CHICAGO: Children’s Place Association’s spring gala, “Once Upon a Time… at the Derby," will take place April 13 at Rockwell on the River. Jewell Events Catering will cater the black-tie event, and Greenlight will provide entertainment.
Lupus Society of Illinois’ 12th annual Northern Suburbs Illinois Lupus Walk will take place May 5 at Half Day Forest Preserve. The 11th annual South Suburban Illinois Lupus Walk will take place June 1 at Prairie State College.
LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books will take place April 13-14 at the University of Southern California.
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NEW YORK: Grace Jones, Teyana Taylor, and Pabllo Vittar will headline New York City Pride’s Pride Island Saturday on June 29. The event will take place at Pier 97 at Hudson River Park.
Art Market Productions will hold the inaugural edition of the M.F.A. Fair November 17-19 at Pier 36. The event will showcase work by recent M.F.A. graduates.
SmartSource Computer & Audio Visual Rentals provided audiovisual and information technology equipment for the Riley’s Way Biennial BBQ Blowout. The fund-raiser took place March 6 at Hill Country Barbecue.
Brittany Witter has joined the Lede Company, where she'll be handling PR for fashion and entertainment clients. She previously worked at BWR.
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SAN FRANCISCO: Anime streaming service Crunchyroll has named Mary Franklin head of events and Julia Renda head of marketing. Franklin previously served as global event director for ReedPOP, while Renda handled marketing for Polyvore and Yahoo View.
TORONTO: The 13th annual Luminato festival will take place June 7-23. This year’s festival, curated by artistic director Naomi Campbell and her predecessor Josephine Ridge, will feature work from more than 165 Canadian and international artists, six world premieres, five original Luminato commissions, and 88 performances in 14 venues throughout the city.
Giro d’Italia, an Italian culinary festival presented by American Express, will take place April 4-14. Twenty Italian restaurants in the city will offer prix fixe dining menus that correspond to a region in Italy.
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