Weekend-Only Water Taxi / Dog Attacks / Smokey Robinson / Hot Dog Fest

Chicago is a dangerous city for postal workers.

The city ranks No. 8 on the U.S. Postal Service's list of dog attacks.

In 2021, 35 postal workers were attacked in Chicago.

Nelson the dog was not one of them.

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• Three people stole an Amazon delivery driver's Kia Sportage in Lincoln Park. (CBS)
• “I cried like a little baby, it hurt so bad. But God is good. We gonna finna rebuild," Antioch Missionary Baptist Church member John Ellis told reporter Adora Namigadde. Since the historic church building was destroyed by fire, the congregation has been meeting in a funeral parlor. They're making plans to rise again. (WBEZ)
• What is wrong with the White Sox? Asking for my friends. (WGN9)
• Check out these Chicago student films about how city kids coped with the coronavirus crisis and civil unrest in the wake of George Floyd's murder. (Chalkbeat)
• A 2-year-old boy riding a scooter was struck and killed by a car near Leavitt Street and Eastwood Avenue in Lincoln Square. The 24-year-old driver was not ticketed. (FOX32)

For A Good Time, Click:

Saturday:

Modest Mouse at Aragon Ballroom (8 p.m.)
Knotfest Roadshow at Alpine Valley (6:30 pm.)
Phoebe Bridges: Reunion Tour at Northerly Island (8 p.m.)
Benee w/ Dreamer Boy at The Vic (7:30 p.m.)
Smokey Robinson at Chicago Theater (8 p.m.)

Sunday:

Do Division Street Fest at Division at Damen (Until 10 p.m.)
Wicker Park Farmers Market at 1425 N. Damen (8 a.m.- 2 p.m.)
John Gorka at City Winery (8 p.m.)
Run For The Zoon at Lincoln Park Zoo (7:30 a.m.)
Windy City Hot Dog Fest at Six Corners (Noon - 10 p.m.)

Just The Links:

• Attention, Ald. Matt Martin: Lincoln Square neighbors want you to fix this trashy problem.
• Loyola University received a $100 million donation to increase campus diversity.
• Water taxis are now for tourists. A decline in downtown workers killed weekday service.
• Michael Jordan's "shrug' turned 30.
• Gasoline is nearing closer to $7-a-gallon in the Loop.

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