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THURSDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
8:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago hosts annual Risk Conference with the DePaul University Center for Financial Services, with opening keynote by Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 230 S. LaSalle St. Contact: Laura LaBarbera, laura.labarbera@chi.frb.org or (312) 322-2387.
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Former Chicago Bear Charles “Peanut” Tillman visits officers in the 6th District (Gresham) and tours the Strategic Decision Support Center. Tillman also presents a LEMART kit to Officer Nichols, who used one on a shooting victim while off duty. 7808 S. Halsted St. Contact: (312) 745-6110
10 a.m. — (ORLAND PARK) Veteran Aid and Attendance Seminar hosted by Mayor Dan McLaughlin and the Orland Park Board of Trustees. Civic Center, 14750 S. Ravinia Ave., Orland Park. Contact: (708) 403-6115. (Note: Second session at 1:30 p.m.)
10:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago Department of Transportation conducts press briefing on two final phases of the Devon Avenue streetscape project, entailing a 20-block stretch from Kedzie to Sacramento, and fWestern to Leavitt. Usmania Restaurant, 2244 W. Devon. Contact: Mike Claffey, (312) 744-0707 or Michael.Claffey@cityofchicago. org.
11 a.m. – (CHICAGO) Activist Andrew Holmes will join Bishop Larry Trotter in support of 31-year Markham police officer for the city’s mayor and to call for legislation banning convicted felons from running for municipal office. 2635 S. Wabash. Contact: Sean Howard, (312) 498-1371.
11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Choreographed flash mobs will perform downtown to celebrate the grand opening of the SafeHouse Chicago experiential restaurant, featuring 25 women painted gold and dancing to James Bond-themed music, with first performance (11 a.m.) and final flash mob (6 p.m. prior to ribbon-cutting and opening reception) at 60 E. Ontario. Also 11:30 a.m. at Water Tower Place; noon at Navy Pier; 2:15 p.m. at Daley Plaza;3:15 p.m. at Ogilivie Station; 4 p.m. at Field Museum; 4:30 p.m. at Buckingham Fountain; 5 p.m. at Art Institute. Contagt: Lianne Wiker Hedditch, (773) 969-5203 or lianne@heronagency.com.
11:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) 1871 CEO Howard Tullman speaks to the City Club of Chicago. Maggiano’s , 111 W. Grand Ave. Contact: Tweed Thornton, tthornton@cityclub-chicago.org or (312) 565-6500.
Noon – (CHICAGO) Health care workers rally outside Northwestern Memorial Hospital calling for health care facilities on the South and West sides, higher wages for hospital workers starting at $15 an hour, and affordable health insurance for hospital staff. Outside Northwestern Memorial Hospital, at the southeast corner of Huron and Fairbanks. Contact: Scott Vogel, (773) 329-5589 or Scott.Vogel@seiuhcil.org.
Noon — (CHICAGO) Joy in Childhood Foundation and Starlight Children’s Foundation host “Day of Joy” to announce $3 million in donations to Starlight Children’s Foundation and Feeding America. La Rabida Children’s Hospital, 6501 S. Promontory Dr. Contact: (781) 559-0424.
Noon — (CHICAGO) Chicago Media Project hosts 2nd annual DOC10 Film Festival of nonfiction films. Through April 2. Davis Theatre, 4614 N. Lincoln Ave. Contact: (312) 327-8800.
*** 2:30 p.m. – (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel attends the graduation of the latest class of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program. Harold Washington College, Room 1115, 30 E. Lake St. Contact: Mayor’s Press Office,, (312) 744-3334 or press@cityofchicago.org. (NOTE: There will be no media availability following.)
4:30 p.m. — (AURORA) YouTube co-founder Steve Chen attends ribbon-cutting for Steve and Jamie Chen Center for Innovation & Inquiry, as Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy celebrates its 30th anniversary. 1500 Sullivan Rd., Aurora. Contact: Orly Telisman, orly@orlypr.com or (312) 375-1230.
5 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Simon Wiesenthal Center conducts a press conference to release its 2017 Digital Terrorism and Hate Report. Simon Wiesenthal Center Midwest Office, 180 N. LaSalle St., Suite 3700. Contact: Alison Pure-Slovin, (708) 714-0749.
5 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Sen. Dick Durbin and Lori Lightfoot will be among the honorees at the National Alliance on mental Illness’ “Light the Darkness” annual awards dinner. The Geraghty, 2520 S. Hoyne Ave. Contact: Edlyn Alcedo, (312) 563-045 or edlyn@namichicago.org.
5:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Illinois Republican Party and Gov. Bruce Rauner host 3rd annual Governor’s Dinner. Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave. Contact: Barret Kedzior, barret@bkzconsultinginc.com or (312) 235-2403.
5:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Fundraiser to support Ald. Scott Waugespack. Chicago Motor Club/Hampton Inn, 68 E. Wacker Place. Contact: (312) 399-1902 or ProgressiveSolutionsLLC@gmail. com.
5:45 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Columbia Journalism Review and Chicago Reporter host “Carnage or Community: Countering Trump’s Vision of Chicago,” a panel of journalists, educators, public officials and community members discussing how the media cover crime in Chicago and the intersection between what the president says and what residents know and live. Columbia College Library, 3rd floor Reading Room, 624 S. Michigan. Contact: Jackie Spinner, jspinner@colum.edu.
6 p.m. — (EVANSTON) Northwestern University hosts 12th annual Cupid’s Cup Entrepreneurship Competition. Northwestern University, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston. Contact: kristin.samuelson@ northwestern.edu.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network hosts its 20th annual Spring Into Action Benefit. Salvage One, 1840 W. Hubbard. Contact: (312) 527-0730.
6 p.m. — (EVANSTON) New York University sociologist Eric Klinenberg, will discuss his book, “Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago,” on the concept of “climate proofing” cities in the wake of climate change as part of the One Book One Northwestern program. Segal Visitor’s Center, auditorium, 1841 Sheridan Rd., Evanston. Contact: Erin Karter, erin.karter@northwestern.edu or (847) 491-4890.
6:15 p.m. — (CHICAGO) U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro speak on U.S.-Israeli relations from Obama to Trump. University of Chicago, International House, Rockefeller Lounge, 1414 E. 59th St. Contact: Contact: Matthew Jaffe, (773) 834-3605 or mjaffe@uchicago.edu.
6:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Better Government Association Idea hosts a “Separate but Unequal? School Funding in Illinois” Idea Forum. Roosevelt University, Ganz Hall, 430 S. Michigan Ave. Contact: (312) 427-8330.
7:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) VIVID 2017: CCPA Annual Showcase features the Roosevelt University Chicago College of Performing Arts Symphony Orchestra, Conservatory Chorus and Chorale, performing with students from Jones College Preparatory High School. Auditorium Theatre 50 E. Congress. Contact: (312) 341-2300.
THURSDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
9 a.m. call — (MARKHAM) Terrence Coulter, indicted with six counts of first-degree murder and one count of concealment of homicidal death; accused in the death of a 35-year-old Dana Hayes, found beaten to death in a field in Thornton. Status. Markham Courthouse, 16501 S. Kedzie Pkwy., Markham. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9 a.m. call — (MAYWOOD) Salvador Alvarado, charged with Eddie Garcia and Jonathan Ivory, each charged with murder and attempted armed robbery; Accused of murdering a man in a Berwyn barber shop 12-31-2013. Status. Maywood Courthouse, 1500 Maybrook Dr., Maywood. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9 a.m. call — (SKOKIE) Matthew A. Dubose, charged with first-degree murder; An Evanston man accused in a September 2013 murder near Evanston Township High School. Status. Skokie Courthouse, 5600 Old Orchard Rd., Skokie. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
10 a.m. call — (SKOKIE) Jovanny Martinez, charged with homicide of an unborn child and aggravated domestic battery; Accused of punching his pregnant girlfriend in the abdomen in a fight, causing her to miscarry on 1-8-13. Status. Skokie Courthouse, 5600 Old Orchard Rd., Skokie. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Devin Aldridge and Mark Hall, both charged with murder; Accused in the 12-19-2013 shootings that killed Deacon Willie Cooper and musician Eric Davis. 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) Simeon Barrientas, charged failure to report an accident causing a death; Driver accused of killing a Chicago firefighter in a hit-and-run crash in Rogers Park on 6-12-16. 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) Patrick Brazel, charged with reckless homicide and DUI; Driver accused of fleeing the scene of a fatal accident at Archer and Lavergne on 4-30-16. 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) Dominique Brown and Maurice Vickers, both charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man after an argument in a West Side barber shop on 1-9-2015. 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) Jerome Brown, charged with first-degree murder; A parolee accused of fatally shooting a Columbia College student who was picking up a friend from a Green Line station on 5-7-13. 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) Marcos Cervantes, charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon, aggravated armed kidnapping and aggravated vehicular hijacking with a weapon; A 16-year-old boy charged with breaking into a woman’s Bucktown home, sexually assaulting her at gunpoint and stealing her car in 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) Mark Clay, charged with murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm; Accused of fatally shooting an 18-year-old man and wounded a 16-year-old boy in West Garfield Park on Aug. 21, 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) Andre Davis, charged with Derrick Hilliard, both charged with murder; A man previously exonerated after serving 32 years in an unrelated rape case, now accused in the murder of a man in a dice game on 10-7-2013. 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) Gilbert Feliciano, found guilty of first-degree murder; A homeless man accused of killing a 94-year-old Northwest Side man outside an Aldi grocery in 2011. 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) Giovanni Garcia, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of aiming for a man but instead shooting and killing his 23-year-old girlfriend in West Elsdon on 4-8-16. 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) Marcus Harris, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a 31-year-old man in Englewood on 3-15-16. 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) Tommie Harris and Quintion Humphries, both charged with first-degree murder; Accused in the gang-related murder of a man on 7-4-2013. 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) Byron Johnson, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of stabbing his wife’s godbrother to death in North Lawndale on 10-25-16. 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) Keith Martin, charged with murder and attempted murder; Accused in a fatal domestic shooting from 7-12-2014. 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) Raul Martinez, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of shooting a rival gang member to death in Hermosa on 5-3-16. 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) Ted Merchant, charged with first-degree murder; A 67-year-old man charged with fatally shooting an 80-year-old resident at the Senior Suites of Rainbow Beach on 9-5-16. 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) Romell Outlaw, charged with murder; Accused in a fatal shooting in the Park Manor neighborhood on 4-2-2015. 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) Paul Pagan, charged with murder; Gang member accused of fatally shooting a man near Millennium Park in September 2016. 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) Geno Paget, charged with murder and robbery; Accused in a fatal shooting during a drug deal-turned-robbery on 5-27-2014. 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) Christopher Peacock, charged with reckless homicide; Accused of driving in the single-vehicle rollover crash on Lake Shore Drive on Sept. 3, 2015 that left his passenger, 33-year-old Jillian Tsirtsis, dead. 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) Ruben Quispe-Trujillo, charged with murder; Accused of stabbing his neighbor while they were drinking together in Logan Square on 7-29-2015. 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) TreDaniel Williams, charged with murder and attempted murder; A Minnesota man accused of fatally shooting one man and wounded another in Robbins on 8-8-16. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
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