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2024 Chicago Summer Festival Guide

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Chicago Pride Fest, 2022. (Steven Koch / Northalsted)

Get ready for fun with this guide to neighborhood street fests, art shows, outdoor concerts and cultural celebrations of all sizes across Chicago and the suburbs.

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Chicago Pride Fest, 2022. (Steven Koch / Northalsted)

Mayor Brandon Johnson Taps Law Department Veteran Carla Kupe as City’s New Chief Equity Officer

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Chicago City Hall. (Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News)

“I am humbled and grateful to participate in further advancing Chicago as a role model in forming equitable cities,” Kupe said in a statement.

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Chicago City Hall. (Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News)

13-Year-Old Boy Among 7 People Killed by Gunfire Over Weekend Across Chicago: Police

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(Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News)

According to the Chicago Police Department, the boy was standing on the sidewalk in the 1300 block of South Independence Boulevard just before 8:30 p.m. Friday when he was shot.

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Chicago’s Outdoor and Indoor Pools Opening Monday, Just in Time to Help Beat the Heatwave

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All of the Chicago Park District’s 77 outdoor and indoor pools are expected to be open six days a week from June 17 through Sept. 2. Beaches are also open.

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Residents and Communities Preparing for Heat Wave That Will Envelop Midwest and Northeast This Week

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A man on a bike photographs the sunset at the Great Salt Lake Thursday June 13, 2024, near Salt Lake City. (AP Photo / Rick Bowmer)

Last year the U.S. had the most heat waves — abnormally hot weather lasting more than two days — since 1936. In the South and Southwest, last year was the worst on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

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A man on a bike photographs the sunset at the Great Salt Lake Thursday June 13, 2024, near Salt Lake City. (AP Photo / Rick Bowmer)

Second City’s New Revue Brings Teamwork, Sex and Plenty of Weirdness to the Mainstage: Review

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Adisa Williams, Laurel Krabacher, Hannah Ingle, Andy Bolduc, Jordan Stafford and Adonis Holmes in The Second City’s “The Devil is in the Detours”. (Timothy M. Schmidt, courtesy of The Second City)  

The show is aptly titled “The Devil is in the Detours.” Scenes cruise along with solid laughs and then take a turn no one sees coming, because it is just so nutty.

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Adisa Williams, Laurel Krabacher, Hannah Ingle, Andy Bolduc, Jordan Stafford and Adonis Holmes in The Second City’s “The Devil is in the Detours”. (Timothy M. Schmidt, courtesy of The Second City)  

Week in Review: $50M Police Misconduct Case; Massive Data Breach at Cook County Health

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Migrants with schoolchildren losing shelter. Massive data breach at Cook County Health. And Chicago pays its largest-ever police misconduct settlement.

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CDC Warns Access to ADHD Medication May Be Disrupted Following Arrests of Telehealth Execs

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FILE - Adderall XR capsules are displayed on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. (Jenny Kane / AP Photo, File)

There is an ongoing shortage of several prescription drugs used to treat ADHD, including Adderall. The CDC urged people to avoid using medication acquired from anyone other than a licensed clinician and pharmacy.

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FILE - Adderall XR capsules are displayed on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. (Jenny Kane / AP Photo, File)

Lincoln Park Zoo’s Wildest Residents Are a Colony of Free-Range Night Herons Who Like Having Wolves for Bodyguards

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An adult black-crowned night heron on the nest in Lincoln Park Zoo. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News)

The endangered black-crowned night herons aren’t captive, they just happened to build their nests on the grounds of Lincoln Park Zoo. Why? Because they like having bodyguards.

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An adult black-crowned night heron on the nest in Lincoln Park Zoo. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News)

‘We Are at a Crossroads’: US Rep. Brad Schneider Talks Israel-Hamas War, Gaza Working Group

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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives on the floor. (WTTW News)

U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider is an organizer of a bipartisan, bicameral working group that’s exploring what happens after the war ends. According to a news release, the Gaza Working Group will “plan for the ‘day after’ in Gaza once Hamas is defeated.”

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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives on the floor. (WTTW News)

Advisory Board Says Pritzker’s Plan to Close, Rebuild 2 Illinois Prisons ‘Far From Shovel-Ready’

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Hundreds of prison employees and community members attend a legislative hearing in Lincoln on Thursday, June 13, 2024, where the closure and potential relocation of Logan Correctional Center 140 miles northeast to the Chicagoland area was hotly contested. (Hannah Meisel / Capitol News Illinois)

Hundreds gathered at hearings this week to voice concerns over Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration’s plans to close and rebuild Logan and Stateville correctional centers. At a Friday meeting, one state lawmaker said, “This is really a concept and not a plan … because a plan has details.”

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Hundreds of prison employees and community members attend a legislative hearing in Lincoln on Thursday, June 13, 2024, where the closure and potential relocation of Logan Correctional Center 140 miles northeast to the Chicagoland area was hotly contested. (Hannah Meisel / Capitol News Illinois)

Ex-Ald. Ed Burke Seeking to Delay June Sentencing if US Supreme Court Hasn’t Yet Ruled on Separate Bribery Case

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Former Ald. Ed Burke in federal court before U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Kendall on Dec. 5, 2023. (WTTW News)

Ed Burke’s attorneys are seeking to delay his upcoming sentencing date until sometime in mid-July after the U.S. Supreme Court has a chance to rule on an appeal filed by James Snyder, the former mayor of Portage, Indiana, who was convicted in 2021 of accepting a bribe.

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Former Ald. Ed Burke in federal court before U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Kendall on Dec. 5, 2023. (WTTW News)

Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump-Era Ban on Bump Stocks, Gun Accessories Used in 2017 Massacre

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A bump stock is displayed in Harrisonburg, Va., on March 15, 2019. The Supreme Court has struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

The high court found 6-3 the Trump administration did not follow federal law when it reversed course and banned bump stocks after a gunman in Las Vegas attacked a country music festival with assault rifles in 2017.

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A bump stock is displayed in Harrisonburg, Va., on March 15, 2019. The Supreme Court has struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Openlands Spanish TreeKeepers Program Returns This Summer to Help Restore Chicago’s Natural Environments

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Conservation group Openlands now offers its TreeKeeper certification course in Spanish. (WTTW News)

Chicago’s tree canopy is in decline and ranks far below the national average, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which also indicates a disparity in trees on the city’s South and West sides. The local conservation organization Openlands has been working to reverse these trends.

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Conservation group Openlands now offers its TreeKeeper certification course in Spanish. (WTTW News)

Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices, June 13, 2024 - Full Show

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Mexico elected its first-ever woman president — how some Chicagoans helped make that possible. And a new photo exhibit captures a past life in Pilsen.

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‘I’m Really Proud’: Chicagoans Reflect on Historic Election of Mexico’s First Female President

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Claudia Sheinbaum made history as the first woman to be elected president of Mexico. (WTTW News)

Claudia Sheinbaum made history earlier this month by becoming the first woman and first Jewish person elected president in Mexico. Her net is so wide-reaching that it drove thousands of Mexican nationals living outside of their home country to stand in line for hours waiting for their opportunity to cast a vote.

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Claudia Sheinbaum made history as the first woman to be elected president of Mexico. (WTTW News)

New Photo Exhibit Captures Life in Pilsen in the ‘90s

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Japanese photographer Akito Tsuda captured life in Pilsen in the 1990s. His photos are currently on display at the Harold Washington Library. (WTTW News)

Japanese photographer Akito Tsuda was a student at Columbia College when a class assignment brought him to the Pilsen neighborhood in the 1990s. Now he’s back in the city revisiting the people and places he visited all those years ago.

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Japanese photographer Akito Tsuda captured life in Pilsen in the 1990s. His photos are currently on display at the Harold Washington Library. (WTTW News)