SATURDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
5 p.m. — (LAKE ZURICH) VIllage hosts annual Rock the Block downtown block party, featuring live music, dancing, food, kids’ activities and more. Main Street between Old Rand and Midlothian roads, Lake Zurich. Contact: Bonnie Caputo, (847) 540-5068 or bonnie.caputo@lakezurich.org.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) St. Bernard Hospital Gala: A Work of Heart honors Pastor Jolinda Wade. Chicago Hilton & Towers, 720 S. Michigan Ave. Contact: (773) 896-2588.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Imerman Angels hosts 10th Anniversary Wings of Hope Galato benefit programs for cancer fighters, survivors, and caregivers. Ritz-Carlton Chicago, 160 E. Pearson St. Contact: (312) 266-1000.
7 p.m. — (CHICAGO) WINGS in Chicago hosts a benefit event for WINGS Metro, a new domestic violence shelter, featuring music, food and more. WTTW’s Soundstage, Grainger Studio, 5400 N. St. Louis Ave. Contact: Sheila King, (773) 239-2220 or info@skpr.net; or Becky Antonoglu, (847) 209-5953 or beckyantonoglu@skpr.net.
SUNDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
8 a.m. — (CHICAGO) 4th annual Midway Fly Away 5K Run/Walk on the airport runways also includes new one-mile kids race, all to benefit Special Olympics Chicago. 5035 W. 55th St. Contact: (312) 527-3743.
9:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Sacred Heart School hosts a ribbon cutting/unveiling ceremony for its new preschool program (10:30 a.m.), beginning with a blessing of the preschoolers (9:30 a.m.). 2864 E. 96th St. (blessing) and 2926 E. 96th (ceremony). Contact: Anne Maselli, (312) 534-5334 or amaselli@archchicago.org.
10 a.m. — (LIBERTYVILLE) Chicago Pet Show features vendors, displays, petting area, magic acts and more. Libertyville Sports Complex, 1950 U.S. 45, Libertyville. Contact: (630) 385-4000.
10 a.m. — (ELK GROVE VILLGAE) Forest Preserves of Cook County hosts its 63rd annual American Indian Pow Wow, featuring dancing, drumming, art, games, activities and more. Busse Woods South, Groves 17 and 18, Higgins Road east of I-290, Elk Grove Village. Contact: Stacina Stagner, (708) 771-1159 or Stacina.Stagner@cookcountyil.gov.
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Sunday Spot will transform a stretch of Marshfield Avenue into a pop-up street plaza, featuring interactive art and games, musical performances, fitness classes and more. Also Sept. 25. Marshfield from Lincoln to Roscoe. Contact: Christine Rosko, (815) 931-3365 or christine@bettiebombpr.com.
11 a.m — (CHICAGO) World Music Festival presents The 606 Polyrhythmic Peace Procession and GLobal Peace Picnic, featuring Hands-On Maker Stations to create your own instruments, Peace Procession along the 606 and picnic (2 p.m.) at Humboldt Park Boathouse. Begins along 606 at Milwaukee/Leavitt Park, then to Ridgeway Trailhead, Humboldt Overlook and Boathouse (1301 N. Sacramento.) Contact: Mary May, mary.may@cityofchicago.org or (312) 744-0576.
11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) West Loop Art Fair features works by nearly 167 artists, live music, local food and craft vendors, and more. 800 W. Washington. Contact: (773) 665-4682 or info@starevents.com.
11 a.m. — (GLENCOE) Harvest Weekend at Chicago Botanic Garden features demos and discussions on how to harvest, preserve, and store homegrown produce; Farmers’ Market; gardening demos, vendors, kids’ activities, chef presentations, cookbook swap, and more. 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe. Contact: (847) 835-5440.
11 a.m. — (CARY) 3rd annual Cary Main Street Fest features craft beers, food from local restaurants, business expo, marketplace, arts and crafts, live entertainment and more. Downtown around 100 W. Main St., Cary. Contact: (847) 639-2800 or (847) 639-2168.
11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Archbishop Cupich leads 90th Anniversary Mass and celebration at St. Cornelius Parish. 5205 N. Lieb. Contact: (312) 534-8227.
Noon — (WAUKEGAN) Fiestas Patrias annual parade (noon) and outdoor festival (3 p.m.). Downtown around Water Street and Sheridan Road, Waukegan. Contact: (847) 263-8100.
Noon — (CHICAGO) Globe Pub hosts benefit event in honor of Rachel Gilliam, killed by a hit-and-run driver after leaving work on Halloween in 2009. 1934 W. Irving Park Rd. Contact: Janine O’Shea, osheajanine@yahoo.com.
Noon — (CHICAGO) Andersonville City Made Fest features craft beers, food, local bands, art, local products and more. 5000 N. Clark St. Contact: (773) 728-2995.
Noon — (CHICAGO) Riot Fest music festival. Douglas Park, 1401 S. Sacramento Blvd. Contact: press@riotfest.org.
Noon — (SCHILLER PARK) Most Rev. Francis Kane, auxiliary bishop of Chicago, leads 90th Anniversary Mass and celebration at St. Beatrice Parish. 9701 W. Irving Park Rd., Schiller Park. Contact: (312) 534-8227.
Noon — (CHICAGO) Dylan’s Candy BarN and PAWS Chicago host a pet adoption event, with dogs and puppies available for adoption. 445 N. Michigan. Contact: Sarah McDonald, (773) 890-5116 or smcdonald@pawschicago.org.
2 p.m. — (SKOKIE) French Catholic priest Father Patrick Desbois discusses his work identifying and locating the mass graves of Jews killed in eastern Europe during the Holocaust. Niles North High School, 9800 Lawler Ave., Skokie. Contact: (847) 626-2000.
2:45 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Archbishop Cupich leads the Golden Anniversary Wedding Mass to honor couples married 50 years. Holy Name Cathedral, State and Superior. Contact: (312) 534-8227.
3 p.m. — (DES PLAINES) Medicare information session for baby boomers and their caregivers. Frisbie Senior Center, 52 E. Northwest Hwy., Des Plaines. Contact: (312) 565-4626 or barens@lcwa.com.
3 p.m. — (EVANSTON) Jazz by the Lake, the annual gala fundraiser for the Indo-American Heritage Museum. Galvin Recital Hall, 70 Arts Circle Dr., Evanston. Contact: Amita Banerji, (847) 707-8661 or amita@iahmuseum.org.
9 p.m. — (CHICAGO) 4th annual Backyard Dinner to benefit nonprofit urban farm Growing Home. Bang Bang Pie & Biscuits, 2051 N. California. Contact: (773) 549-1336.
MONDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
8 a.m. — (MOUNT PROSPECT) Sister Cities Commission hosts the Marche Francais, a farmer’s market with a French twist, featuring Parisian-style flea market, arts and crafts, food and more. Metra Commuter Lot, Northwest Highway at Route 83, Mount Prospect. Contact: Marianthi Thanopoulos, (847) 818-5308 or mthanopo@mountprospect.org.
9:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Illinois Business Immigration Coalition hosts forum on common sense immigration reform, with speakers including U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, and U.S. Reps. Tammy Duckworth and Luis Gutierrez. The Resurrection Project – La Casa, 1815 S. Paulina. Contact: Rebecca Shi, (312) 576-8032 or rshi@illinoisbic.biz.
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski leads roundtable discussion on “The Road Ahead: Developing Technology and Policy to Accelerate Deployment of Connected and Driverless Cars.” TechNexus, Suite 1200, 20 N. Upper Wacker. Contact: Jason Day, jason.day@mail.house.gov.
11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) City Council Committee on Housing and Real Estate meets to hear update on 5-Year Housing Plan. CIty Hall, Room 201A, 121 N. LaSalle. Contact: (312) 744-3067.
11:30 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Former CPD superintendent Garry McCarthy speaks to the City Club of Chicago. Maggiano’s, 111 W. Grand Ave. Contact: info@cityclub-chicago.com or (312) 565-6500.
Noon — (CHICAGO) Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, speaks on the current situation in Ukraine with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Prudential Plaza, 130 E. Randolph Dr. Contact: (312) 726-3860.
5:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Gun Violence Prevention PAC hosts annual Paper Tiger Award Ceremony, honoring Father Michael Pflger, with speakers including Sec. of Education Arne Duncan. The Dawson, 730 W. Grand. Contact: Kathleen Sances, kathleen@gpacillinois.com.
5:30 p.m. — (DES PLAINES) Community Consolidated School District 62 Board of Education hosts open house to introduce new Supt. Floyd Williams Jr. Early Learning Center, 1375 S. Fifth Ave., Des Plaines. Contact: Jennifer Tempset Bova, (847) 824-8070 or bovaj@d62.org.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) NPR’s Kelly McEvers hosts program on “Understanding the Opioid Epidemic.” The Ivy Room, 12 E. Ohio St. Contact: info@wbez.org or (312) 948-4600.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Ald. Sophia King hosts a Fourth Ward Town Hall Meeting to discuss the new career and technical programs at Dunbar High, a proposal for the former 21st District police station,. and other issues. 3000 S. King Dr. Contact: (773) 536-8103.
7 p.m. — (NAPERVILLE) Naperville Police and Crime Stoppers host burglary prevention forum for residents to learn how to safeguard their homes, vehicles and neighborhoods. 95th Street Library, 3015 Cedar Glade Dr., Naperville. Contact: Cmdr. Jason Arres, (630) 420-4137.
MONDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
8:30 a.m. — (WHEATON) Michael R. Jones, charged with two counts of murder and one count of aggravated criminal sexual assault; Accused of murdering 15-year-old Kristy Wesselman in Glen Ellyn in 1985. Status. DuPage County Courthouse, 505 N. County Farm Rd., Wheaton. Contact: DuPage County State’s Attorney’s office: (630) 407-8160.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Ulises Almaraz, charged with murder; A jealous boyfriend accused of slitting a Pilsen man’s throat at a bar for talking to his girlfriend on 5-30-2015. Status. 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 Brown, charged with murder, attempted murder and being a fugitive from justice; Accused in a gun battle with police on 10-7-2014 at an Englewood apartment that wounded a police captain. 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) Cedryck Davis and Deandre Thompson, each charged with attempted first-degree murder; Accused of shooting a high school basketball coach who was paralyzed while shielding his daughter from gunfire on their way to school on 1-30-14. 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) Germel Dossie, charged with murder; Accused of the 6-2-2015 shooting of a man who made disparaging Facebook comments about slain rapper Young Pappy on 6-1-15. 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) Robert Goodman, charged with Demetrius Spencer, each charged with first-degree murder; Two South Side men accused of fatally shooting a man on Nov. 30, 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) Deandre Johnson, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of shooting 24-year-old Jeanette Laureano on the Northwest Side on 3-18-16. 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) Lorenzo Jones, charged with murder; An Iowa man accused of fatally shooting his brother during a domestic argument on Christmas 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) Laquan King, charged with two counts of first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting two teenage boys as they placed dice in North Lawndale on 8-16-15. 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) Daniel Kralik, charged with murder; A man accused of strangling his girlfriend in their Humboldt Park apartment in May 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) Antonio Lewis, charged with Larry Cox, 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) Alejandro Lozano, charged with aggravated arson; Accused of setting himself and a store on fire during the Mole de Mayo Festival in Pilsen on 5-29-16. 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) Audreianna McNeil, charged with LaDonna Curry, each charged with murder; Accused of luring a club promoter to a home where he was robbed and fatally shot on 8-31-2013. 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) Samuel D. Miller, charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder; Accused of killing one man and wounding another in a South Chicago neighborhood drive-by shooting on 7-30-15. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423. (Note: Also listed in court records as Samuel Muller.)
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Deonta Noble and David Radford, both charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man and wounding two others over gang affiliations on 7-6-2014. 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) Reynaldo Ocampo, charged with Alejandro Ocampo and Joseph Saleski, each charged with first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping for ransom; Accused of kidnapping then killing a man found burned beyond recognition in a Northwest Side trash can in 2012. 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 Parkman, charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting someone on 5-28-2013 as part of an ongoing feud stemming from a 2012 murder over a gold necklace. 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) James W. Rogers, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of shooting another man to death in the South Side London Town neighborhood on 1-25-16. 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) Vicente Salgado, charged with murder; Accused of fatally stabbing his estranged wife’s boyfriend outside a Burger King on 3-7-2015. 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) Shaughnessy Simms, charged with first-degree murder; Charged with killing the father of his girlfriend’s child after an argument at a West Side home on 12-27-13. 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) Melvin Stovall, charged with aggravated cruelty to animals; Accused of killing a dog in early March 2016 by picking it up and dropping it on its head on the Near West Side. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
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