What The Hell Happened This Weekend? 10 Stories You Might Have Missed
By Jon Graef in News on Nov 4, 2013 3:00PM
- SOFA Chicago celebrated its 20th anniversary over the weekend, and we had a gallery of fantastic images to commemorate the occasion.
- An alligator was found under an escalator at O'Hare International Airport Friday.
- Tickets to the Music Box Theatre's Holiday Sing-Along are on sale.
- A sixth man was charged with September's Back-Of-The-Yards shooting, which left 13 people injured, including a three-year-old boy who was shot in the face.
- EPA honchos hit Chicago to talk with the public about rules to curb climate change this week, which made it a good time to revisit the area's biggest greenhouse gas polluters.
- Our weekend playlist collected classic house, juke, and footwork tracks from Chicago's eternal dance music underground.
- Chicago Sinfonietta's Nov. 11th performance at Symphony Hall is inspired by Dia de Los Muertos and will have wine. Yes, please.
- Our Weekend Theater is an episode of Jean Shepherd's America, where the A Christmas Story author visited his beloved South Side.
- Kartemquin Films, the Chicago-based documentary film studio, is looking for applicants for its 'Diverse Voices In Docs' program.
- On Friday, the Chicago Transit Authority announced the firings of two employees and the suspension of two others in connection with September's runaway train incident on the Blue Line’s Forest Park branch.
