🌱 Chicago Hip Hop Opera + $30 Million Mansion List + 1985 Bears Defense

good morning!Nowadays Chicago Daily:

• 🏫 Potential immigration starts Vacant Woodlawn School as early as today
• 🎭Ah new opera It has a DJ on stage and is installed in a barber shop on the South Side
• 💵 Lincoln Park mansion is for sale $30 million

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📰 Top 5 stories from Chicago:

1) Despite public concern, Plans to move 250 immigrants to the vacant Wadsworth Elementary School could go ahead as early as today.The Woodlawn shelter is set to remain one within two years. Neighbors say they feel the plan has been rushed with little input from the community. (CBS Chicago)

2) According to Rick Gosselin’s Power Poll, 1985 Bears named best Super Bowl defense of all time again225 former players, coaches, officials, writers and broadcasters participated in the voting. Options are 1969 Kansas City Chiefs, 1972 Miami Dolphins, 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers, 1977 Dallas Cowboys, 1985 Chicago Bears, 2000 Baltimore Ravens, 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2013 was the Seattle Seahawks. (NBC Chicago)

3) Chicago Lyric Opera “The Factotum” The first opera to feature an onstage DJ by Will Liverman and DJ King Rico. One of the first all-black productions with a BIPOC cast and creative teamOpening February 3 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, the new production is inspired by Rossini’s The Barber of Seville and is set in a contemporary black barber shop on Chicago’s South Side. (Chicago Sun-Times)

Four) hundreds of student Received from over 100 Chicago high schools Saturday hands-on construction experience at the site of the Obama Presidential CenterParticipating students have the opportunity to work in a field building or construction-related job after graduation. The Obama Center is expected to be completed by 2025. (ABC 7)

Five) a mansion often regarded as Chicago’s most luxurious homes It’s on the market for a cool $30 million— $15 million less than previously listed for 2020. Located at 1932 N. Burling Street, the 25,000-square-foot home in Lincoln Park spans over eight blocks and features six bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, a 5,000-bottle wine cellar, seven fireplaces and a sauna. (NBC Chicago)

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• Ran show: “If February’s gray is just too much for you, get your flower power on at the Chicago Botanical Garden’s annual Orchid Show, where thousands of colorful tropical flowers fill the greenhouse.2 March 11-March 26. ⁠ ⁠This is just one way to beat the February agenda.⁠” (Chicago Magazine via Instagram)
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• Latino Writers Initiative: “Hone your writing skills with us! Join us for our next Latino Writers Initiative Virtual Meet Up on Tuesday, February 21st at 6:00 PM. You can get feedback on your story.” (National Mexican Museum via Facebook)

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