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People/Events/Accounts: News about Chicago Gateway Green, G.L.S.E.N. Respect Awards, CultureCon, and More

CHICAGO: Environmental nonprofit Chicago Gateway Green will hold its annual Green Tie Ball on September 13 at Alhambra Palace.

Business event management firm P.R.A. has entered a partnership with Kuoni Destination Management, a Europe-based destination management company for the global travel industry.

LOS ANGELES: The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network’s annual G.L.S.E.N. Respect Awards will take place October 25 at the Beverly Wilshire. The event will honor Tim Cook, Octavia Spencer, Jennifer Salke, and the CW series Riverdale

For information on upcoming events in Los Angeles, visit Masterplanner: http://www.masterplanneronline.com/losangeles 

MIAMI/SOUTH FLORIDA: Parkinson’s Foundation will host Night at the Market, a culinary fund-raiser, on October 23 at the Lincoln Eatery. Participating chefs include Aarón Sánchez, Sue Torres, and Michael Schwartz. 

NEW YORK: Our Future Festival N.Y.C., a daylong climate-focused event hosted by the nonprofit Human Impacts Institute and the Climate Reality Project N.Y.C. Chapter, will take place September 21 at Governors Island. The event, which kicks off Climate Week N.Y.C., will include a climate-theme exhibit focused on female pioneers, a V.R. exhibit, and a cabaret show. 

The Creative Collective N.Y.C.’s CultureCon, an ideas conference for creatives of color, will take place October 12 at Duggal Greenhouse in Brooklyn. Speakers will include Tracee Ellis Ross, Keke Palmer, and Sanaa Lathan. 

Cotto, an Italian restaurant and bar in the soon-to-open Renaissance New York Chelsea Hotel, has appointed Fabrizio Facchini executive chef.

The premiere of Netflix’s The Politician will take place September 26 at D.G.A. New York Theater. 

For information on upcoming events in New York, visit Masterplanner: http://www.masterplanneronline.com/newyork

SALT LAKE CITY: Sciensio, a company that specializes in A.I. chatbots, has rebranded as 42Chat. 

TORONTO: The 33rd annual Whole Life Expo will take place November 8-10 at Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The natural health and green living convention features more than 175 exhibitors and 80 speakers from across North America. 

WASHINGTON: The Bethesdan Hotel, a Tapestry Collection by Hilton property, is set to open this month in downtown Bethesda. The hotel will have 270 guest rooms and more than 15,000 square feet of meeting and event space.

With contributions from Claire Hoffman in Los Angeles and Beth Kormanik, Michele Laufik, and Ian Zelaya in New York.

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