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The Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance
Annual Block Party 2010
The Festival on Prairie Avenue
Saturday, September 11, from 12pm to 6pm
Prairie Avenue and 18th Street
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| A day of Fun for the whole family! Enjoy a variety of Art, Music, Historic Tours, Food, Inflatables and Performances. |
Saturday
September 11th
12:00 noon to 6:00pm
Prairie Avenue at 18th Street |
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Festival Tickets $7 Entrance Donation (under 12 months Free)
All Festival activities included as part of entrance donation
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Women's Park
Inflatable Sponge Bob Jumping Jack - Inflatable Mickey Mouse Playhouse - Inflatable Caterpillar Crawl & Play - Inflatable Pirate Ship Slide - Obstacle Course with Near South Youth Assoc. - Pinatas Loaded with Candy - Games & Play with Chicago Park District
Historic Prairie Avenue
Large Animal Petting Zoo - Face Painter - Balloon Magic - Character Artist Live Arts & Crafts with Itty Bitty Art City - Carnival Games with Baseball Toss - Football Toss - Soccer Kick - Basketball Pop in Shot
Historic Tours & Exhibits
Free Glessner House Museum - Free Clarke House Museum - Free Second Pressbyterian Church - 1812 Reenacters Encampment - Humvee Truck with Illinois National Guard -Prairie Avenue Gallery
Main Stage Performances
Super Stolie and the Rockstars
A Super Stolie children's show (Navy Pier, Taste of Chicago) is a high-energy, interactive music and movement performance that gets kids guessing, jumping and singing about everything from spelling to animals, numbers, shapes and sounds while they move and shake to get all their wiggles out
Emcee: 'Humorist' Stuart Jacobson with DJ Billy - Super Stolie and the Rockstars - Columbia / Sherwood Music Performances with Columbia Community Chorus; Be the Music (early childhood demonstration) and Music Together Spanish Fusion - Spectacular Magic Show - Pie Eating Contest - Period Fashion Show - Raffle prizes
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Food Tickets $5 for lunch (a la carte items also available)
Cafe Society and Reggies partner with the PDNA at the
Festival on Prairie Avenue to offer a variety of tasty food
* Bathrooms available on site throughout Festival
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Festival Partners and Sponsors
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 For more information on the Festival on Prairie Avenue, other community events, programs, ideas, suggestions or questions visit us: www.pdnachicago.com or email us: pdna.chicago@gmail.com or call 312 401-2688
Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance Board of Directors
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BookSpeak
A Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance Cultural Program
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The BookSpeak reading selction for August is
Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Veerland
Bestselling author Susan Vreeland returns with a vivid exploration of one of the most beloved Renoir paintings in the world.
Instantly recognizable, Auguste Renoir's masterpiece depicts a gathering of his real friends enjoying a summer Sunday on a cafe terrace along the Seine near Paris. A wealthy painter, an art collector, an Italian journalist, a war hero, a celebrated actress, and Renoir's future wife, among others, share this moment of la vie moderne, a time when social constraints were loosening and Paris was healing after the Franco-Prussian War. Parisians were bursting with a desire for pleasure and a yearning to create something extraordinary out of life. Renoir shared these urges and took on this most challenging project at a time of personal crises in art and love, all the while facing issues of loyalty and the diverging styles that were tearing apart the Impressionist group. Narrated by Renoir and seven of the models and using settings in Paris and on the Seine, Vreeland illuminates the gusto, hedonism, and art of the era. With a gorgeous palette of vibrant, captivating characters, she paints their lives, loves, losses, and triumphs in a brilliant portrait of her own.
As impressionistically dazzling and humane as the Renoir painting that inspires it, Luncheon of the Boating Party is itself a true work of art that blends the manifest joys and the impossible longings of life into a single coherent vision. Susan Vreeland has for some time been one of our finest writers, and this is her best book yet.
--Robert Olen Butler, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
Our August book discussion of Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Veerland will be held on the following dates:
Daytime option: Wednesday, August 25th at 10:00am
Evening option: Thursday, August 26th at 7:00pm
Meeting Location: Historic Keith House (1900 S. Prairie Avenue)
Upcoming BookSpeak reading selections and discussion dates for Fall
September: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot - Wed 9/29, 10am or Thurs 9/30 7pm
October: The Food of a Younger Land by Mark Kurlansky - Wed 10/27 10am, or Thurs 10/28 7pm
November: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - Wed 11/17 10am, or Thurs 11/18 7pm
** November is one week earlier due to Thanksgiving - December...no book club this month.
If you are just learning about our fun reading group, and would like to join, you are welcome to jump in at any time. For more info or to RSVP for our March BookSpeak discussion dates, contact Jackie Walker: Email: JAX6014@aol.comor call 813 230-2153.
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MEET ME AT THE MOVIES
A Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance Cultural Program
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MEET ME AT THE MOVIES
Friday, August 27th at Sherwood Music School
1312 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago *Don't miss our local area restaurant certificate Giveaways before the movie starts*
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
Staring - Betty Hutton and Howard Keel
Wrap Party at Kroll's South Loop
Enjoy a delicious sit down Dinner catered especially for us.
Or just come for great conversation and fun with friends and neighbors. * Dinner is not required.
RSVP appreciated for Movie and/or Dinner
Pay for tickets at door
Cash or check to PDNA
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ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
The role of a lifetime, playing Annie Oakley, just fell into Betty Hutton's lap and she ran with it. When the movie was released, Variety called it "socko musical entertainment." Bosley Crowther, movie critic at the New York Times said, "Miss Hutton ... imparts to the role of the fabulous lady marksman a great deal of humor and bounce." The reaction from the public was unanimous: it was a hit! In fact it was one of the biggest box office successes in MGM's history and Hutton was on top of the world. For the role of Frank Butler, MGM signed newcomer Howard Keel, better known to modern audiences as Clayton Farlow on TV's Dallas. His strong baritone voice perfectly complimented Hutton's rich alto. A classic movie musical, Annie Get Your Gun proves once and for all "There's No Business Like Show Business!"
Annie Get Your Gun, the story about sharpshooters Annie Oakley and Frank Butler became one of the most popular musicals of all time. It ran on Broadway for 1,147 performances, with Ethel Merman in the title role.
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Meet Me At The Movies
Date: Friday, August 27th, 2010
Showtime: 6:30pm
Movie Tickets: $5.00 per person at door
Location: Sherwood Community Music School at
Columbia College Chicago, Recital Hall
1312 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, Il 60605

Wrap Party after the Movie
Join us afterward for a special "Wrap Party" Dinner at our PDNA Partner restaurant Kroll's South Loop. Soak up the atmosphere and relax and mingle with friends and neighbors while you enjoy a wonderful sit down DINNER catered just for us by the chef.
Wrap Party Time: 8:45pm
Wrap Party Tickets: $15.00 per person at door
includes DINNER and non alcoholic drinks
Location: Kroll's South Loop,
1736 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago
Menu: TO BE ANNOUNCED - FULL BAR AVAILABLE

RSVP appreciated for Movie and/or Dinner
walk ups welcome
Pay for tickets at the door
(cash or check made out to PDNA)
If you are unable to join us for the Movie, you are still welcome to join us at Kroll's for Dinner or even just for drinks. The Wrap Party is always loads of fun. So come for cocktails and great conversation with friends and neighbors. * Dinner Optional.
RSVP not required if you just want to come socialize.
Stephen Reginald is a freelance writer, editor, and consultant. He has worked at various positions within the publishing industry for over 25 years. Most recently he was executive editor for McGraw-Hill's The Learning Group Division. Raised by parents who grew up during the Great Depression, Stephen was fascinated by their tales of spending whole Saturday afternoons at the movies. These tales and watching the films that his mother and father grew up with became the genesis for his life-long love affair with the movies. An amateur student of film, Stephen is a self-taught movie historian, with special interest in the films of Alfred Hitchcock, Preston Sturges, and Otto Preminger, among others. He will be teaching "Down to Earth Sophistication: Claudette Colbert in Hollywood." starting July 28th at Facets Film School in Chicago
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COMING ATTRACTIONS
My Man Godfrey - Friday September 24, 2010
One of the most popular and lauded screwball comedies of all time, My Man
Godfrey helped define the genre itself. With its good-natured pokes at
high-class society and its conventions, My Man Godfrey delighted depression-era
movie audiences. Wrap Party Dinner to be announced.
Shadow of a Doubt - Friday October 29, 2010
Alfred Hitchcock's personal favorite of all his films, Shadow of a Doubt (1942),
is also the only film he ever shot entirely on location in Santa Rosa, CA. When
Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotton) travels west to visit his sister and her family, the
sleepy town of Santa Rosa is never the same. Handsome and debonair,
Uncle Charlie is idolized by his young niece Charlene "Charley" Newton (Teresa
Wright) who has become disenchanted with her small-town life. Uncle Charlie
represents glamour and excitement to young Charlie and she craves his attention.
Wrap Party Dinner to be announced.
Laura - Friday November 19, 2010
The setting for Laura is set amongst New York City's upper crust, with Detective
McPherson (Dana Andrews) investigating the murder of beautiful advertising
executive Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney). The suspects are some of her closest
friends and associates including fiancé (Vincent Price), aunt (Judith Anderson),
and mentor (Clifton Webb). Wrap Party Dinner to be announced.
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