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Maximus excitement under AFT Big Top
The Event: About Face Theatre’s 2013 benefit Wonka Ball was the picture of well-organized bedlam with its “Circus Maximus” theme celebrated at Chicago’s Architectural Artifacts on April 26. Organizers of the 17th annual gala greeted 450 guests in full circus regalia: Barkers, a trapeze-swinging mermaid, …
Fundraiser means happy tails for Orphans
The Event: Tails of nearly 600 stray and abandoned animals of Lake and northern Cook counties wagged a little higher on April 22 when more than 190 animal lovers attended the 13th annual Orphans of the Storm benefit at Marriott’s Lincolnshire Resort.
For the past …
Gorton gala celebrates a community treasure
The Event: For the fourth year in a row, luxury roadsters like Maseratis to Aston Martins inside Lake Forest Sportscars in Lake Bluff took a backseat to even more elegant sights when more than 250 benefactors and guests gathered to support the Gorton Community Center …
Restaurant stars shine for St. Jude kids
The Event: There was not a dry eye amongst the 940 attendees to the 19th annual St. Jude Four Stars of Chicago Restaurant Extravaganza when honorary chairman Andy Daniels and daughter Emily retold the story of Emily’s successful battle with cancer.
NBC 5 anchor Allison …
GLASA athletes in the game for life
The Event: Once “from GLASA with Love” was chosen as the premise, a secret agent theme seemed to lend itself naturally to the Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association (GLASA) annual benefit. More than 230 guests attended the star-studded gala at the Knauz Classic Car Showroom …
Foundation writes the book on fundraising
The Event: ‘A Night for the Books’ was an apropos choice of theme for the 5th annual Maine Township High School District 207 Educational Foundation benefit dinner held at the Rosewood in Rosemont on April 4.
Some of the 163 attendees included Maine Township High …
