| NEWS 01.09.09 2:48 PM |
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Weakened Economy Results in Record Sales for Adventures in Travel Expo
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 | A scuba pool at the 2007 expo
Photo: Courtesy of the Adventures in Travel Expo |
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Last month, a rep from the Tribune Company told us that the media conglomerate's recently announced bankruptcy will not affect its capacity to sponsor events. Lo and behold, The Chicago Tribune will act as presenting sponsor for the Adventures in Travel Expo, which hits the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center this Saturday and Sunday.
John Golicz, show organizer and C.E.O. of Unicomm LLC, described the partnership as "mutually beneficial," explaining, "They support us by promoting our show to their readers." He added that the The Tribune's editorial travel guides give the publication and the expo a mutual client base.
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| NEWS 11.03.08 8:00 AM |
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While Obama's in Grant Park, Other Hosts Offer Their Own Election Night Events
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As you probably know by now (and we reported here, here, and here) the big event in Chicago on November 4th will be Obama's Grant Park rally, which the Democratic presidential candidate will attend, win or lose, and which is slated to draw 65,000 spectators, a formidable array of security officers, and a plethora of hot-chocolate and hot-dog carts. But for those without tickets, events are also happening at local hotels, bars, restaurants, and museums.
It's a safe bet that the aforementioned 65,000 Grant Park spectators will not include any staunch conservatives or volunteers from John McCain's Chicago headquarters. The latter group will take their election night festivities across the street to the Hilton Chicago, where the Chicago Young Republicans, Republican state party chair Andy McKenna, and Cook County commissioner Tony Peraica will host a free-admission celebration beginning at 6:30 p.m. The event will feature a teleconference with local and congressional candidates, light appetizers, and a cash bar.
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Barack Obama, John McCain, Election '08, CS Magazine, The Chicago Tribune |
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| NEWS 08.28.08 11:30 AM |
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Chicago Jazz Festival Celebrates 30th Anniversary With a Week of Activities
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The Chicago Jazz Festival, the city's longest-running music event (and No. 5 on the list of festivals in our Top 100 Events), celebrates 30 years starting tonight. The proceedings kick off at 6:30 p.m. with a performance by renowned jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins at the new Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park. The concert series then moves to Grant Park for shows Friday through Sunday.
Taking place on three stages throughout the park, the Chicago Jazz Festival features free performances and activities from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday through Sunday. Notable concerts include Jazz Festival artist-in-residence Edward Wilkerson Jr., a Chicago-based composer, musician, and instructor, and legendary saxophonist/composer Ornette Coleman, who closes the festival Sunday night.
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Jazz Institute of Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority, The Chicago Tribune, CLTV, Comcast, Communications Direct, DownBeat Magazine, Hinckley Springs, Jazz Times Magazine, National City Bank, Pepsi, Tava, WGN-Television |
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| FRESH FACE 04.09.08 1:00 PM |
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Boka Partners' New Catering Division
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 | Boka owners Kevin Boehm and Rob Katz founded BRG Catering.
Photo: Liza L. Moraitis for BizBash |
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Toast of the Town: In 2003, former nightclub owner Rob Katz partnered with Kevin Boehm, a new-to-Chicago restaurateur. Combining their sensibilities (and the first two letters of their last names), they opened Lincoln Park restaurant Boka, featuring a loungelike setting and progressive American fare.
With the success of Boka and Landmark, the contemporary American restaurant it opened in 2005, the team was flooded with catering requests, but getting a license didn’t become top priority until this year, with the opening of Perennial, the duo’s third Lincoln Park restaurant. Perennial is on the ground floor of the new—and event-friendly—Park View Hotel and across the street from event space A New Leaf. “We knew there would be a lot of catered parties going on,” Katz says. Not wanting to miss out on such an abundance of opportunities, Boehm and Katz finally launched a full-service catering firm, BRG Catering, in January.
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Food & Wine Magazine, The Chicago Tribune |
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