• Meet beekeeper Mark Walker, who blends his honey into a variety of sweet tea brews. You can buy his "Ooohwee Sweet Tea" from the corner of a Chatham Harold's Chicken Shack.
• Musicians from Mariachi players and college music majors to principal members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra have turned to this man for their high-quality violin bow needs.
• The Chicago Transit Authority is expanding its Second Chance internship program for ex-offenders. The interns will get jobs as mechanics, which the agency has big needs.
• This week, a Cook County judge found graffiti tagger Kristopher "Wicked" Klimala guilty of second-degree murder in the 2012 stabbing of fellow graffiti tagger Linear "Chip" Caballero.
Caballero (l.) and Klimala (r.)
• In the South Side's 18th Ward, residents are wondering where Ald. Lona Lane is. In office since 2006, Lane has been MIA on the campaign trail. But she's made very few appearances since challenger Derrick Curtis forced a runoff.
• Did you know Chicago had a competitive karaoke league?
• Also, we know you've heard of the Chicago-style hot dog. What about Chicago-style magic?
• The Chicago Water Taxi is coming back next week.
