Be Nice To Your Mom / Masks Recommended / Free Comics Day / Chop Suey

In advance of Mother's Day, former First Lady Michelle Obama tried to one-up everybody planning to bring their mom a bouquet from the Jewels on Sunday.

She announced plans to name an exhibit at the Obama Presidential Center for her mother, Marian Shields Robinson, who lived her family at the White House.

Since that's a tough act to follow: This newsletter is dedicated to your Mom.

Michelle Obama Announces Obama Center Exhibit To Be Named After Her Mother

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Saturday: Brightness. High: 52 Low: 46.

Sunday: Temperate. High: 63 Low: 54.

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• There has not been a Spring this soggy in Chicago since 1947. The average precipitation in Chicago from March to May is 6.93 inches. This year, we've been soaked with 10.31 inches. (NBC5)
• A man was shot in Lincoln Park while struggling with two men who robbed him. It happened just blocks away from where a DePaul University student was robbed at gun point. CBS2 has alarming video. (Patch)
• Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are on the rise. Chicago and Cook County public health officials say they recommend folks wear masks indoors. It's not a mandate. Yet. (Patch)
• The Chicago White Sox struck a big marketing deal with Caesars Sports Book. Caesars is now the official casino and sports betting partner of the team that rigged the 1919 World Series for bookies. (Casino.Org)
• Smashing Pumpkins' First Lady, Chloe Mendel, bought the iconic "Chop Suey" sign from Orange Garden, which has hung over Irving Park road for nearly a century. Mendel said she bought the sign, which will find a home at Madame ZuZu's in Highland Park, because her husband, Billy Corgan, loves it so much. (Patch)

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For A Good Time, Click:

Saturday:

• Reckless Kelly at Space (8 p.m.)
• Mxmtoon-Rising (The Tour) at House of Blues (6:30 p.m.)
• Snoh Aalegra at Arragon Ballroom (8 p.m.)
• Raveena w/ Fana Hues at Lincoln Hall (8 p.m.)
• Van Morrison at Chicago Theater (7 p.m.)

• Van Morrison at Chicago Theater (7 p.m.)
• Sway Wild w/ Auralai at Ava Earl at Space (7 p.m.)
• Koo Koo Kangaroo at Lincoln Hall (12:30 p.m.)
• Willis, Stay Outside at Schubas (7 p.m.)
• Asleep at the Wheel at City Winery (5, 8 p.m.)

Just The Links:

• 14 stores where you can celebrate Free Comic Book Day on Saturday.
• Harry Styles plans to play five shows in Chicago.
• President Biden is coming to town next week.
• The state appellate court ruled Chicago improperly issued parking tickets.
• Can Americans still take a joke?

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Happy Mother's Day.

— Mark Konkol

About me: Mark Konkol, recipient of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, wrote and produced the Peabody Award-winning series "Time: The Kalief Browder Story." He was a producer, writer and narrator for the "Chicagoland" docuseries on CNN and a consulting producer on the Showtime documentary "16 Shots."

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Chicago Daily? Contact me at mark.konkol@patch.com