What The Hell Happened This Weekend? 10 Stories You Might Have Missed
By Jon Graef in News on May 26, 2014 3:00PM
- Some 21,000 cyclists took part in Bike the Drive which, according to organizers, would make it Bike the Drive's second biggest year total.
- Failure delivered a blistering two-set show at Metro Chicago Thursday, barely showing any signs they had taken an extended hiatus.
- An Illinois General Assembly bill opts to cut the public out of the rulemaking process for fracking, effectively saying 'frack you' to democracy.
- On Friday, the Chicago City Council moved to ban the practice of 'upskirting' by amending current city code regarding unauthorized video recording and live video transmission.
- According to Chicago Pride, the notorious Westboro Baptist Church is reportedly planning to protest Chicago Pride Fest next month.
- Our weekend theater pick was a documentary about music genre footwork featuring Traxman, a Chicagoan whose most recent album came out this past week.
- Here's a slice-of-life about true Chicago resilience from the city's Roseland/West Pullman community.
- On Friday, we shared the best bites from the Sweets & Snacks Expo. Saturday featured the worst.
- Artist Carolyn Kassnoff creates coffee cup dog mascots for different Chicago neighborhoods. Such Dogs, Very Chicago. Wow.
- Chicago's Memorial Day weekend started with absolutely no shooting victims. But by Saturday, 12 people were shot, and two were killed, in a 10-hour period.
