Our picks for events in and around Chicago this weekend.

Chicago River Swim

Hundreds of swimmers will plunge into the Chicago River this weekend for the first competitive open-water river event in nearly a century. Assuming water quality meets standards, one- and two-mile races will kick off in the main channel at the Dearborn Street Bridge and finish below the Clark Street Bridge. Olivia Smoliga, a Glenview native and Olympic gold medalist, and Natalie Hinds, an Olympic bronze medalist and advocate for water safety in underserved communities, will compete. Swim registration is closed, but spectators can watch from the Riverwalk. Proceeds benefit A Long Swim, an organization that helps to fund ALS research at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine as well as local learn-to-s

See Full Page