Our former Editor-in-Chief Sam Feldman has written an excellent feature for this week’s Newcity on the aftermath of Chicago’s failed 2016 bid, some six months after losing to Rio de Janeiro. The remants of Chicago’s plans, plans it hoped would “stir the blood of men,” in the (alleged) words of Daniel Burnham, can especially be seen near the Michael Reese Hospital campus in Bronzeville, site of the proposed Olympic Village, and Washington Park, the site of the proposed 80,000 seat Olympic Stadium. Sam discovers what community developers, students, government officials, preservationists, and others have planned for these places now.

You (yes, you!) can vote to get a fruit orchard planted in Chicago. The Communities Take Root initiative is going to donate a fruit orchard to five lucky winners throughout the country. Seven Illinois sites are eligible, and five of those are Chicago Park District parks:

• Jackson Park, 6401 S. Stony Island Ave.
• Washington Park, 5531 S. King Dr.
• Douglas Park, 1401 S. Sacramento Dr.
• Humboldt Park, 1400 N. Sacramento Ave.
• Garfield Park, 100 N. Central Park Ave.

Communities Take Root is a partnership between Edy’s Fruit Bars and the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation to provide fresh fruit to communities as well as the environmental benefits of fruit trees. The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation has been to Chicago before—they planted 22 fruit trees in Kilbourn Park in 2008, creating the first mature public fruit tree orchard in a major metropolitan city. FTPF is an international organization and has done work in Brazil, India, and Kenya with the eventual goal of planting 18 billion fruit trees worldwide. In the United States, FTPF primarily targets low-income communities and often partners with schools and Native American reservations.

Chicago is one of the few major cities on the list of candidates, but despite our population advantage, none of the CPD parks are currently in the top ten. Cast a vote for your favorite here.

The 11th annual World Music Festival: Chicago starts today and continues through September 24. Over the next week, 57 artists will perform at 21 venues across the city. Only 3 performances take place on the South Side, but they all look like winners:

• Irish folk singer Cara Dillon has been performing since she was 14, both solo and in folk bands. She’s currently touring in support of her fourth album, which was released in the U.S. on Tuesday. Dillon performs tonight, September 18, at 8pm at the World Music Company, 1808 W. 103rd St. $15.
• The Orchestra of Tétouan plays “Andalusian music,” a North African style that uses lutes, rebabs, zithers, goblet drums, and other instruments with fun names. They perform on Sunday, September 20 at 8pm at the University of Chicago’s International House, 1414 E. 59th St. $10, or $5 with student ID.
• Tambours sans Frontières is a Congolese group based around three drummers, two of whom play the senga n’goma. Formed in Brazzaville in 2000, they later moved to Mali, Senegal, and most recently Chicago. On September 23 at 6:30pm, the group brings its intricate, repetitive rhythms to the Washington Park fieldhouse, 5500 S. King Dr. Free.