Four-day Book Bazaar offers 60,000-plus books
BELLEVILLE — Choose from among 60,000 used books Wednesday through Saturday at the 67th annual Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Book Bazaar. You can also find puzzles, games, DVDs, CDs, and vinyl records. Proceeds benefit the Memorial Hospitals of Belleville and Shiloh. The Book Bazaar has raised over $1 million for the Memorial Hospitals since it started. Admission is $10 on April 1 and free on all other days, with special discounts each day. The Bazaar is 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m Saturday at the Belle-Clair Fairgrounds, 200 South Belt East.
North Side Queer Pride survey open until April 7
CHICAGO — North Side Chicagoans are invited by a new organization to offer their input on LGBTQ+ Pride season events and needs in the Rogers Park area. Thew new North Side Queer Pride group is a coalition of groups, affirming businesses, artists, and local officials that formed in February. It’s seeking to unite several events in the region into an organized mutually supportive seasonal plan. They’re seeking community input here through an online survey. The survey is also offered in Spanish. Top priorities include crafts, drag performances, food vendors, a Pride parade, and input on special spaces for kids, seniors and sober people, plus more. Both surveys close April 7.
Survey: ranked-choice voting favored by Illinois Democrats
A form of voting that enables people to rank candidates in order of preference is preferred by 65 percent of Democratic voters in Illinois, according to a poll by FairVote Illinois (FVI). Ranked-choice voting (RCV) is receiving a closer look in recent years because of general voter dissatisfaction. Advocates say RCV leads to more representative elections. FairVote Illinois’s survey also found that only 17 percent of Illinois Democrats objected to RCV. Overall, Democrats are more likely than Republicans to favor ranked-choice voting in general, according to a study by the University of Illinois.
