Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Teesee's Town: WACA's 'Blue Monday' to honor founder Ernie Jenkins

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

“Blue Monday” Our own Illinois Senate President, Emil Jones Jr., is the honorary benefit chair for the Westside Association for Community Action's Blue Monday Extravaganza XXII on July 14 (a Monday, of course!), 5 p.m.9 p.m., at the members-only Chicago Yacht Club, Monroe and Lake Shore Dr. The annual evening, always a special highlight of the early summer social season, salutes Ernest R. “Ernie” Jenkins, WACA's revered founder, chair and CEO; Judge James L. Kaplan, of State of Illinois' Court of Claims; Judge Carol A. Kelly, of Cook County Juvenile Court; and Juan Ochoa, CEO of Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Teesee's Town: Get Ready ends eta’s 2007-08 ‘season of classics’ on Thursday

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

Curtain Call--Award-winning musical "Get Ready" runs at eta Square, 76th and South Chicago, Thursday through Aug. 17, closing out a season of classics.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Teesee's Town: Lynn Whitfield, Avery Brooks, Keith David at 2nd Bronzeville Fest

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

The second annual Bronzeville Cultural Festival, June 19-22, will be highlighted by a Gala Dinner on June 21, 7 p.m., at King College Preparatory High School, 4445 S. Drexel, featuring a reading from The People of Clarendon County, a play written by the late actor Ossie Davis as part of a fundraising effort for the Ossie Davis Endowment.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Teesee's Town: Lake Meadows’ annual Art Fair is set

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

Helen Y. West and Neleh Galleries, Ltd. stage the fourth annual Lake Meadows Art Fair, June 21-22, from 11 a.m.-8 p.m., with artists and craftsmen showcasing/selling fine art, jewelry, clothing, accessories, handbags and other collectibles.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Teesee's Town: Center for New Horizons to celebrate ‘Our Beautiful Children’

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

Attention all brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity! Your esteemed 32nd general national president, Darryl R. Matthews Sr., comes this way on June 18 to keynote an 8:30 a.m. breakfast for Center for New Horizons Inc. in Navy Pier’s Grand Ballroom.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Teesee's Town: Cook County celebrates 94 years at awards/installation banquet

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., retiring senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, keynotes the Cook County Bar Association’s 94th Annual Awards & Installation Banquet, June 19 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel. Wright will be introduced by his good friend, Rev. Dr. Michael Pfleger, pastor of the Faith Community of St. Sabina.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Teesee's Town: New Black-owned South Loop Hotel

...is now ‘open for business’

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

I enjoyed a breakfast and a “walk-thru” at the brand, spanking new “built-from-the-ground-up” South Loop Hotel, 26th and State Street, as the guest of the owners, Jimmy White, Louis Dodd and Dr. Floyd Mix, who also own the Amber Inn at 38th and Michigan.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Teesee's Town: Defender cartoonist Chester Commodore exhibit

...comes to Woodson Library

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

An exhibition, “Chester Commodore, 1914-2004: The Work and Life of a Pioneering Cartoonist of Color,” opens May 24 at Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, 9525 S. Halsted St., and continues through Dec. 31.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Teesee`s Town: Links chapters focus on HIV/AIDS in South Africa

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

Linking–Up!– Twenty-First Century South Africa: The Changing Landscape was the theme when the Hoffman Estates, Lake Shore and Windy City chapters of The Links, Inc. gathered for “An Evening of Awareness,” focusing on the challenges of HIV/AIDs. The HIV/AIDs epidemic continues to plague the people of South Africa, where 30 percent of the total population is infected– the highest incidence in the world!

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Teesee's Town: Denyce Graves performs at Sinfonietta’s annual charity ball

by Theresa Fambro Hooks

A world-renowned vocalist recognized as one of today’s most exciting operatic stars and who continues to gather unparalleled acclaim on four continents, will entertain at “Sounds of Music,” the Chicago Sinfonietta’s Annual Ball, Saturday at the Fairmont Hotel, hosted by the Board of Directors and the 2008 Ball Committee.