Afternoon Edition: July 8, 2021
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This afternoon will be mostly sunny with a high near 76 degrees. Tonight’s low will be around 63 degrees. A taste of summer is in store for tomorrow, which will be sunny and humid with a high near 84 degrees.
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Morgan Urso tried many sports as a young child and didn’t like any of them. Everything changed at age 10 when she went to hockey practice with her brother.
“I ended up loving the game,” Morgan said. “The feeling of the fresh air hitting my face every shift is a feeling that I’d take any day.”
Now a high school sophomore, Morgan’s zeal for the game took a hit when her club hockey team unexpectedly banned her from practice, games and team activities.
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Chicagoans craving a semblance of live summer music in the city are taking yet another hit to their plans as a popular local event rebrands as a virtual festival due to COVID-19 concerns.
The Chosen Few Picnic & House Music Festival, which takes place annually in Jackson Park, has postponed its usual slate of in-person activities in favor of a July 3 online event, according to an official announcement Monday.
Last spring, the group consisting of DJs Wayne Williams, Jesse Saunders, Alan King, Andre Hatchett, Mike Dunn and Terry Hatcher made a similar announcement, and despite ideas to hold an in-person socially distanced show, the group wants to wait for an actual picnic and festival a popular event on the social calendar of many Black Chicagoans local house heads know and love.