St. Patrick's Parades / 75 Days For Smollett / Vax Mandate Fight

After a two-year coronavirus crisis hiatus, revelers are set to return downtown Saturday for the city's St. Patrick's Day Parade comeback.

And they'll line Western Avenue in Beverly for the South Side Irish Parade on Sunday to party like it's 2019.

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Saturday: Green River. High: 25 Low: 23.

Sunday: Muddy. High: 51 Low: 36.

• Jussie Smollett's stay in Cook County jail could be cut in half if he behaves himself. The felonious former "Empire" star was sentenced to 150 days in jail. State law allows inmates to get one day credit for each day served with good behavior. Smollett is being held in protective custody. (Patch)
• Take the Patch Poll: Do you think Smollett's sentence for faking a hate crime against himself and lying to police about it was far? Click to be counted. (Patch)
• A dozen aldermen want Mayor Lori Lightfoot to halt discipline for city workers who violate City Hall's vaccine mandate until "natural immunity" to coronavirus has been considered an alternative to getting jabbed. The mayor isn't having it. (Patch)
• Long-time sports radio personality, the late Les Grobstein has been memorialized with a bobblehead doll in his likeness, and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot proclaimed Friday, which would have been the broadcaster's 70th birthday, Les Grobstein Day in Chicago. (Patch)
• The system for getting your kid in to a selective enrollment public school could change, Maricio Pena reports. The district is proposing doing away with how it ranks students for admission to sought-after schools. (Chalkbeat)

For A Good Time Click:

Saturday:

• Chicago St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Downtown, 12:45 p.m.
• Parquet Courts, Mdou Moctar at The Riv (7:30 p.m.)
• Mipso at Old Town School of Folk Music (8 p.m.)
• Madeon Presents Good Faith Forever at Aragon Ballroom (9 p.m.)
• Chris Disterfano-Chrissy Theaters Everbody at Chicago Theater (8 p.m.)

Sunday:

• South Side St. Patrick’s Day Parade at 103rd/Western (Noon)
• Afi w/ Cold Cave at The Vic (7:00 p.m.)
• George Li at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (3 p.m.)
• Dave Specter at Buddy Guy’s Legends (9 p.m.)
• Zakir Khan Live at The Vic (5 p.m.)

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