🌱 CTA Updates Mask Rules + Suzuki Makes MLB History + Lakeview Movie

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Here are the top 5 stories in Lakeview today:

1. Masks are no longer required for passengers on CTA and Metra trains in the Chicago area after Gov. J.B. Pritzker lifed a statewide transportation mandate Tuesday. Amtrak, Lyft and Uber lifted their requirements this week, along with most major airlines. (Patch)

2. Chicago Reader staff members are planning a protest tomorrow at the newspaper co-owner’s Lakeview home. Staff members say Leonard C. Goodman is stalling efforts to transfer the Reader to a nonprofit, which would allow the decades-old alternative paper to continue publication. (Block Club)

3. Prolonged cold weather is putting a strain on Chicago’s outdoor businesses. Murphy’s Bleachers owner Freddy Fagenholz told the Tribune “we’re making the best of it” despite 40-degree temperatures at Cubs game time. (Paid source: Tribune)

4. A new movie filmed in Wrigleyville will premiere April 30 at the Logan Theatre. “That Night” is directed by Lisle native Zachary Trussell. (Reel Chicago)

5. Seiya Suzuki extended his nine-game hitting streak Monday when the Cubs played the Rays at Wrigley Field. It is the longest Cub hitting streak to begin a Major League career since 1943. Suzuki was also named National League Player of the Week. (MLB)

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Today in Lakeview:

• Lincoln Park Branch Library hosts "story time for twos and threes." (11:30 a.m.)
• Attend a free wine tasting at Konbini and Kanpai. (6 p.m.)
• "The Witch" opens at the Landmark. (7 p.m.)
• The Bulls take on the Bucks in Milwaukee. (8:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Wheeling restaurateur Bob Chinn died this week at age 99. The Lakeview resident’s first restaurant opened in Uptown in 1940. (Eater)
• O'Hare Airport's people-mover has resumed its 24-hour service for the first time in three years. (ABC)
• Lakeview’s Otherworld Theatre Company is launching a new podcast Friday. The first episode features “Star Trek” actor Doug Jones. (Block Club)

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