🌱 Youth COVID Cases Double + Record Store Celebrates 50 Years

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First, today's weather: Breezy and much colder. High: 39 Low: 28.

Here are the top stories today in Lakeview:

1. More details are emerging in the case against Lakeview business owner Michael Johhston, accused of secretly recording his nanny in his Roscoe Village home. The owner of Schubas Tavern, Tied House and Lincoln Hall was arrested in Lakeview Nov. 9 and released the following day. He appeared in court yesterday after allegations of placing hidden cameras in private areas of his home to capture naked footage of his nanny. (Paid source: Sun-Times)

2. Youth cases of COVID-19 have increased 62 percent over the past seven days, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. As Thanksgiving break approaches, the state is seeing an average of 1,020 cases per day in people younger than 17. (Paid source: Tribune)

3. Chicago City Council is on a tight deadline to determine its new ward map based on 2020 census data. According to WBEZ, the Council’s Rules Committee has until Dec. 1 to figure out an updated map. (WBEZ)

4. Chicago activist groups will observe a Transgender Day of Remembrance this weekend. Brave Space Alliance and Life Is Work will host a gathering to remember the lives of five Black transgender women who have been killed in the city this year. (Block Club)

5. Clark Street record store, Gramaphone Records, is celebrating 50 years in business, after more than a year of pandemic challenges. WBEZ reports that vinyl record sales are skyrocketing, selling at more than double the rate of this time last year. (WBEZ)

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Today in Lakeview:

• Kidcreate Studio on Southport launches a Keepsake Art Weekly class. (9:30 a.m.)
• Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum offers free admission to Illinois residents today. (10 a.m.)
• Benedict Cumberbatch stars in “The Power of the Dog,” now playing at Music Box Theatre. (4 p.m.)
• Saint Andrew School hosts an open house. (6 p.m.)
• Comedy nights at the Laugh Factory (7:30 p.m.), Stretch Bar & Grill (8 p.m.), Beermiscuous (8:30 p.m.) and CIC Theater. (10:30 p.m.)

Lakeview Patch Notebook

• The city’s Thanksgiving Day parade will return to the streets Nov. 25 after being canceled last year due to COVID-19. (NBC5)
• Josie's Organics baby spinach has been linked to an E. coli outbreak in seven states, including neighboring Indiana. (Patch)
• Chicago Magazine calls Sochi Saigonese Kitchen in Lakeview “vibrant heritage bistro” in a new restaurant review. (Chicago Magazine)

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• Taxes in Retirement Webinar (November 18)
• Northside Ladies Boutique - Tons of Ladies Designer Clothes (November 19)
• Stuff the Truck with Donations! (November 20)
• Chicago Artisan Market (Holiday Market) in Ravenswood — Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 27-28 (November 27)
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That's all for today! See you tomorrow for the Friday edition of the Daily. I'll be breaking down all the upcoming holiday events in the neighborhood this weekend and throughout the season!

— Georgi Presecky

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