What The Hell Happened This Weekend? 8 Stories You Might Have Missed
By Jon Graef in News on Aug 26, 2013 2:00PM
- What was supposed to be a calm, orderly forum about Muslim life in America took a turn for the douche in southwest suburban Orland Park.
- A group of activists canvassed the Magnificent Mile to highlight Martin Luther King Jr.’s stance on economic justice.
- Two men were charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery in the assault of a Rogers Park Good Samaritan.
- Metallica's "And Justice For All" is now 25 years old as of yesterday. Our Weekend Theater was the anti-war film that inspired the band's song "One."
- Sasha Go Hard's new mixtape, news from Show You Suck, and a Netherfriends track highlighted this week's Hip-Hop Catch-Up.
- Zion Police charged a 26-year-old Demetries Thorpe Saturday with the murder of a 5-month old baby.
- Our weekend playlist feature compiled Civil Rights-inspired tracks from Chicago's Staple Singers.
- Local writer Emily Belden's printable greeting cards celebrate marriage equality.