Earlier this month, Chicago honored its 2022 Chicagoans of the Year at Chicago Winery. In an event that featured master of ceremonies Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, honorees Chez Smith, Bashir Salahuddin, Tony Priolo, Megan Jeyifo, and Nick Cave accepted their awards and spoke on their work — and what Chicago means to them.
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Honorees: chef and owner of Piccolo Sogno Tony Priolo, artist Nick Cave, Gyrls in the HOOD Foundation founder Chez Smith, South Side creator and star Bashir Salahuddin, and Chicago Abortion Fund executive director Megan Jeyifo -
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Chicago magazine design director David Syrek, honoree Nick Cave, and artist David Lee Csicsko -
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Honoree Bashir Salahuddin (right) with his brother Mikal and mother, Renee. -
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Honoree Chez Smith and HOOD House House director of operations Venisha Bonds -
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Honoree Megan Jeyifo (second from the left) and CAF staffers Qudsiyyah Shariyf, Meghan Daniel, and Alicia Hurtado -
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Chicago magazine editor in chief Terrance Noland -
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Tamiya Aurel, chief people and equity officer at United Way of Metro Chicago, and Terrance Noland -
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Peter Sagal, host of NPR's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" and the night's master of ceremonies -
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Honorees Chez Smith, Bashir Salahuddin, Tony Priolo, Megan Jeyifo, and Nick Cave (plus Cave's partner, artist Bob Faust) -
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Honorees chef Tony Priolo and artist Nick Cave -
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ESPN writer and Chicago magazine contributor Scoop Jackson -
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The night's program -
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Attendees at the event, held at Chicago Winery, included past Chicagoans of the Year chef Beverly Kim and writer Alex Kotlowitz -
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Attendees enjoying cocktails at the event, the first time it's been held since 2019.