TUESDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
8:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) “Institutional Perspectives: The Future of Emerging Markets” conference. Four Seasons Hotel, 120 E. Delaware Pl. Contact: Nikki Pirrello, npirrello@pionline.com or (212) 210-0224.
9:30 a.m. — (MOUNT PROSPECT) Fire Dept. hosts 38th annual Children’s Fire Safety Festival, for grapes pre-K to 2, featuring fun and educational activities, demos and more. Through May 5. Fire Station 14, 2000 E. Kensington Rd., Mount Prospect. Contact: (847) 818-5253.
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) City Council Committee on Workforce Development and Audit meets. City Hall, Council Chambers, 121 N. LaSalle. Contact: (312) 744-6858.
11:10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) BBB of Chicago and Northern Illinois hosts Business Cybercrime panel, with speakers from the BBB, Arthur J. Gallagher, Charles Rivers Associates Cybercrime Investigative Unit and and Smith Amundsen Law Offices. AMA Plaza, 330 N. Wabash. Contact: Thomas Johnson, communications@chicago.bbb.org or (312) 245-2643.
11:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Audra Hamernik, executive director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority, speaks to the City Club of Chicago. Maggiano’s, 111 W. Grand Ave. Contact: info@cityclub-chicago.com or (312) 565-6500.
Noon — (CHICAGO) Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosts panel discussion on “Farm-to-Global Table: Our Interconnected World,” with speakers including restaurateur/chef Joy Crump; Mitchell Davis of the James Beard Foundation; and Sam Kass, former senior policy advisor on nutrition and chef at The White House. Conference Center, 130 E. Randolph St. Contact: (312) 726-3860.
4 p.m. — (ORLAND PARK) Exotic and Unusual Pets program presented by the University of Illinois Discover features exotic and unusual spiders and insects in a program for kids in grades 7-12. The Bridge Teen Center, 15555 71st Ct., Orland Park. Contact: (708) 532-0500.
5:15 p.m. – (CHICAGO) Ambassador Dennis Ross will discuss the future of Israeli-Palestinian relations and the U.S. role in the Middle East with the Institute of Politics and UChicago Hillel. International House, Rockefeller Lounge, 1414 E. 59th St. Contact: politics@uchicago.edu or (773) 834-4671.
5:30 p.m. – (CHICAGO) Kevin Kumashiro, former dean of the University of San Francisco’s School of Education, speaks at DePaul College of Education’s Spring Education Issues Forum, “Advancing Democracy and Justice in Public Education in the Trump/DeVos Era.” DePaul Student Center, Room 314, 2250 N. Sheffield Ave. Contact: info@ilraiseyourhand.org or (773) 916-7794.
5:30 p.m. — (MOUNT PROSPECT) Reception and swearing-in ceremony for newly elected public officials.Village Hall, 50 S. Emerson St., Mt Prospect. Contact: Marianthi Thanopoulos, (847) 818-5308 or mthanopoulos@mountprospect.org.
6 p.m. — (EVANSTON) 3rd annual Evanston Literary Festival includes author appearances by Christopher de Bellaigue (6 p.m. at Bookends & Beginnings Bookstore, 1712 Sherman Ave.); and Jennifer Lackey and Alex Kotlowitz (7 p.m. at Sojourner Covenant Church, 1101 Church St.). Through May 11. Contact: evanstonlit@gmail.com. (Note: Full schedule available at www.evanstonlit.org/schedule/)
6:30 p.m. – (CHICAGO) Community Policing Advisory Panel calls on residents for input on the future of the Chicago Police Department’s community policing efforts. Corliss Early College STEM High School, 821 E. 103rd St. Contact: (312) 744-3334 or press@cityofchicago.org.
7 p.m. – (CHICAGO) Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke will discuss her work on the court and efforts to ensure equal opportunities for people with disabilities. Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St. Contact: axisuchicago@gmail.com.
7 p.m. — (CHICAGO) “Day of Judgment: Interfaith Panel” with speakers including the Rev. Hannah Kardon (Urban Village Church, Wicker Park), Jenan Mohajir (Interfaith Youth Core), and Rabbi David Russo (Anshe Emet Synagogue). Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St. Contact: (312) 551-1414.
7 p.m. — (CHICAGO) 8th annual International Voices Project Festival features play readings by playwrights from around the world. Mondays and Tuesday though May 16. Instituto Cervantes of Chicago, 31 W. Ohio St. Contact: (312) 335-1996.
7 p.m. — (CHICAGO) GuGu Drum Group of Shanghai makes its Chicago debut as part of the Stomping Grounds citywide dance series. Studebaker Theater, Fine Arts Building, 410 S. Michigan Ave. Contact: Jill Chukerman, (773) 392-1409 or jillchukerman@gmail.com.
7:30 p.m. — (EVANSTON) Northwestern’s 86th annual Waa-Mu Show, “Beyond Belief: a superhero story,” is an original, student-written and student-produced full-length musical about finding the extraordinary wihtin ourselves. Through May 7. Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson St., Evanston. Contact: Stephanie Kulke, (847) 491-4819 or stephanie.kulke@northwestern.edu.
TUESDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
9:30 a.m. call — (MAYWOOD) Martin Alvarado Jr., charged with murder; Accused of beating his girlfriend’s baby to death after the child urinated on him while he was changing a diaper on 4-9-2015. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. 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 — (MAYWOOD) Jose G. Difatta-Perez, charged with murder; Accused of fatally injuring his baby niece while he was babysitting on 7-18-2015. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423. (Note: Name given by police as Giancarlo Difatta-Perez.)
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) Tarik and Deafro Brakes, Isiah Penn and Carlos Johnson, all charged with murder; Accused in the robbery and fatal shooting of teen Demario Bailey in front of his twin brother on 12-13-2014. 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) 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) Dwight Brown, charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery; Accused of beating and hacking his mother to death with a fight on the night before her 24th wedding anniversary on 2-2-15. 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) Tambra Davis, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of hitting her 80-year-old boyfriend in the head, leading to his death on 10-29-14. 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) Helen Ford, convicted of first-degree murder in the 2013 child abuse death of her 8-year-old granddaughter. Post-trial motions/possible sentencing. 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) Alexis Gonzalez, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally stabbing his girfriend’s ex-boyfriend to death in Belmont Cragin on 8-16-16. 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) Raul Gonzalez, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of stabbing three people in a Chinatown apartment for transients on 11-21-16, killing 51-year-old Zenan “Sonny” Hernandez. 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) Andres Guerra and Martin Miranda, each charged with first-degree murder: Accused of shooting a 15-year-old boy to death with a sawed-off shotgun in front of two young children in Little Village on 1-26-2014. 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) Dominique Hodrick, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting special ed teacher Betty Howard on 5-29-2014 while aiming at another man. 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) Gregory Jones, charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm; Accused of stabbing and critically wounded a man in a domestic incident on Christmas Eve 2016 in the West Pullman 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) Nicholas Koulentiky, charged with two counts of attempted murder; Mentally disabled man accused of trading shots with police on the Far South Side on 10-25-09. Status. Judge Clayton Crane. 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 Lofton, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man during an argument on 6-2-2014. 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) Burundi A. Martin, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man in front of his family on 10-3-2014. 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) Jeremy Medina, Randy Ruiz and David Silva, all charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a fellow Latin Kings gang member on 7-2-2014. 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) Jafeth Ramos, charged with Diego Uribe Cruz, each charged first-degree murder; Charged with the massacre of six members of a Gage Park family in February 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) Caress T. Shumaker, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of stabbing 27-year-old Ronald Thomas in the chest during a domestic fight in the South Loop on 3-19-16. 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) Devonte Watson and Willie Wheeler, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting 20-year-old Dwayne L. Thomas on a Greater Grand Crossing porch on 8-19-15. 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) Jabari Williams, charged with Derrick Allmon, Michael D. Baker and Paris Denard; 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) 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.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Ronald Williamson, charged with murder, home invasion and attempted robbery; Accused of breaking into a Little Village home on 12-16-15 with an accomplice, who was shot to death by the homeowner. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
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