>> HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

HERE IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, STRIKING LORETTO HOSPITAL WORKERS SAY A DEAL HAS BEEN REACHED, AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE HEAD OF THE UNION.

>>> A BIG WIN FOR RESERVATIONIST, LANDMARK STATUS FOR ADELBERT CHURCH IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY.

STOMACH CHICAGO'S PARADE CELEBRATES 94 YEARS THIS WEEKEND, A LOOK AT WHAT TO EXPECT.

>>> MICHAEL JACKSON MUSICAL THIS CHICAGO, WE ARE DOWN WITH THE CREATIVE TEAM.

>>> HOW AN EXHIBIT PAYING TRIBUTE TO ANDY WARHOL SPEAKS TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE LEAD ARTIST.

>>> MOUNT TO THE TOP STORY, A WTTW NEWS EXCLUSIVE, AFTER 11 DAYS, A DEAL HAS BEEN REACHED TO END THE STRIKE AT LORETTO HOSPITALS ACCORDING TO THE UNION PRESENTING STRIKE WORKERS.

JOINING US NOW FOR HIS FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE THE DEAL WAS STRUCK LESS THAN TWO HOURS AGO IS GREAT KELLY, PRESIDENT OF SI YOU HEALTHCARE ILLINOIS WHICH REPRESENTS THE WORKERS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR ABOUT THIS A DEAL THAT HAS BEEN REACHED, WE UNDERSTAND IT INVOLVES INCREASES TO MINIMUM RATES FOR ALL TITLES ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASES, EUROPE'S SERVICE INCREASES AND A JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY.

WALK US THROUGH THE KEY ELEMENTS HERE.

WHAT DID IT TAKE TO GET HERE?

>> AS HE MENTIONED, TODAY WAS OUR 11th DAY ON STRIKE AND WE DID REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH LORETTO HOSPITAL, AND WE ARE REALLY PLEASED WITH THIS AGREEMENT, AS HE MENTIONED.

WE GOT RAISES FOR ALL OF THE JOB CLASSIFICATIONS AND ALMOST AS IMPORTANT, WE GOT MINIMUM RATES THAT WERE INCREASED FOR ALL JOB CLASSIFICATIONS.

SO WE ARE PLEASED WITH THE AGREEMENT, OBVIOUSLY 11 DAYS OF STRIKING IS CHALLENGING AND IT HAS ALL KINDS OF STRUGGLES, BUT OUR MEMBERS ARE REALLY EXCITED AND WE ARE PREPARED TO PRESENT THAT TO THEM FOR RATIFICATION.

>> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THEIR RATE INCREASES, HOW SIGNIFICANT ARE THEY, CAN YOU GIVE US A NUMBER TO CHECK >> THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT.

I CANNOT GIVE YOU SPECIFIC NUMBERS, BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY NUMBERS THAT ARE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR.

THEY MAKE THE WRITER FAR MORE COMPETITIVE THAN IT WAS BEFORE THE STRIKE AND WE THINK IT IS REALLY JUST A FIRST STEP IN MAKING SAFETY NET HOSPITALS LIKE LORETTO GOOD PLACES TO WORK THAT REALLY WILL HELP MAKE THE IMMUNITIES BETTER.

LORETTO IS A STAPLE IN AN INSTITUTION ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY AND WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF THE LOW WAGES, THERE WERE STAFFING CHALLENGES AND WE THINK THIS CONTRACT IS A REALLY BIG FIRST STEP IN ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY WAS THE KEY TO REACHING THE DEAL?

>> I THINK THE KEY REALLY IS OF COURSE FIRST THE WORKERS WHO SACRIFICE SO MUCH AND MANY OF THEM SACRIFICED SO MUCH MORE EVEN BEFORE THE STRIKE, BUT WE GOT SO MUCH FROM COMMUNITY LEADERS, FAITH LEADERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, REVEREND JESSE JACKSON TODAY SHOWED UP AND OFFERED HIS SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE THE PARTIES TO COME TOGETHER.

OUR MAYOR, BRANDON JOHNSON DID THE SAME THING, CONGRESSMAN DAVIS REALLY HELPED PUSH US ALL TOGETHER AND REALLY MADE US GET TOGETHER TO HASH THIS THING OUT AND WE COULD NOT BE MORE APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE SUPPORT WE RECEIVED.

>> TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE WORKERS HERE.

WHO ARE THEY AND WHAT OTHER JOBS THEY PERFORM AT LORETTO?

>> WE REPRESENT ABOUT 200 WORKERS AND A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT JOB CATEGORIES, EVERYTHING FROM FOOD SERVICE TO CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS.

WE EVEN REPRESENT NUCLEAR MED TEXT, JANITORIAL WORKERS, YOU NAME IT.

PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING BUT REGISTERED NURSES WITH A HEAVY EMPHASIS ON SERVICE WORKERS, BUT THE RANGE OF WORKERS REALLY COVERED THE GAMUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LEFT NO ONE BEHIND IN THIS AGREEMENT, THAT WE MADE SURE THAT THE LOWEST WAGE WORKERS IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE RESPECTED HIGHER WAGE BOOKS AND THEN ALSO MADE SURE THOSE THAT SACRIFICED SO MUCH FOR SO MANY YEARS AT LORETTO ALSO RECEIVED SOME AMOUNT OF FAIRNESS.

>> ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTING WAS A HIGH TURNOVER RATE OF EMPLOYEES AS A RESULT OF THE RELATIVELY LOW PAY.

DO YOU THINK, DOES THIS DEAL BRING LORETTO HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES UP TO PAIR WITH OTHER HOSPITAL WORKERS IN CHICAGO AND COULD IT KEEP MORE WORKERS ON BOARD AT LORETTO WITH LESS TURNOVER?

>> WE THINK IT IS A GOOD FIRST STEP IN DOING THAT.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT LORETTO IS A SAFETY NET HOSPITAL.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SAFETY NET HOSPITALS THAT WE ALSO REPRESENT, SO THEY ARE PART OF A LARGER HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT WERE SO MANY YEARS REALLY HAS NOT GOTTEN THE TYPE OF FUNDING AND SUPPORT THAT IT HAS NEEDED.

SO WE ARE EXCITED THAT THIS AGREEMENT IS A FIRST STEP TOWARDS SOLIDIFYING THAT WORKFORCE, STABILIZING THAT WORKFORCE SO THE HOSPITAL CAN RELATE TO ITS MISSION AND I AM HOPEFUL THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE END TODAY WAS HOPEFULLY WORKING WITH MANAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT HOSPITALS LIKE LORETTO GET THE TYPE OF FUNDING THAT THEY NEED SO THAT THE WORKERS CAN GET THE SUPPORT AND WAGES THAT THEY NEED, BUT ALSO SO THAT COMMUNITIES CAN GET THE TYPE OF QUALITY CARE DELIVERED THAT IS SO DESPERATELY NEEDED RIGHT NOW.

>> WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THE HOSPITAL AND HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO STAY OPEN DURING THESE 11 DAYS?

>> WE KNOW HOSPITALS RELY ON TEMP AGENCIES AND AS WE HAVE ARGUED THROUGHOUT INSTEAD OF PAYING TEMP AGENCIES, THEY SHOULD PAY THOSE WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN SO DEDICATED FOR SO LONG.

SO WE KNOW THAT IS SORT OF THE TRADITIONAL WAY IN WHICH HOSPITALS, EVEN WITHOUT STRIKES HAVE MANAGED TO FUND OR AT LEAST STAMP THEMSELVES, BUT WE BELIEVE THOSE ARE BAD MANAGEMENT DECISIONS.

THEY SHOULD USE THE MONEY THEY SPEND FOR AGENCIES, NOT JUST LORETTO, BUT HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES.

PAY THOSE WORKERS WHO COME EVERY DAY A DECENT WAGE AND THEIR NEED FOR STAFFING SUPPORT WILL BE LESSENED.

SO PAY THOSE WORKERS AND YOU WILL SEE MORE STABLE STAFF AND THE NEED FOR TEMP AGENCIES TO BE LESSENED.

>> WE HAVE GOT 30 SECONDS LEFT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE STRIKING WORKERS ARE NO LONGER ON STRIKE.

THEY WILL NEED TO VOTE ON THIS.

WHAT IS NEXT?

>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SAFETY NET HOSPITALS LIKE LORETTO, ST. BERNARD ROSELAND AND MOUNT SINAI ARE SUPPORTED SO THAT THOSE WORKERS CAN DO THE WORK.

>> WHEN DO YOU THINK VOTERS WILL BE ABLE, WHEN DO YOU THINK WORKERS WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE?

>> STARTING TOMORROW.

>> OKAY.

WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE HOSPITAL JUST YET ON THE HIM UP BUT WE WILL BE HEARING FROM THEM ON THE ROAD AND WE WILL SHARE THAT WITH VIEWERS ON WTTW AND WTTW.COM/NEWS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> NEXT, DOZENS OF STATE EMPLOYEES UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR PAYCHECK PROTECTION LOAN FRAUD.

THAT AND MORE AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE IN PART BY JOHN NICHOLS.

THE JEM AND K NAVY FAMILY, THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>>> NOW TO MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES FOR DAY TWO OF TESTIMONY IN THE TRIAL OF EIKO MADIGAN'S FORMER TOP LIEUTENANT TIM MADE.

THE PROSECUTION SOUGHT TO ILLUSTRATE THAT MATE AS CHIEF OF STAFF HAD NEARLY AS MUCH POWER AS SPEAKER MADIGAN HIMSELF.

BOB RITA'S TESTIFIED MATES AUTHORITY AND EVEN SAID HE HAD A SIGN ON HIS DESK THAT QUOTED THE WIZARD OF OZ AND SAYING NOBODY GETS IN TO SEE THE WIZARD, NOT NOBODY, NOT NO HOW.

RITA CLARIFIED THE WIZARD REFERRED TO MADIGAN.

MATE IS CHARGED WITH MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATING BRIBERY CHARGES AGAINST MADIGAN AND TOM AND.

>>> 37 EMPLOYEES AND A STATE RUN DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER HAVE BEEN FIRED, RESIGN OR FACE DISCIPLINARY ACTION AFTER A STATE WATCHDOG SAYS THEY FRAUDULENTLY RECEIVED GOVERNMENT LOANS THROUGH THE COVID PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.

THE EMPLOYEES INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH TECHNICIANS AND FRONT-LINE WORKERS IN FOREST PARK.

THE EMPLOYEES ALLEGEDLY SOUGHT LOANS FOR OUTSIDE BUSINESSES THEY SUPPOSEDLY RAN BUT DID NOT ACTUALLY EXIST.

IT IS PART OF A MASSIVE STATE INVESTIGATION INTO WORKERS AT STATE AGENCIES THAT HAVE RECEIVED FRAUDULENT PPP LOANS.

>>> CHICAGOANS ARE DAYS AWAY FROM LEARNING WHO THE NEXT POLICE SUPERINTENDENT WILL BE.

MAYOR JOHNSON HAS UNTIL THIS WEEKEND TO CHOOSE FROM THREE FINALISTS SELECTED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

THEY INCLUDE CHIEF SHAWN BARNES , CPD'S HEAD OF CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING AND REFORM, ANGEL NEVAREZ AND CPD'S COUNTERTERRORISM CHIEF LARRY SMELLING.

JOHNSON CAN SET ASIDE THE FINALISTS AND RESTART THE SEARCH ALTHOUGH HE HAS GIVEN NO INDICATION HE PLANS TO DO SO.

>>> THE UNVEILING OF THE BUTTER COW AND THE OPENING OF THE STATE FAIR.

>> THREE QUARTERS OF OUR STATE GEOGRAPHY IS FARMLAND AND THE STATE THERE IS A TIME FOR US TO RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THE 72,000 FARM OPERATORS THAT MAKE OUR STATE ONE OF THE MOST AGRICULTURALLY PRODUCTIVE IN THE NATION.

>> GOVERNOR PRITZKER AND OTHER OFFICIALS CUT THE RIBBON ON THE STATE THERE IN SPRINGFIELD TODAY.

AMUSEMENT RIDES OPEN LATER THAN PLANNED SINCE INSPECTIONS WERE DELAYED BECAUSE OF RAIN YESTERDAY.

THIS YEAR'S ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP INCLUDES ONLY A SPORTS THAT, TIM McGRAW AND NELLY LAISSEZ-FAIRE RUN THROUGH AUGUST 20th.

>>> THOUSANDS GATHERED IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO TODAY AROUND THE RIVER TO WITNESS THE ANNUAL REVEREND DR. B.

70,000 RUBBER DUCKY'S WERE DUMPED INTO THE RIVER AT THE COLUMBUS STREET BRIDGE TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS.

THE EVENT ALSO GAMES, PERFORMANCES AND PRIZES AS ONLOOKERS WAITED FOR THE DUCKS TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE.

>>> NEXT, A FORMER CHURCH IS ON ITS WAY TO LANDMARK THAT IS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> THE PRAYERS FROM SOME HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.

EARLIER IN THE WEEK, THE SAINT ALBERT CHURCH BUILDING CLEARED AN INITIAL HURDLE TO LANDMARK STATUS FROM THE CITY.

ON THIS WEEK'S CHICAGO TONIGHT LATINO VOICES WE SPEAK WITH LAWRENCE FROM THE RESERVATION SOCIETY AND THE 25th WARD ALDERMAN LOPEZ TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INITIAL LANDMARK STATUS AND A PREVIEW OF THAT CONVERSATION, GUEST HOST HERNANDEZ ASKED THE QUESTION WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG FOR THIS CHURCH TO GET TO THIS POINT?

>> YOU HAVE GOT TO REMEMBER UNDER THE PREVIOUS MINISTRATION THEY CAME TO A DISCUSSION.

UNFORTUNATELY WE DID NOT GET THE POLITICAL WILL.

THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST.

UNFORTUNATELY IT IS NOT THE ONLY EMPTY PARISH WE HAVE.

WE HAVE 100 AND TWO PARISHES IN CHICAGO.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE A DOZEN CHURCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY.

WE NEED A PLAN THAT INCLUDES PARISHIONERS, THAT INCLUDES WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THESE EMPTY PARISHES.

WE CANNOT EXCLUDE THE DEVELOPERS AFTER THEY HAVE BUILT THIS WITH THEIR LABOR AND WITH THE SUBSIDIES OF THEIR OWN PROPERTY TAXES.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE LANDMARK TO BRING INVESTMENT NEEDED TO PRESERVE THE CHURCH AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION.

>> WHAT IS YOUR CONNECTION FOR THE CHURCH?

>> I HAVE BEEN A LIFELONG PARISHIONER.

I GREW UP THERE, I WENT TO SCHOOL THERE WHEN THE SCHOOL IS STILL OPEN.

MY PARENTS WERE MAJOR PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH THERE.

MY FATHER WAS BASICALLY THE CARETAKER AND MY MOM WAS CCD AND SHE DID A LOT OF WORK WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND IN OUR COMMUNITY, I KNOW IT WAS THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THE CHURCH, BUT ALSO WITH THE LAST 50 YEARS AND HAS BEEN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY WITH SOME POLISH PEOPLE, OF COURSE WHO WERE THERE.

WE HAD ALL OUR CULTURAL EVENTS HELD THERE.

IT IS SO PARAMOUNT TO THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THESE CULTURAL TOUCHSTONES, THESE CULTURAL LANDMARKS THAT MAKE IT A COMMUNITY.

>> YOU CAN WATCH THE FULL CONVERSATION ON CHICAGO TONIGHT LATINO VOICES WHICH AIRS FRIDAY AT 5:30 AND SATURDAY AT 6 P.M. >>> NEXT WE SPEAK WITH THE CREATORS BEHIND THE MICHAEL JACKSON'S GOAL.

FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>>> LAST YEAR IT WAS A HIT ON BROADWAY, NOW IT IS OPENING A NORTH AMERICAN TOUR IN CHICAGO.

MJ THE MUSICAL TELLS A STORY OF MICHAEL JACKSON IN FLASHBACK.

IT BEGINS IN 1992 AS HE PREPARES HIS DANGEROUS TOUR THIS IS THE YEAR BEFORE HIS SEXUAL ABUSE CASES.

PENNY WHITESIDE DOWN WITH CHOREOGRAPHER CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON AND THE YOUNG ACTOR WHO PLAYS THE MAN IN THE MIRROR.

>> IT IS AMAZING, AS FAR AS I KNOW, MICHAEL NEVER REALLY HAD FORMAL TRAINING >> HE TRAINED WITH SOME GREAT POP AND LOCK TEACHERS AND HIP-HOP TEACHERS IN L.A.

HE HAD MENTORS.

ONE OF THEM, THE LARGEST FACETS OF HIS GIFT WAS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE FROM THE GREATS AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO TAKE A SHAPE FROM FRED ASTAIRE OR MOVEMENT IN THE FEET FROM JAMES BROWN OR EVEN A TURN OR A LEAP FROM BARYSHNIKOV.

>> WHICH CAME FIRST FOR YOU, SINGING OR DANCING TO CHECK >> DANCING CAME LAST.

SINGING CAME FIRST, ACTING HIM SECOND AND DANCING OUTSIDE OF MY KITCHEN WHILE MAKING BREAKFAST CAME LAST.

THIS ROLE WAS A BIG UNDERTAKING FOR ME.

>> TALK ABOUT THE VERY INTERESTING INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN MICHAEL'S MUSIC AND HIS DANCE STYLE.

>> IT ALL HAS TO BE CONNECTED.

CERTAIN THINGS DON'T CLICK WITH THE CHARACTER UNTIL EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING AT ONCE.

SOMETIMES THE DANCE INFORMS THE BOYS, SOMETIMES THE VOICE INFORMS THE EMOTION AND SOMETIMES THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER AND I ALMOST BLACKOUT WHEN I AM PERFORMING AND SOMEONE IS LIKE HOW DID THAT FEEL AND I AM LIKE I DON'T EVEN KNOW.

>> TALK ABOUT THE ANGER ISSUES THAT COME THROUGH IN THE DANCE.

>> THERE IS A VIOLENCE.

EACH MOVE IS SO EXPLOSIVE AND SO ACCURATE, I THINK IT IS THE DYNAMIC, THE EXPLOSIVE POWER OF HIS MOVEMENTS THAT CAN MAKE ME REALLY ONLY THINK THAT IT WAS COMING ALSO FROM EMOTION AND FRUSTRATION.

>> I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT AT THAT TIME, ESPECIALLY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY THERE WERE NOT REALLY RESOURCES FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND OBVIOUSLY WE TAKE AFTER OUR PARENTS TO SOME DEGREE.

I TRULY THINK HE DID THE BEST WITH WHAT HE HAD.

WE FOCUS VERY MUCH ON THE CREATIVE INSPIRATION AND THE BEAUTY OF MICHAEL'S CREATIVE IMAGINATION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS BROTHERS, WITH HIS MOTHER, WITH HIS FATHER.

WE DO GET TO GO BACK IN TIME AND EXPERIENCES GREAT ICONIC MOMENTS.

THE COMPLEXITY LIES WITH SORT OF INTERWOVEN WITH THE BEAUTY, AND I THINK THE GOAL WAS ALWAYS TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT HELPS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND SOME OF THAT COMPLEXITY ACTUALLY IS WHAT MADE THE ARTIST TRULY GREAT.

>> THAT IS A SUPERSTARDOM WE WILL NEVER SEE OR WE WILL ADMIT TO SEE OR FEEL THAT LEVEL OF PRESSURE FROM THE WORLD.

>> MJ THE MUSICAL OPENED LAST NIGHT AT THE NADER LENDER THEATER IN THE LOOP.

IT RUNS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2nd.

WE ARE BACK WITH MORE IN A MOMENT.

STAY WITH US.

>> WHAT DOES JUSTICE FOR EMMETT TO LOOK LIKE FOR YOU?

>> ADJUSTERS WORLD THAT SERVES HUMANITY PICS PAYMENT BLACK STORYTELLING IS A HUGE PART OF OUR CULTURE.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GAVE YOUNG WRITERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR STORIES.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT PEOPLE FEEL EMPOWERED AND FIND A LIGHT WITHIN THEMSELVES WHETHER IT IS ART OR NOT.

IT CAN BE SPARKED WITH AN IDEA, THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT CHANGE THE WORLD.

>> BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

THAT MEANS SO IS CHICAGO'S BLOOD PELICAN PARADE.

IT IS THE LARGEST AFRICAN AMERICAN PARADE IN THE U.S.

DRAWING IN NEARLY 300,000 PEOPLE IN SPANNING ALMOST THREE MILES.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE CHICAGO CHARITY.

THIS YEAR'S THEME, PARADING IN PEACE.

HERE IS A PREVIEW.

>> THE COMMUNITY HAS LET US KNOW HOW EXCITED THEY ARE TO COME OUT.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE AN AMAZING GRAND MARSHAL, TWO-TIME GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING POET LAUREATE J I.V.

WHO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT.

AT THE END OF THE PARADE IT LEADS INTO WASHINGTON PARK WHERE ALL OF OUR SPONSORS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS EVERYBODY COMES TOGETHER TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, TO PREPARE THEM TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL SO THEY GET BACKPACKS, FREE HAIRCUTS FOR THE BOYS, FREE HAIR BRAIDING FOR THE GIRLS.

ALL KINDS OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES, RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES.

IT IS A FAMILY EVENT.

THERE IS GOING TO BE ENTERTAINMENT.

WE HAVE A STAGE, SO LOTS OF GOOD STUFF HAPPENING.

THE SOUTHSIDE MSI COMING TOGETHER, WE ALWAYS HAVE BARBECUES GOING UP AND DOWN THE STREET.

THERE IS FOR GENERATIONS COMING TOGETHER AND I AM THE FOURTH GENERATION TO RUN THE ORGANIZATION.

WE ARE ALSO WORKING TOGETHER WITH MY BLACK, MY HOOD MY CITY, JAMAAL COLE AND SO THAT IS WHY OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS PARADING IN PEACEABLE BY BLOCK.

WE JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE ARE CELEBRATING A COMING TOGETHER.

IT IS ALL ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER, FAMILIES COMING TOGETHER AND PEACE IN OUR COMMUNITY BLOCK BY BLOCK.

WE WERE INSPIRED BY THE WHOLE MY BLOCK, INSPIRED BY THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION WITH WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SO WE DECIDED TO COME TOGETHER.

HE AROUND WE ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING AND THAT IS WHY WE SAY BLOOD 365 BECAUSE IT REALLY IS THAT.

AS SOON AS WE FINISH THIS PARADE WE ARE WORKING ON THE NEXT ONE.

>> THE PARADE IS THIS SATURDAY.

IT STRETCHES DOWN DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DRIVE INTO WASHINGTON PARK.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

>>> AND EXHIBIT IS PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE LATE GREAT POP ARTIST ANDY WARHOL.

THE INTIMATE SHOWCASE AIMS TO PROVIDE A DEEPER CONTEXT FOR HIS LIFE.

ANGEL RECENTLY TOOK US INSIDE THE ART CENTER AT THE COLLEGE.

>> REPEATED PRINTS AND VIBRANT COLORS, STUDIO 54 AND PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS, THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ELEMENTS INCLUDED IN A ONE-OF-A-KIND EXHIBITION HONORING THE LATE GREAT ANDY WARHOL.

>> HIS PERSONAL LIFE WAS ALWAYS KIND OF HIDDEN.

WE HAVE PHOTOS FROM THAT PERSONAL LIFE FROM PEOPLE CLOSE TO HIM, DIFFERENT CONNECTIONS.

I THINK ANYTIME WE CAN HUMANIZE SOMEONE LIKE WARHOL, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE TO MAKE THAT REAL CONNECTION.

>> NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE MAC ART CENTER, THE EXHIBITION WAS BORN FROM A PERSONAL COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 154 HOLD PORTRAITS KNOWN AS THE ANDY WARHOL PHOTOGRAPHIC LITERACY PROJECT.

>> THIS EXHIBIT OF PHOTOS CALLED ANDY WARHOL JEWEL DIARIES GIVES US HIS PROCESS.

YOU SEE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PHOTOS HE TOOK BEFORE HE WOULD DECIDE WHICH ONE TO MAKE A PAINTING OUT OF PICS PAYMENT OUT OF MORE THAN 200 PIECES RANGING FROM SILKSCREEN TO SOME OF HIS MORE RECOGNIZABLE PRINTS, JUSTIN WHAT HE HOPES THIS EXHIBITION PROVIDES A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO THE CREATIVE THAT STARTED AS A COMMERCIAL ARTIST.

>> HE WAS ALWAYS VERY AWARE OF HOW HE COULD USE HIS PRESENCE OR HIS PERSONALITY TO HELP GAIN ATTENTION AND TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF DIFFERENT MINTS.

HE WAS NOT BORN INTO AFFLUENCE.

HE WAS BORN TO A WORKING CLASS FAMILY IN PITTSBURGH IN 1928 AND HE LEARNED EARLY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKING REALLY HARD AND HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT HE DID NOT LOSE A LOT OF THINGS IN LIFE AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO THAT >> A LOT OF HIS INFLUENCE IS SAID TO COME AS A RESULT OF LOSING HIS DAUGHTER AT A YOUNG AGE AND HOW THAT IMPACTED HIS VIEW OF LIFE AND DEATH.

IT IS A MAJOR THEME SEEN THROUGHOUT HIS WORK.

>> THERE IS AN UNDERSTANDING OF MORTALITY AND IMMORTALITY WRAPPED TOGETHER.

SO WE OFTEN THINK ABOUT THE SOUP CANS ELEVATING THE EVERYDAY, BUT HE ALSO DID MARILYN AND WHEN YOU SEE THAT IN CONTEXT OF THE SOUP CANS, WE ALSO CREATE CELEBRITIES AND SELL THAT AS A PRODUCT, BUT HE ALSO DID PIECES LIKE THE ELECTRIC CHAIR OR PIECES FROM DEATH AND DISASTER WE ALSO SELL TRAGEDY AND WE SELL THEM ALL ON THE SAME LEVEL, ALL AS ENTERTAINMENT.

PEOPLE MAY BE SOMETIMES THINK OF WARHOL IN THIS IMPLICIT MANNER, BUT HE WAS REFLECTING OUR CULTURE AND A LOT OF COMPLEX WAYS.

HE DOES NOT ALWAYS GET CREDIT FOR THAT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE WHO COME HERE GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.

>> THE ANDY WARHOL PORT FOLIO, A LIGHT IN THE EXHIBITION CONTINUES THROUGH SEPTEMBER 10th AT THE MUSEUM OF ART IN DUNELLEN.

THAT IS PART OF THE MAC WHICH ART CENTER.

>> THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.

DON'T FORGET TO STAY CONNECTED BY SIGNING UP FOR OUR DAILY BRIEFING.

YOU CAN GET CHICAGO TONIGHT STREAMED ON YOUTUBE AND OUR WEBSITE, WTTW.COM/NEWS.

YOU CAN ALSO GET THE SHOW VIA PODCAST IN THE PBS VIDEO APP .

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5:34 CHICAGO TONIGHT LET YOU KNOW LISA'S ANTENNA CLOCK OR CHICAGO TONIGHT BLACK VOICES.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.