Halloween Charity Event on the River Celebrates 23rd Year
For 22 years the site of
This year’s party, titled “Dark Fright,” comes alive Saturday, November 1 from
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Life Members to be Honored at Polish Museum
This black-tie event, held in the Great Hall of the
The elegant Benefit Event is also one of the major fundraisers for the museum. Unlike the annual Summer Ball, it’s held every other year to honor new Life Members, who can be individuals, couples, organizations, institutions or corporations. The donation can be made “in memory of” or “in honor of” a special person. At the dinner, the honored new Life Members will receive a medallion, a plaque and a lapel pin. Their names are also placed on the New Millennium Life Member Donor Plaque located in the foyer of the Great Hall of the
Halloween is the Perfect Time to Check the Safety of Your Property for Ghouls and Goblins
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According to Kroll, here is what homeowners need to watch for:
Lighting for
People walking up to your home might have to climb steps or walk down a long pavement before they get to your door. Be sure that the entire path is clear and lighted. Also, avoid using those candle luminaries in bags, they are a fire hazard and could brush up against a child’s costume.
Ars Nova presents “From Italy with Love”
Italian concert pianists Daniele Petralia and Gianfranco Pappalardo Fiumara and Soprano Alexandra Oikonomou, join Ottawa Favourites, Fraser Rubens, Tenor and Maria Knapik, Soprano for an evening of spectacular opera arias by among others, Bellini, Puccini and Mascagni, on Tuesday October 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the National Archives Auditorium, Ottawa.
The National Archives Auditorium will be the setting for an evening of spectacular opera arias and virtuoso piano works with Italian concert pianists Daniele Petralia and Gianfranco Pappalardo Fiumara, Alexandra Oikonomou Soprano. They will be joined by
Concert pianists Daniele Petralia and Gianfranco Pappalardo Fiumara maintain very active schedules with solo appearances with orchestras worldwide including those of
Two New Members Join The Chicago Community Trust Staff
Tom Irvine has been appointed as chief information officer and vice president, a new position for the Trust. The Trust also hired Eva Penar as its new manager of public relations.
“The establishment of the position of chief information officer reflects the critical role that technology can play to efficiently connect donors with the philanthropic resources of a large community foundation like the Trust,” says Terry Mazany, president and chief executive officer of the Trust. “Tom’s background has been about using technology to deliver superb client services and his leadership in this field will be an invaluable contribution as we engage donors in opportunities to maximize the impact of their charitable giving.”
Zagłada polskich elit. Akcja AB – Katyń – Zaproszenie na wystawę IPN w Wejherowie
Przed dwoma laty otwarto wystawe Biura Edukacji Publicznej IPN Zaglada polskich elit – Akcja AB – Katyn. Od tego czasu wystawa odwiedza rozne miasta Polski. Od 12 pazdziernika (niedziela) bedzie eksponowana (do konca pazdziernika) w sali przy kosciele Chrystusa Krola w Wejherowie. To szczegolne miejsce, poniewaz kosciol ten jest „brama” do oddalonego o 9 km miejsca masowych mordow na Polakach (jesien 1939 – wiosna 1940) – Lasu Piasnickiego, gdzie Niemcy zamordowali i zakopali w dolach 12 tysiecy ludzi. Pozniejsza (1940) akcje AB na terenie tzw. Generalnej Guberni (m.in. Palmiry) poprzedzily masowe zabojstwa przedstawicieli polskiej inteligencji Pomorza i w ogole ziem polskich wcielonych dekretem Hitlera z 8 pazdziernika 1939 r. do Niemiec. Rozpoczely sie one juz we wrzesniu 1939 r.
44th Chicago International Film Festival
Andrzej Wajda to introduce most complete retrospective of his work in the US
The Polish Cultural Institute in
6th Warsaw Jewish Film Fest`08, Nov. 4-9
This year s 6th edition of the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, organized in
The Festival will be held in
Możliwości rejestracji do wyborów Prezydenckich
Mieszkańcy Chicago upoważnieni do głosowania w dalszym ciągu mają wiele możliwości rejestracji, mają możliwość aktualizacji adresu. Termin rejestracji i aktualizacji adresu mija 7 października. Formalności te niezbędne są po to by wziąć udział w Wyborach Prezydenckich 4 listopada.
Przewodniczący Chicago Board of Election, Langdon D. Neal oświadczył, iż w mieście Chicago
obecnie jest zarejestrowanych 1,410,000 wyborców, liczba ta wzrosła od prawyborów 2008r., gdzie zarejestrowanych wyborców było 1,307,519. Rejestracja wzrosła od ostatnich prezydenckich wyborów, nawet pomimo usunięcia 85,000 nieaktualnych rejestracji podczas przeprowadzonego “canvass” tego lata.