November 4th
6:30 p.m., Tribune’s Chicago Live! with the Second City, The Chicago Theater, 175 N State St.
Jenniffer Weigel will be interviewing me on Chicago Live!, a weekly stage and radio show produced by the Chicago Tribune, in partnership with The Second City. After my bit, The Right Now’s Brendan O’Conell will play back-up to some super-talented Nettelhorst kiddies who will be singing their little hearts out. Hope you can make it!
Chicago Live! is recorded in front of a live studio audience at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Chicago Theatre’s Downstairs Stage. After each show, the audience is invited to a 30-minute reception with the cast and crew of Chicago Live!, to be moderated by a guest Chicago Tribune personality each week.
Tickets for the show are $25.
- Purchase online through Ticketmaster.com.
- Purchase on the phone through Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000.
- Purchase in person at the Chicago Theatre box office:
Wheelchair seats, companion seats, aisle seats and Assistive Listening Devices are available.
For more information, call 312-462-6301.
The United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, Education Action Summit
Doors open at 5:30 PM, Program from 6:00-8:00 PM; Park Community Church, 1001 N. Crosby.
Geoffrey Canada will be the keynote speaker, and I’ll be on the discussion panel moderated by Robin Steans of Advance Illinois.
November 20th
8:30am-12:30pm, Chicago Community Forum, Double Tree Hotel, 300 East Ohio Street
Arbor Day Foundation and Dimensions Educational Research Foundation are proud to present a forum to raise community awareness and interest in efforts to connect children with nature and to improve the quality of early childhood experiences and children’s health.
December 7th, Martyrs’, 3855 N. Lincoln Ave.
PechaKucha Night-Chicago, Volume 16, Tuesday, December 7th at Martyrs’, the official home of PechaKucha Chicago.
January 19, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Enoch Pratt Free Library, Wheeler Auditorium of the Central Library, 3rd floor.
Saturday January 29th, 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Opening Minds Conference, Hyatt Regency, McCormick Place, 2233 S. King Drive
Advance registration required.
May 5, Philadelphia, Blindstaff Books at Lea School 5:00 Details TBA.
May 6-7, NAEYC Conference, at the PA Convention Center. Exact workshop times TBA.
NAEYC champions quality education for children birth to age eight. Our conference is attended by approximately 4,000 people who work in early childhood education in southeastern, including including the School District of Philadelphia Pre-K Head Start, Brightside Academy, Preschool Educators, Family Child Care Practitioners, K-3 Teachers, Directors and Administrators, Early Intervention Specialists, Child Advocates and Parents.
Chicago
May 14, Berwyn
Heritage Middle School, in partnership with Berwyn CARES, DACEE, Heritage PTSA and the South Berwyn PTA Council.
Columbus, Ohio
June 17, Columbus, Ohio OAESA Conference, Greater Columbus Convention Center. 8:45-10 a.m.
September 10-11 Lakeview East Art Fest, Aldine and Broadway
San Francisco
September 19, San Francisco Council on Foundations
September 28, Hyde Park, Chicago Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Avenue, 6pm
September 12th, 2010 at 7:33 am
If you can manage another trip to Philly, we could use some more inspiration/ solidarity.
Thanks!