VIA Times – August 2017 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest
Aug 1 – 19, 2017 – Grant Park Music Festival’s 2017 season.
Aug 2, 2017- 3rd annual Brookfield Zoo Blood Drive, 9am to 4pm.,Brookfield Zoo’s Discovery Center, 3300 Gold Road
Aug. 4-6, 2017 – Jehovah;s Witness Convention, Turnersville Assembly Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses 300 Sovereign Rd, Blackwood, NJ 08012,
Aug. 7, 2017 – 2017 ASEAN Day, Federal Plaza, Chicago, IL.
Aug 8 at noon – Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Chicago Picasso at Everyone’s Picasso – a restaging event of the 1967 unveiling at Daley Plaza.
Aug. 8, 2017 – WE RISE Tour powered by #LoveArmy in partnership with Roc Nation, will visit the Chicago Theatre in Chicago, IL.
Aug 10, 2017- Cuisine and Spirits at The Danish Home Chicago
Aug 12 at 6PM- Dress in white from head to toe, add a white tablecloth and picnic basket, then grab your friends and head to Millennium Park’s Great Lawn for the Grant Park Music Festival’s Pastoral Picnic in White.
Aug 12 or 13 from 3:00pm to 6:00pm Nena Cosmetics Workshop The Summer Makeup Workshop will be held at Seafood City event room, fee is $29 only. (inclusive of some snacks and $25 redeemable for products).
Aug 12, 2017 – ComEd’s Icebox Derby Build Days at the Daley Plaza.
Aug. 12, 2017 – – Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center’s 11th GET WILD Event 6:00PM to 8:00PM
Aug 12-27, 2017- Fashion Outlets of Chicago launches back-to-school celebration
Aug 13- 19, 2017 – Made in Chicago Roller Derby Inspires World Celebration – in honor of the invention of Roller Derby in Chicago in 1935.
Aug 13, 2017 – OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING: AS WE WATCHED. The one-hour special, premiering at 10/9c, transports viewers back to that spring day with compelling news footage of the days and weeks following the attack.
Aug. 14, 2017 – Fnancial Awareness Day
Aug. 17, 2017 – American Red Cross Disaster Preparedness Summit to Focus on Bioterrorism and Public Health
Aug 18, 2017- NAAAP’s Annual Career Fair, Swissotel Chicago, 12 to 6PM.
Aug 18, 2017 -12:30PM-1:30PM – Poetry Foundation, 61 W. Superior St., Free Admission –
Aug. 19, 2017- Sto. Nino de Agosto 17th Anniversary, St. Matthias Church, 9 to 3PM
Aug 19, 2017 – The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines to Host First Gathering for all Parish Guadalupano Leadership during Annual “Guadalupe Summer Celebration”
Aug. 19, 2017- Prayer Walk with Mary. 9 to 10:30AM Mass, Arrigo “Peanut” Park
Aug 19, 2017 – Rizal Center Fest, Irving park, Chicago
Aug 21, 2017 – Adler Planetarium celebrates celestial solar eclipse, offers free access to science fun with Chicago Eclipse Fest
Aug. 23, 2017 – The Chinese Mutual Aid Association (CMAA) for the 2017 Red Party! Inaugural Asian American Men’s Fashion Show, River North’s very own East Bank Club.
Aug. 24, 2017 – AREEA’s Lunch, Learn and Network Event, Marcelo’s
Aug. 25-27, 2017- Fearless Foodie And Iron Chef Stephanie Izard Is One Bold Mom. Chicago Baby Show Magazine Cover Mom to Cut Ribbon at the First-ever Chicago Baby Show
Aug. 25, 2017 – Triathlon Underwear Run kick-off
Aug. 26, 2017- Kids Triathlon
Aug. 27, 2017- Triathlon main event
Aug 31-Sept 1- Marriott International to Host 2rd Annual CookSmart Challenge Semi-Finals in Chicago with Iron Chef America Judge, Mario Rizzotti
Sept-Oct 2017 – National Hispanic Heritage Month
Sept 1-11, 2017 – The world-renowned Circo Hermanos Vazquez will make their 2017 tour stop in Aurora, IL
Sept 09, 2017- Twist Out Cancer will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, September 9, 2017 at Revel Fulton Market, located at 1215 W. Fulton Market
September 10, marks the 75th Anniversary of that first Maywood Bataan Day.
September 13, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM, Poetry Foundation, 61 West Superior Street, Free Admission. We read and discuss Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar.
September 15-21 – National Medicare Education Week.
Sept. 17, 2017 – Walk MS Expected to Surpass $1 Billion This Year
More Than a Thousand Will Help Achieve Milestone at Walk MS: Northwest
Sept 16, 2017 – KAPUSO Philippine Humanitarian, Osaka Buffet, Bolingbrook
Sept 17, 2017-The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s at the North Central College Residence Hall/Recreation Center in Naperville
Sept 17, 2017 – Festa di Tutti I Santi, Our Lady of Pompeii
Sept 17-19, 2017 – AdColor Conference 2017, Loews Hollywood Hotel, LA, CA
Sept 19, 2017 – Celebration of The Art of La Soirée
Sept 21, 2017 – Christian Women in Media Regional Connections Kick Off New Season Six Regional Connections Provide Training and Fellowship
Sept. 23, 2017-The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s will take place at Busse Woods in Elk Grove Village
Sept. 23, 2017 – Share Healthy Recipe to Win Chicago Gourmet Tickets, Millennium Park
Sept. 23, 2017 – THE MORTON ARBORETUM HOLDS ITS “GROWING BRILLIANTLY” DINNER PARTY
Sept. 23-24- EXPLORE CULTURES OF THE CONTINENT AT THE MORTON ARBORETUM’S PASSPORT EUROPE FESTIVAL
Sept, 23, 2017 – Get Your Mystery Objects Identified at The Field Museum Annual ID Day
Sept. 24, 2017-The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Montrose Harbor in Chicago. Friday, November 17, 2017 through Monday, January 1, 2018.
Sept. 25, 2017 – AMERICAN WOMEN’S PARTY HOSTS NATIONWIDE VOTER EMPOWERMENT DAY EVENT
Sept. 26, 27, 28, 2017 – CELEBRATING ‘HIDDEN FLAVORS OF PHILIPPINE KITCHENS’ IN CHICAGO WITH AMY BESA & CHEF ROMY DOROTAN OF PURPLE YAM
Sept 28-Oct 5-5th Annual Metropolitan Fashion Week Hollywood to Kick Off with Fashion Show, Awards Presentation & Exclusive Cirque du Soleil Performances
Sept. 28, 2017 – FEAST OF SAN LORENZO RUIZ , the First Filipino Saint, the Patron Saint of the Migrants, September 28, 2017, (Thursday) 6pm.
Sept. 28-30, 2017 – 11th Annual Latino Fashion Week 2017 , “Without Limits Tour”
Sept. 30- Oct. 1, 2017 – The 30th Annual Lincoln Square Apple Fest
Oct. 2017 – The Lynn Sage Foundation’s IN GOOD TASTE campaign, celebrating its 10th year anniversary
Oct 2017 Public Art Festival throughout October, culminating with a Public Art Symposium on October 26 and 27 at the Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington St.).
October 2017 – Spa & Wellness Month in The Palm Beaches Returns Benefiting the Palm Beach County Chapter of the American Cancer Society
Oct. 1, 2017 – Morton Arboretum’s month-long Fall Color Festival kicks off with theFall Color 5K Run & Walk.
Oct. 7, 2017- The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s will take place at Independence Grove in Libertyville.
Oct 7-29, 2017-Theatre Hikes at Morton Arboretum
Oct. 8- 2017- The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s will take place at Lippold Park in Crystal Lake.
Oct. 11-15, 2017 – Morton Arboretum’s seventh-annual Glass Pumpkin Patch,
Oct. 13-15, 2017 – UCHICAGO’S LOGAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS LAUNCHES YEAR-ROUND BLUES MUSIC INITIATIVE; TO KICK OFF WITH FIRST LOGAN CENTER BLUESFEST, NEW ANNUAL PUBLIC CELEBRATION FEATURING CONCERTS, WORKSHOPS, FILM, FOOD & CONVERSATION
Oct. 14, 2017 – Chicago Filipino Asian American Hall of Fame 23rd annual gala event honoring most outstanding Filipino.Filipino Americans/Asians & Friends, Hyatt Regency O’Hare
Oct. 14, 2017- Loews Chicago Hotel’s (455 N. Park Drive) third annual Harvest Fest
Oct. 14-17 – The Organization Development Network is set to host their annual conference at the Loews Chicago O’Hare in Chicago, Ill.
Oct. 15, 2017 – The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians’ Four Winds® Casinos’ the Silver Creek Rockin’ Brew Fest at Four Winds New Buffalo®.
Oct. 19. 2017 – 11th season of StyleChicago.com’s The Art of Fashion (Runway Show) presented by Cadillac at Revel Fulton Market in Chicago from 5-10pm.
Oct. 21, 2017 – Morton Arboretum’s Cider & Ale Festival
Oct. 26, 2017 – Champions Of Magic tour. 7:30pm, Genesee Theatre.
Oct. 26-27, 2017 – Morton Arboretum’s Mystery Dinner
UPAAA CONCURRENT PANEL PRESENTATIONS
SATURDAY, Oct. 28, 2017
THEME: “ENRICHING LIFE WITH BALANCE”
UPAAA CONCURRENT PANEL PRESENTATIONS
SATURDAY, Oct. 28, 2017
THEME: “ENRICHING LIFE WITH BALANCE”
Oct. 28, 2017 UPAA Concurrent Panel Presentations “ Creating Success: Life is a Mystery to be Lived, not a Problem to be Solved”Theme: Enriching Life wth Balance”
Oct. 29, 2017 – Halloween spirit with the costumed characters of BOO Breakfast at Morton Arboretum
Nov. 5, 2017- Tampa for Florida’s premier destination celebration of Hispanic music, culture and food! Tampa’s HOTTEST Festival Returns to Al Lopez Park!
Nov. 13-19, 2017- Global Entrepreneurship Week
Nov 17 through January 1, 2018- Illumination-Tree Lights at Morton Arboretum.
Nov 3 & 4, 2017 – “Are we Alone in the Universe?” The Adler Planetarium
Dec 8, 2017 – Chinese American Service League’s Winter Social;
April 26-28, 2018 – Global Media Summit (GMS), Social Media-Film-Television-Print Media-Music-Radio-The Arts & Entertainment, Dallas, TX
