WEDNESDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) SEIU Local 1 and members of the City Council Black, Latino and Progressive caucuses press conference to raises and the right to unionize for workers at O’Hare and Midway. City Hall, 2nd floor, 121 N. LaSalle. Contact: Izabela Miltko-Ivkovich, (708) 655-9681 or miltkoi@seiu1.org.
9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) @WECHOOSE and the Grassroots Education Movement press conference to call for moratorium on school privatization and identification and proper funding for 22 existing community schools. City Hall, outside on Randolph between Clark and State. Contact: Laurie Glenn, (773) 704-7246 or lrglenn@thinkincstrategy.com.
9:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) City Council meets. City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle. Contact: (312) 744-6870.
10 a.m. – (CHICAGO) The Blue Man Group holds auditions for new members at the Briar Street Theatre. Until 4 p.m. at 3133 N. Halsted. Contact: Alex Jakubiak, (847) 924-6110 or alexj@carolfoxassociates.com.
10 a.m. — (HARVEY) A State of Texas flag will be raised to send off four trailers filled with water, clothing, food and other items fordistributions to people affected by Hurricane Harvey in Houston, items collected in a drive led by the city and its employees. Sibley at Dixie Highway, Harvey. Contact: Sean Howard, (312) 498-1371 or sthmedia@aol.com.
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) UIC’s African American Cultural Center opens its 2017-18 program “Afro-Geographies” with opening house, followed by reception at 3:30 p.m. Addams Hall, 2nd floor, 830 S. Halsted. Contact: Carlos Sadovi, (312) 355-2491 or csadovi@uic.edu.
11:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Illinois Medical District CEO Suzet McKinney speaks to the City Club of Chicago. Maggiano’s, 111 W. Grand Ave. Contact: (312) 565-6500 or info@cityclub-chicago.org.
Noon — (CHICAGO) Attorneys announce lawsuit against Chicago Board of Education on behalf of anonymous man who claims he was sexually abused at James Weldon Johnson Elementary School in North Lawndale. Law Offices of Lyndsay Markley, Suite 2800, 150 N. Michigan. Contact: Anneliese Peper, (773) 655-8288 or anneliese@gossipgenie.com.
Noon — (CHICAGO) “Understanding India’s New Approach to Spatial Planning and Development” is the topic of a lecture at the UIC Great Cities Institute. 412 S. Peoria St. Contact: (312) 996-8700.
4 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Patients who have received heart transplants at Advocate Heart Institute of Christ Medical Center take part in annual reunion at Wrigley Field, with batting cages, tours, pitching practice and picnic. 1050 W. Addison. Contact: Kate Eller, (281) 881-8930 or katherine.eller@advocatehealth.com.
5 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Jazzin at the Shedd includes live music, cocktails and talks by aquarium experts. Until 10 p.m. 1200 S. Lake Shore Dr. Contact: Mick Swasko, (312) 692-2907.
5:30 p.m. – (BARRINGTON) Northwest suburban residents and activists will hold a rally to urge U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam to save DACA. Rep. Peter Roskam’s satellite office, 200 S. Hough St. in Barrington. Contact: Carolynne Funk, (847) 962-1484 or funk43@gmail.com.
WEDNESDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
Criminal
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Nicholas Bradbury, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting pastor’s son Abimbola Sheleru outside Bombay Hall in the West Ridge neighborhood on 11-20-16. 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) Larry Cox, charged with Antonio Lewis, each charged with two counts of first-degree murder; Accused of murdering a mother and her 5-year-old son in June 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) Joshua Johnson, charged with Mario Ortega, both charged with murder; Accused of robbing and killing a Logan Square man returning from work on 12-12-2013. 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) 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) Daniel McCormack, awaiting trial on whether he is a sexually violent person; A defrocked Catholic priest who spent five years in prison on child molestation charges. 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) Daniel Morris, charged with Jake Tate and Todd Cooper, all charged with murder; Accused of strangling, beating and sodomizing a homeless man over a stolen cell phone in October 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) Malik M. Shabazz, charged with attempted murder; Accused of shooting two police officers during a traffic stop on 6-6-2014. 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) Darius M. Smith, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally stabbing a man during a fight on 6-27-2014. 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) Michael Shegog, charged with murder; a Zion veteran and National Guardsman accused in a December 2011 fatal stabbing on the Far South Side. 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) Ezequiel Villanueva, charged with Oscar Garcia, both charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man in a gang dispute in Little Village on Labor Day 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) Derrick Wells, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a 28-year-old woman outside a Morgan Park nightclub on Sept. 3, 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) Kenneth Williams, charged with Micheail Ward, each charged with first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm; Two men accused of shooting Hadiya Pendleton, 15, in a murder that drew national attention in Jan. 2013. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
Federal
9:45 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Lawsuit filed by Wilmer Catalan-Ramirez, undocumented immigrant living in Chicago, alleging he was injured by ICE agents during a warrantless raid on his home, based on allegedly-false information from a Chicago police gang database. Motions/status. Judge Joan Lefkow. Dirksen Federal Courthouse, 219 S. Dearborn. Contact: (312) 435-5832.
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