Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Teesee`s Town: Jeffrey Osborne at BUFI’s Living Legends/Passing the Torch Gala

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

Atty. Larry Rogers Sr. and Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown, chairs of Black United Fund of Illinois’ Liv ing Legends/Passing the Torch Awards Gala, pres ent R&B superstar Jef frey Osborne (On the Wings of Love, We’re Going All the Way, The Woo Woo Song) as the soulful entertainer on Oct. 4 at Harold Wash ington Cultural Center.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Teesee`s Town: Margaret Garner, new epic opera, previews here on Monday

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

Breakfast Bash–Renowned mezzo-sopra no Tracie Luck comes this way to help kick off the Chicago premiere of Margaret Gar ner, an epic new American opera with libretto by Toni Morrison, based on one of the most significant and controversial cases of all pre- Civil War fugitive slave stories.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Teesee`s Town: eta’s Benefit Gala cites five “who are making a difference”

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

U.S. Cellular’s Gregory T. Hinton (“Greg”), a special pal, heads a list of five folks who will re ceive high honor and popular praise when eta Creative Arts Foundation stages its annual benefit gala on Sept. 6 at eta Square, 76th and South Chicago.

Friday, August 22, 2008

Teesee`s Town: African Festival of Arts, for many, the traditional end of summer

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

Warner Saunders (Ch. 5) and Ald. Toni Preckwinkle (4th) will reign over Africa Inter national House’s 19th Annual Chrysler Finan cial African Festival of the Arts as Grand Baba and Grand Yeye, titles bestowed on elders in our community for en riching our lives by sup porting arts and culture.

Monday, August 18, 2008

Teesee`s Town: Chicago doc elected to chair NMA Trustee Board at 2008 meet

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

Congrats–to Niva Lubin-Johnson, M.D. on her election to chair of the Board of Trus tees of the 113-year old National Medical Association at its 2008 convention in Atlanta, its birthplace. NMA, the largest and oldest organization that repre sents 25,000-plus African American physicians in the U.S., was founded in 1895, t a time when the American Medical Association admitted only white physicians.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Teesee`s Town: ‘Black Harvest’ celebrates our Black experience on film

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

Blu Monday with The Collective–While you’re out and about this evening, Aug. 11, stop by Blu 47 Restaurant and Lounge, 47th and King Dr., ‘round 7 p.m. That’s where The Collective will be holding forth once again, promising fresh new connections, great exchanges of information, live music and grown folks who know how to party.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Teesee`s Town: Annual Bud Billiken Scholarship & Awards Gala

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

A fave media sistah, the Sun-Times’ Mary Mitchell, also a WVON-AM radio host, picks up a special community service media award on Thursday when the Chicago Defender Charities Inc. hosts its annual Bud Billiken Scholarship & Awards Gala at the DuSable Museum.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Teesee's Town: Anita Hill kickstarts Black Women's Expo

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

Women’s World–Anita F. Hill, professor of social policy, law and women’s studies at Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management, comes this way Aug. 1 to keynote a Leadership Summit from 8 a.m.– noon that kick-starts the three-day “Black Women’s Expo” presented by State Farm at McCormick Place.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Teesee's Town: Mandela's 90th bday

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

Multi-award-winning jazz trumpeter Orbert Davis, Chicago Jazz Philharmonic’s artistic director, composer, performer and conductor, premieres a new composition, Hope in Action, in tribute to the global message, struggle, perseverance and triumph of the much revered and beloved humanitarian icon, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, in honor of his 90th birthday.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Teesee's Town: Muntu celebrates 36th season

...of African dance, music, theater

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

Last call for Saturday’s Summer Gala Concert celebrating Muntu Dance Theatre’s 36th season of presenting authentic African dance, music and theater.