 508-2130 or ies@luc.edu.
*** 1: 45 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Mayor Emanuel will break ground on new CTA rail car manufacturing facility, with U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin slated to attend.CRRC Railcar Facility Site, 13535 S. Torrence Ave. Contact: (312) 744-3334 or press@cityofchicago.org; or Christina Angarola, (312) 353-4623, (312) 848-4484 or Christina_Angarola@durbin.senate.gov. (Note: There will be no media availability following this event.)
3 p.m. — (AURORA) 2016 Aurora Police Department Employee of the Year ceremony. Aurora PD, 1200 E. Indian Trail, Aurora. Contact: Dan Ferrelli, (630) 918-0127 or dferelli@aurora-il.org.
3:30 p.m. — (EVANSTON) City of Evanston will host watch parties at four community centers for the Northwestern men’s basketball team’s first NCAA tournament appearance.
-Chandler-Newberger Center, 1028 Central St.
-Fleetwood-Jourdain Center, 1655 Foster St.
-Levy Center, 300 Dodge Ave.
-Robert Crown Center, 1701 Main St.
Contact: Patrick Deignan, (847) 448-8234 or pdeignan@cityofevanston.org.
4:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Arab American Action Network conducts press conference and leads rally against President Trump’s revised travel ban and ICE immigration raids. 101 W. Congress Pkwy. Contact: Hatem Abudayyeh, hatem@aaan.org or (773) 301-4108.
5 p.m. — (CHICAGO) UIC hosts “The African-American Females of Chicago’s Great Migration,” a discussion that details the Great Migration through the eyes of black girls. Stevenson Hall, 701 S. Morgan St. Contact: Carlos Sadovi, (312) 355-2491 or csadovi@uic.edu.
5 p.m. — (BARRINGTON) 7th annual Barrington Celtic Fest features Irish food, live music, Irish Dance troupes, bagpipers, and more. Through March 18. Downtown around McGonigal’s Pub, 200 block of Park Avenue, Barrington. Contact: (847) 277-7400.
5:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) National Association of Black Journalists hosts a “Fireside Chat” with Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx. CBS2 Chicago, 22 W. Washington St. Contact: Aprill O. Turner, (202) 649-0719 or aturner@nabj.org.
5:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago multi-media artist/poet Arica Hilton hosts a cocktail reception for the opening of her solo exhibition “Multiverse,” a series of eco-conscious paintings using recycled plastic water bottles infused in her oil and acrylic as a commentary on the effects of discarding plastic without thought to where it will go. Hilton Asmus Contemporary gallery, 716 N. Wells. Contact: arica@hilton-asmus.com.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago Architecture Foundation hosts “Building Tall: How High Can We Go?” as part of the 2017 Skyscraper Lecture Series. CAF Lecture Hall, 224 S. Michigan Ave. Contact: (312) 922-8687.
7 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Loyola University hosts the fourth annual Climate Change Conference with keynote address by past president of Ireland Mary Robinson. Loyola University Chicago, Lake Shore Campus, 1032 W. Sheridan Rd. Contact: Evangeline Politis, (312) 915-6324 or epolitis@luc.edu.
THURSDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Corey Binns, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting 25-year-old Jeremy Clark during a dice game in Back of the Yards on 6-24-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Tyrell Birmingham, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man on a West Side porch on 7-11-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Anthony Bradley, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man during a confrontation in Woodlawn on 8-9-2013. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Paris Denard, charged with Derrick Allmon, Michael D. Baker and Jabari Williams; each charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a 9-year-old at close range on 8-20-14 after he yelled that someone had a gun. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Natrell Jackson and Michael Whitehead, both charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a 30-year-old woman on 2-26-16 in Armour Square. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Antwan Jones, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting 11-year-old Takiya Holmes on 2-11-17 in the Parkway Gardens neighborhood. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Alexander Marrero, charged with criminal sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping; An Uber driver accused of sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman he was hired to drive home from the Gold Coast on 6-26-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Prentice F. Phillips, charged with first-degree murder; Accused in the 1988 beating and rape of an elderly Rogers Park woman who later died from her injuries. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423. (Note: Also charged in separate attempted criminal sexual assault case.)
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Manuela Rodriguez, charged with murder; A Little Village woman accused of beating, suffocating and using a power saw to cut the throat of her infant granddaughter because the child wouldn’t stop crying on 3-9-2015. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Charles Southern, charged with first-degree murder; A man accused alongside two teens of fatally shooting a man at an Avalon Park party on 5-31-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Devon Thomas, charged with murder and aggravated battery; Accused of killing his 3-year-old son Tayveon Thomas and beating his pregnant fiancée in Humboldt Park on 10-31-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Mubashra Uddin, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of dropping her newborn baby to her death from the 8th floor window of an Uptown to hide the baby from her parents on 11-11-15. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Brandon Young, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally stabbing a friend after they smoked crack cocaine together on 10-31-15. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
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