Here’s a sampling of some of the fun events happening around town this week
[highlight color=”eg. yellow, black”] Chicago launch event for Courvoisier Gold[/highlight]
Tuesday Oct. 30 from 7-11pm
Untitled 111 W. Kinzie
*GENERAL RSVP IS NOW CLOSED*
I’m sure this is one of those events that RSVP exceeds capacity so probably want to get there early
[highlight color=”eg. yellow, black”]Auxiliary Board Social[/highlight]
Join the Big Shoulders Fund Auxiliary Board in celebrating fall and Halloween in style at the Witt on the roof at the upcoming social.
When: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Time: 6:00pm
Where: ROOF on the Wit (201 North State Street)
Why: Meet fellow Big Shoulders Fund supporters while enjoying a drink and learning how you can help us change the lives of even more deserving inner-city children through your time, energy and financial support. Notes: Special cocktail – desert oasis for $8 RSVP to Amy Drozda at adrozda@bigshouldersfund.org or 312-751-3850. We hope to see you there!
Yelloween: Allium at Four Season’s Hotel & Veuve Clicquot
Wednesday Oct. 31 7pm-midnight
Black & White Attire suggested, come prepared to have fun
[highlight color=”eg. yellow, black”]Neiman Marcus Chicago & Harper’s Bazaar Magazine present BELSTAFF Au/Wi 2012[/highlight] Thursday Nov. 1 Invite Only
[highlight color=”eg. yellow, black”]Marina Abramović with Sir Norman Rosenthal[/highlight]
92nd Street Y’s much-anticipated talk with Marina Abramovic and Sir Normal Rosenthal is completely SOLD OUT but the entire talk will be Livecast for FREE
http://www.92y.org/Livecast.aspx
Thursday Nov. 1 7:15PM -8:45PM
Marina Abramović is a performance artist whose work examines the relationship between performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind. The Museum of Modern Art held a major retrospective of Abramović’s work in 2010
[highlight color=”eg. yellow, black”]SHOP For A CAUSE AT SAKS IN CHICAGO AND HELP EMPOWER WOMEN IN AFRICA[/highlight]
Same Sky is a trade-not-aid initiative that employs African women living with HIV/AIDS as artisans, teaching them to make beautiful hand crocheted necklaces and bracelets and provides a platform to sell in the global marketplace.
Same Sky will present their latest jewelry collections including their signature hand-blown glass beaded bracelets and necklaces ($160 – $400), Prosperity seed bead bracelets ($60 – $95), Fabric Wrap bracelets ($30 – $40), Hope necklaces ($395), Unity bracelets ($145) and Cufflinks ($100) which are all hand crocheted by artisans in Africa.
WHO: Same Sky founder Francine LeFrak will be joined by co-hosts including Pat Harris, Catharine Hamilton, Janelle Schroeder and Susan Bogart
WHERE: Saks Fifth Avenue on the Magnificent Mile
700 N. Michigan Avenue (Jewelry on One)
