The Chicago Market: Living & Giving® Presents A Shop “LATE NIGHT” Charity Event
The Chicago Market: Living and Giving® hosts its “Shop Late Night” charity shopping event on Saturday, July 24, 2010. Attendees of the “Late Night” will enjoy an evening of late night shopping, celebrity chefs, international wines and great entertainment.
The Chicago Market invites buyers and retailers to its after hours event for an expanded “Shop Late Night” charity event to continue shopping the permanent showrooms and to enjoy Chicago’s best celebrity chefs serving up their signature dish alongside an international selection of wines for an incredible “tasting” on floors 13, 14, 15. Retailers and buyers will also enjoy additional hospitality from participating showrooms as they shop the night away.
Chicago restaurants participating include:
Coco Pazzo – Chef Chris Macchia
Custom House Tavern – Chef Aaron Deal
Kinzie Chop House – Chef Jesus Martinez, Chef Susan Frasca and Chef Alvaro Zamudio
Lockwood Restaurant and Bar – Chef Phillip Foss
Market House – Chef Scott Walton
Piccolo Sogno – Chef Tony Priolo
Sixteen – Chef Frank Brunacci
Sugar Toad – Chef Geoff Rhyne
Sushisamba rio – Chef Dan Tucker
The Bristol – Chef Chris Pandel
Wildfire – Chef Moreno Espinoza
ZED451 – Chef Patrick Quakenbush
GiftForLife will receive a sizable donation from the Chicago Market. GiftForLife is a charitable organization that was founded in 1992 by a small group of gift industry professionals to promote life-saving AIDS research and education. The Chicago Market is please to partner with GiftForLife and to donate to such a worthy cause.
“Shop Late Night” Sponsors include: Artisan Cellar, Nespresso, Wein Bauer, Inc. and Piano Trends Music Company.
JULY CHICAGO MARKET: LIVING AND GIVING SHOW HOURS
July 22 –28, 2010 (Thursday – Wednesday)
Showrooms:
Thursday – Tuesday 9 am – 6 pm| Floors 13,14 & 15
Saturday 9 am – 8 pm (Extended hours for Shop Late Night)
Wednesday 9 am – 5 pm
Temporaries & Beckman’s ™ Handcrafted Show:
July 24 –27, 2010 (Saturday – Tuesday)
Saturday – Monday 9 am – 6 pm | Floor 8
Tuesday 9 am – 3 pm
Keynote Speaker: Jerry Greenfield, co-founder, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
Monday, July 26 | 4:30-5:50 PM | Ice cream reception to follow the presentation
*Don’t forget to register for the July Keynote Presentation, presented by Jerry Greenfield, co-founder, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream. “An Afternoon of Social Responsibility, Radical Business Philosophy & Free Ice Cream”..
RSVP Required: www.shopchicagomarket.com/events.
Visit www.shopchicagomarket.com for additional Retail / Business Power Seminars on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
For more information on The Chicago Market: Living and Giving, please visit www.shopchicagomarket.com or call 800.677.6278 (MART).
GIFTFORLIFE was founded in 1992 by a small group of gift industry professionals who felt compelled to respond to the tragic loss of talented friends and colleagues to AIDS. This group has grown in numbers and has gained significant visibility within the gift and home industries raising more than $4 million for life-saving AIDS research and education. In 2008, GIFTFORLIFE selected DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS, one of the largest funding organizations for HIV/AIDS service and education programs in the United States, as its sole charity partner.
The Chicago Market: Living and Giving is a trademark of MMPI. Beckman’s Handcrafted Gift Show is a registered trademark of MMPI. The Chicago Market: Living and Giving is a quarterly wholesale tradeshow designed for store owners, retail buyers and designers to shop a wide array of quality products ranging from home accents and furniture to handcrafted or eco-friendly product to collectible items, holiday, baby/children’s product, gourmet and more. The Chicago Merchandise Mart is located at 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654. For more information call 800.677.6278 (MART) or visit shopchicagomarket.com.
MMPI is a trade show and property management firm, specializing in managing buildings devoted to wholesale showrooms and commercial office space. MMPI produces more than 300 trade shows, market events and conferences each year.
MMPI manages The Merchandise Mart and 350 West Mart Center in Chicago; Market Square, the Suites at Market Square, Hamilton Market, Plaza Suites, Furniture Plaza and the National Furniture Mart in High Point, N.C.; the Architects & Designers Building and 7 W New York in New York; the Boston Design Center in Boston; the L.A. Mart in Los Angeles; and the Washington Design Center in Washington D.C.
Vornado Realty Trust, owners of MMPI, based in New York City, is a fully integrated equity real estate investment trust. Vornado’s common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and are traded under the symbol VNO.
| Contact: | The Chicago Market / (312) 527-7600 |
The Merchandise Mart / Suite 470
Chicago, IL 60654
United States
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