Easter Give Away / Birding Season's Early Start / Bulls COVID Coaches

Break out the binoculars. It's prime bird-watching season in Chicago.

Migrating birds are arriving earlier than ever, Michael Gerstein reports.

WBEZ: Chicago Is A Busy Layover Spot For Early Arriving Migrating Birds

Passover Saturday: Chilly. High: 48 Low: 36.

Easter Sunday: Hunt For Eggs Early. High: 40 Low: 36.

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• One of Mayor Lori Lightfoot's body guards may have prevented a mass shooting Tuesday by arresting a Wisconsin man spotted with a military-grade weapon loaded with armor piercing bullets near Millennium Park. (WGN9)
• Flames shot from the roof of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Englewood on Friday. Sky 5 has video of the blaze that ravaged the historic church.. (NBC5)
• Two Bulls assistant coaches tested positive for coronavirus. Chris Fleming and Damian Cotter will not travel to Milwaukee for the team's first playoff appearance in five years. (WGN9)
• Ald Jason C. Ervin (28th) says Black aldermen are under attack in the ward remap battle, Chinta Strausberg reports. “Out of the 19 committees in the City Council, 9 of them are chaired by Black folks,” he said. “The only way to knock us out of those positions is to knock us out of office." (Crusader)

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Saturday:

• Travis at Park West (7:30 p.m.)
• Gov’t Mule at The Riviera (8 p.m.)
• Teddy Swims, Stephen Day at Metro (7 p.m.)
• Devon Cole at Chicago Theater (7:30 p.m.)
• Olivia Rodrigo at Aragon Ballroom (8 p.m.)

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• Great Good Fine OK, Mating Ritual at Lincoln Hall (7 p.m.)
• Karaoke Storytellers at Schubas (6:30 p.m.)
• Desi Alexander at Zanies (7 p.m.)
• Henry Rollins: Good To See You 2020 at Thalia Hall (8 p.m.)
• Good Night Oscar w/ Sean Hayes at Goodman Theater (2 p.m.)

Just The Links:

• Why Easter eggs? An origin story.
• Project H.O.O.D is giving away groceries for Easter today at 10 a.m.
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• Check out the only Chicago cub that I root for.
• Try this Chicago chef's carrot cake recipe.
• Fox32's Mike Flannery is "fired up" with state senate President Don Harmon.

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