🌱 Cub Selling Lakeview Home + Obamas Plan Visit + Bus Shooting

Happy Sunday, people of Lakeview! Let's get this day started. Here's what's going on around Lake View today.

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First, today's weather: Windy overnight. High: 78 Low: 62.

Here are the top stories in Lakeview today:

1. A passenger on a CTA bus was shot Friday night in Irving Park in the 3700 block of North Kimball. A 37-year-old man was shot in the hip after getting into a verbal altercation with another passenger. He was transported to Illinois Masonic Hospital and is in good condition.

2. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will return to Chicago Tuesday for the Obama Presidential Center groundbreaking ceremony. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot will be in attendance at the Jackson Park event. (Patch)

3. Lakeview is on the race route for the 2021 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, which will take place Oct. 10 across the city. The 2020 event was canceled due to the pandemic. (NBC5)

4. A member of the 2016 Chicago Cubs is selling his Lakeview home for $2.5 million. Jason Hammel pitched for the team for three years, beginning in 2014. Former Cubs pitcher Jon Lester’s North Side home is also on the market. (Paid source: Tribune)

5. The city is approaching the 150th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire on Oct. 8. Chicago Magazine published an oral history of the fire’s survivors, including people who took shelter in Lakeview during the 1871 disaster. (Chicago Magazine)

Today in Lakeview:

• Browse the Roscoe Village Farmers Market. (9 a.m.)
• Unicoi Art Studio hosts a monthly Make-n-Take series. (10 a.m.)
• Take a walking tour of the historic Lathrop Homes. (10 a.m.)
• The Hyde Park Jazz Festival is in full swing. (12 p.m.)
• Based on the Tony-winning Broadway musical, “Dear Evan Hansen” is playing at Landmark Century Centre Theatre. (7 p.m.)

Lakeview Patch Notebook

• Sochi Saigonese Kitchen made Eater’s list of “Essential Vietnamese Restaurants in Chicago.” (Eater)
• Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School is celebrating its 75th anniversary. (Facebook)
• Metra is extending its $10 all-day pass through 2021. (Metra)
• Sam Adams' Utopia beer is illegal in 15 states due to 28% ABV - but it's available in Illinois. (ABC7
• Residents can take the pledge to get Chicago to its 77 percent vaccination goal by the end of the year. (Chicago Park District)

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That's it for today for this Sunday in Lakeview! Patch will be back in your inbox tomorrow for a new rundown of local news. Please email me at georgi.presecky@patch.com with your thoughts on the Daily! Have a great week.

— Georgi

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