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An International Affair

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The 36th Annual Auxiliary of Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Hospitals’ Gala

June 14th, 2008 – Nearly 800 guests put on their dancing shoes and finest evening attire to attend the 36th Annual Auxiliary of Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Hospitals’ Gala, a charity event benefiting the Alzheimer and Memory Assessment Center at Glenbrook Hospital. The evening, appropriately named “An International Affair,” included world-class dining at the Chicago Hilton, as well as international entertainment by Rich Daniels and the City Lights Orchestra, and a silent auction.
Photos by Bridget Cicenia

MGD 64 Launch Event

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June 17, 2008 – Guests joined Chicago magazine at The Chopping Block to check out the new MGD 64, with only 64 calories it’s as light as it gets! Guests were treated to delicious appetizers and a cooking demonstration as well as MGD 64.

Crush Course

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Jonesing for the Indies?

It’s summer’s other type of indie film—you know, without an aging moviestar-as-archeologist limping through feats of derring-do. The second annual Gen Art Film Festival, offering five nights of independent flicks and afterparties, kicks off at 7:30 p.m. Monday the 23rd with Bart Got a Room, a coming-of-age story about two…

Afternoon Delight

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1,001: A Chicago Odyssey
Ben Hecht’s screenplay The Front Page has launched a remarkable four incarnations to date, including the 1940 Cary Grant/Rosalind Russell classic, His Girl Friday, so it seemed likely his work had some legs left yet. Another item from Hecht’s oeuvre that’s even more beloved…

The Man with the Golden Pen

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Never a Lovely So Real

Outsiders, derelicts, and other members of the urban underbelly may never again find a spokesman like Nelson Algren, but the prolific writer’s voice of the streets is as relevant and compelling today as it was in the 1950s. The Lookingglass Theatre remounts John Musial’s interpretation of Algren’s poetry, Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day, a multimedia performance infusing selections from Chicago: City on the Make and The Last Carousel with live jazz, set against a backdrop of gritty…

Get Out!

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Alfresco Fanfare for Free

Call it a lesson in carpe sunny diem: If we’ve learned anything this spring, it’s that winter lurks around almost every corner. So if the weather cooperates on Tuesday, June 3rd, don’t dillydally inside; head outdoors for Tuesdays on the Terrace at the Museum of Contemporary Art (220 E. Chicago Ave.; 312-397-4010). First up in the annual alfresco jazz series is local rising-star trumpeter Corey Wilkes, whose repertoire ranges from classic standards to his own funky compositions. What’s more, admission is free, and it’s…

All Aflutter

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Eighth Wonder of Chicago

Chicago’s globe-trotting, Grammy-winning sextet Eighth Blackbird wraps up a much-lauded tour, including an acclaimed performance at Carnegie Hall, back on home turf, 7:30 p.m. Thursday the 29th at the Harris Theater (205 E. Randolph Dr.; 312-334-7777). The night’s program, The Only Moving Thing, plays out like a who’s who of cutting-edge composers (Steve Reich, David Lang, Michael Gordon, and Julia Wolfe, plus the seminal choreographer Susan Marshall), all of whom contributed new commissions for the ’Birds. Tickets are $30, but entering the code…

Goodman Theatre String of Pearls Gala

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May 17, 2008 – The Goodman Theatre hosted its “String of Pearls” gala at the Fairmont Hotel. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Women’s Board, the gala raised more than $1 million to benefit the artistic and education programs of the Goodman Theatre. Bebe Neuwirth, a Tony-award winning artist, was the featured celebrity performer at the gala.

Photo Credit: Randy Belice

In with the In Crowd

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The Kids Are All Right
Want to know what the cool kids are doing this week? Comic artists, zinesters, and all manner of underground publishing types convene for the Hip Lit Fair, Saturday the 17th from noon to 4 p.m. at the Museum of Contemporary Art (220 E. Chicago Ave.; 312-280-2660). Highlights include a Comic Art Battle, which local artist Ezra Claytan Daniels describes as “one of the only times the general public gets…