🌱 Man Assaulted At Addison Red Line Stop + Lakeview Community Mosaic

Good morning! Let's get to today's stories.

First, today's weather: Some sun, then clouds; colder. High: 39 Low: 36.

Here are the top 5 stories in Lakeview today:

1. A man was assaulted and robbed Monday night at the Red Line stop in the 900 block of West Addison Street. Police said two men punched the victim and pushed him to the ground around 8:45 p.m. He was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital in good condition. (CBS)

2. Chicago Reader co-owner Len Goodman stepped down Tuesday following employee pleas to allow the newspaper to transition into a nonprofit. “We cannot continue the fight without destroying the Reader,” Goodman said. Three board members are also stepping down. (Paid source: Tribune)

3. Several Howard Brown Health employees tell Block Club they are “disillusioned” with the work culture at the health care center. Non-nursing staff are looking to join the Illinois Nurses Association union to address burnout, under-staffing and other issues. (Block Club)

4. A community mosaic will be created this spring in Lakeview, the chamber of commerce announced. Residents are invited to contribute pieces of the mosaic through tiling workshops being held throughout the month of May. Located at 3501 N. Southport Ave., the work “will represent the connectivity of Lakeview throughout the four seasons.” (Chamber)

5. Unabridged Bookstore and Roscoe Books are participating in the Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl on Saturday, April 30. Customers who visit 10 stores and play along on social media can earn an all-year discount in honor of Independent Bookstore Day. (Unabridged Bookstore)

Today in Lakeview:

• DMK Burger Bar features special happy hour menus all through April. (4 p.m.)
• Learn to paint a vineyard for Bottle & Bottega’s “Wine Down Wednesdays.” (6:30 p.m.)
• Cuddle Bunny hosts a sketchy session featuring free-roaming live bunnies. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Metra will host a public open house tonight at Burley Elementary School to discuss its “UP North Rebuild” project. (Chamber)
• Genesys Works Chicago is seeking high school applicants for free career training and paid internships. (ABC)
• Coffee & Tea Exchange beverages will be served at The Understudy, a new drama-themed bookstore and cafe opening in Andersonville this summer. (Eater)
• Friday Night Flights will return to Gallagher Way on May 27. (Gallagher Way)
• A historic Lincoln Park mansion will open to the public for tours beginning May 1. Featuring 40 rooms designed by local interior decorators, the 16,000 square-foot “Adler on the Park” was built in 1917 for a Titanic survivor who settled in Chicago. (NBC)

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Thanks for reading! I'll see you down the road.

— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.