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SATURDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
4:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Light Up the Lakefront honors adults and children affected by domestic violence with thousands of luminaries at Oak Street Beach. 1000 N. Lake Shore Dr. Contact: (312) 742-3224.
4:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) United Faith Lutheran Church hosts a Blessing of the Animals to mark the St. Francis of Assisi feast day. Parking lot behind church, 6525 W. Irving Park Rd. Contact: (773) 283-2326 or unitedinfaith@unitedinfaith.org.
5:30 p.m. — (OAKBROOK TERRACE) Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police 75th Anniversary Gala, with keynote by U.S. Attorney General Zachary Fardon. Drury Lane, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. Contact: Ed Wojcicki, (217) 414-7790.
6 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Archbishop Cupich attends the Josephinium Acadmy’s 125th Anniversary Gala. Intercontinental, 505 N. Michigan. Contact: (312) 534-8227.
6:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) A Silver Lining Foundation’s 12th annual “A Sterling Event” fund-raiser. Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, 2244 S. King Dr. Contact: Marcy Padorr, (847) 917-7779 or padorr4@ameritech.net.
7 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Chicago Gateway Green hosts “Starry Night, Green Tie Ball XXV.” Architectural Artifacts, 4325 N. Ravenswood Ave. Contact: (312) 527-9621.
7 p.m. — (AURORA) U.S. Rep. Bill Foster speaks at the League of United Latin American Citizens Council of Aurora Foundation and Council 5218 Annual Scholarship Banquet. 802 E. Lake St., Aurora. Contact: Greg Cybulski, (630) 585-7672.
SUNDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
8 a.m. — (LISLE) Fall Color 5K Run and Walk, with post-race party. Morton Arboretum, 4100 Rte. 53, Lisle. Contact: (630) 725-2066.
9 a.m. — (CHICAGO) 29th annual Lincoln Square Apple Fest features apple pie, apple cider, fresh apples, kids’ activities, music and more. 4700 N. Lincoln Ave. Contact: (773) 728-3890.
10 a.m. — (EVANSTON) Evanston police officers take part in the 3rd annual Walk A Mile in Her Shoes walk to benefit the Northwest Center Against Sexual Assault, with men walking in women’s heels to raise awareness. Centennial Park, 1821 Sheridan Rd., Evanston.
10 a.m. — (BROOKFIELD) Cat Awareness Weekend at Brookfield Zoo features viewing of the big cats, Zoo Chats, cat-themed activities and more. 3300 Golf Rd., Brookfield. Contact: Sondra Katzen, (708) 688-8351 or Sondra.Katzen@CZS.org.
11 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Bangs 2016 craft fair features work by local artists and businesses, tarot readings, live music, and free bang and beard trims. St. Alphonsus Lower Church, corner of Lincoln, Wellington and Southport. Contact: (773) 472-7171.
11 a.m. — (INGLESIDE) Fox Lake Family Fall Fest features kids, and family activities, pumpkin carving contest, pony rides, hayride, crafter/vendor show, food and more. Grant Township Center, 26725 W. Molidor Rd., Ingleside. Contact: (847) 587-3944.
11 a.m. — (CRESTWOOD) Village of Crestwood Rocktoberfest Fall Festival features live music, local food, shopping, kid-friendly activities and more. Ceasar Park, 14111 Kenton Ave., Crestwood. Contact: (612) 770-4575.
Noon — (CHICAGO) Archbishop Cupich celebrates 100th Anniversary Mass at St. WIlliam Parish. 2600 N. Sayre Ave. Contact: (312) 534-8227
2 p.m. — (CHICAGO) CatVideo Fest features Will Braden, creator of Henri Chat Le Noir, screening videos to benefit Friends of Chicago Animal Care & Control, and Red Door Animal Shelter. Also 5 p.m. Music Box, 3733 N. Southport Ave. Contact: (773) 871-6604.
2 p.m. — (WHEATON) Animal Blessing & Adoption also features animals from rescue groups available for adoption. All Souls Anglican Church, 25W741 Jewell Rd., Wheaton. Contact: (630) 346-9510.
3 p.m. — (CHICAGO) St. Benedict Parish and School celebrates its German roots with the annual OktoberFest, featuring German music, dancing, food, family activities, rides, live entertainment and more. 2215 W. Irving Park Rd. Contact: oktoberfest@stbenedict.com.
4 p.m. — (CHICAGO) GLobal VOices COncert Series presents the DIO Trio and Fareed Haque in a Concert for Syria. ALhambra Palace, 2nd floor Marrekesh Room, 1240 W. Randolph. Contact: hothouse3.0@gmail.com.
7:45 p.m. — (ROSEMONT) Cook County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management partners with Rosemont Public Safety Department and other police departments and first-responder agencies for a full-scale training exercise simulating a Paris-style multiple active shooter attack. Various venues around Rosemont. Contact: Natalia Derevyanny, Natalia.derevyanny@cookcountyil.gov or (312) 718-4125.(Note: Media check-in 7-7:30 p.m. at The Stadium at the Ballpark, 27 Jennie Finch Way, Rosemont.)
MONDAY’S MEETINGS AND EVENTS*
9 a.m. — (GLENWOOD) State Rep. Anthony DeLuca hosts a Senior Information Fair to provide info on services and programs for the elderly. Blakey Center, One Rebecca St., Glenwood. Contact:Donna Fanning, (708) 754-7900 or donnafanning@sbcglobal.net.
10 a.m. — (CHICAGO) Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs will announce plans to suspend billions of dollars in investment activity with Wells Fargo. James R. Thompson Center Blue Room 100 W. Randolph St. Contact: Paris Ervin (217) 524-5749 or Greg Rivara (312) 814-1901.
Noon — (CHICAGO) City Council Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety meets. City Hall, Room 201A, 121 N. LaSalle. Contact: (312) 744-6124.
12:15 p.m. — (CHICAGO) University of Chicago Institute of Politics hosts talk by Serbian Ambassador Djerdj Matkovic on his nation and its integration into the EU. 5707 S. Woodlawn. Contact: (773) 834-4671 or politics@uchicago.edu.
12:45 p.m. — (CHICAGO) Media will be able to meet with advocates, workers and Rep. Greg Harris in advance of a hearing on the Rauner administration’s controversial push to reinstate caps on overtime. Outside room C-500 in the Bilandic Building 160 N. LaSalle St. Contact: Gary Arnold garnold@accessliving.org or Graeme Zielinski graeme.zielinski@seiuhcil.org.
6 p.m. — (ST. CHARLES) Ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark opening of the new 1st Street Parking Garage. Corner of 1st and Illinois, St. Charles. Contact: Lisa Garhan, (630) 443-3744 or lgarhan@stcharlesil.gov.
7 p.m. — (ELMHURST) History interpreter Terry Lynch presents “Mudslinging, Muckracking and Applie Pie: Presidential Campaigns, a look at some of the dirtiest campaigns in history. Public Library, 125 S. Prospect St., Elmhurst. Contact: brian@4thstreetmedia.com.(630) 279-8696.
7:30 p.m. — (CHICAGO) The national tour of The Great Love Debate returns of r one night only with a special #MarriedStyle show featuring local couples getting a chance to speak their peace.Apollo Theater, 2540 N. Lincoln Ave. Contact: (773) 935-6100
MONDAY’S COURT DOCKET*
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Tramell Anderson, charged with murder; Accused of shooting a 14-year-old with an AR-15 assault rifle he had been showing off to the teen on 9-20-13. Status. (Note: Name also listed as “Tramell McGraw-Anderson.”) 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 Bembea, charged with Ioan Lela Jr. and Elijah Timatyos, all charged with first-degree murder; Accused of beating 71-year-old man Allen Levin to death during a home invasion in the Albany Park neighborhood on 1-27-16. 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) Nathaniel Boyce, charged with aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm and armed habitual criminal; Accused of shooting another man multiple times during a domestic argument on 10-31-15 in Morgan Park. 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) Edgardo Colon, charged with Tyrone Clay and Alexander Villa, all charged with first-degree murder of a peace officer, accused of killing Chicago Police Officer Clifton Lewis during a holdup at a South Side convenience store in December 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) Ricky Dortch, charged with two counts of first-degree murder; Accused in a fatal shooting that left two dead and two wounded at Horan Park on the West Side on 8-26-15. 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) Valentin Garcia, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a 17-year-old rival gang member in Little Village on 11-14-2013. 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 Grayer and Jermaine Powell, each charged with murder; Accused of fatally shooting a man in the Austin neighborhood on 10-24-2014. 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) Sakhee Hardy-Johnson, charged with Meiko Buchanan and Michael Mays, all charged with murder; Accused in the 9-26-2013 shooting that killed rapper Leonard “L’A Capone” Anderson. 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) Joseph Hill, charged with murder; Accused of shooting a 21-year-old man to death in April 2015 after asking if he had any marijuana. 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) Thaddeus Jimenez, charged with aggravated battery; A man once awarded a $25 million verdict after his murder conviction was thrown out, now accused of shooting a 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) Kiontae A. Mack, charged with Michael Tucker, each charged with one count of first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting Stephin Williams during a 08-25-2012 robbery in the Kenwood 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) Robert Morales, charged with first-degree murder; Accused of fatally shooting a 14-year-old boy in Back of the Yards on 5-2-16, arrested after accidentally shooting himself in July. 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) Mario Ortega, charged with Joshua Johnson, 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) Prentice 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) Kenneth Rhodes, charged with murder; Accused of killing his sister and her husband in January 2012 in Country Club Hills. 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) Frank Robinson, charged with two counts of first-degree murder; Accused of killing two people and wounding two others at Horan Park on 8-26-15. 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) Bernard Williams, charged with one count of murder and one count of armed robbery with a firearm for the slaying of Chicago Police Officer David Blake on 11-22-2010. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
9:30 a.m. call — (CHICAGO) Christian Williams, charged with murder; A man free on parole for a 1993 slaying now charged in a Pullman stabbing death on 10-29-2014. Status. Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2600 S. California Ave. Contact: Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, (312) 603-3423.
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