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Friday, May 21, 2010
8 a.m.
Guest: Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun, founder of Good Food Organics
Website: www.ambassadororganics.com
8:30 a.m.
Guest: State Rep. Marlow Colvin
Event: Youth ‘Safe & Fun’ Summer Activities Fair, Saturday, May 22, 2010,10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Olive-Harvey College, 10001 S. Woodlawn, Chicago, Illinois, 60628
Website:
http://youthsummeractivitiesfair.eventbrite.com (to register)
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
8 a.m
Guest: Comedian Faizon Love
Event: Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up, the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State Street
Thursday, May 13th - 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Friday, May 14th - 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Saturday, May 15th - 6 p.m., 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Sunday, May 16th - 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Website: http://www.thechicagotheatre.com/ (for tickets) http://www.ticketmaster.com/ (for tickets)
Phone: 1 800 745 3000 (for tickets)
Friday, April 23, 2010
6 - 9 a.m.
A discussion about the Census
The U.S. Census Bureau:
Website: www.census.gov
www.2010.census.gov/2010census/take10map
Phone:
1 866 861 2010 (For questions about employment with the Census Bureau)
1866 872 6868 (To complete the Census questionnaire by phone)
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
8 a.m.
Extended Housing Counseling Hours during Money Smart Week
Guest: Attorney General Lisa Madigan
Website: http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov
Phones: 1 800 386 5438 (Consumer Fraud Hotline)
1-800-243-0618 (Springfield Consumer Fraud Hotline)
1 800 243 0607 (Carbondale Consumer Fraud Hotline)
1 866 310 8398 (Spanish Language Hotline)
Event: Extended Housing Counseling Hours
West Side Regional office: 306 N. Pulaski, Chicago
Extended hours: Tuesday, April 20th, from 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Thursday, April 22nd, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Saturday, April 24th, , 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
South Side Regional office: 7906 S. Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago
Extended hours:Tuesday, April 20th, from 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Thursday, April 22nd, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Saturday, April 24th, , 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Credit Counseling Information:
National Foundation for Credit Counseling lists legitimate credit counseling firms: www.nfcc.org
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation lists credit counseling companies licensed in Illinois:
http://www.idfpr.com/dfi/ccd/licensees/Debt_Management_Licensees.HTM
Friday, April 9, 2010
7:30 a.m.
Campaign for High School Equity
Guest:
Michael Wotorson, executive director of the Campaign for High School Equity
Website: http://www.highschoolequity.org/
8 a.m.
Guest: Ben Vereen
Event: American Diabetes Association Expo Chicago, April 10th, 10:20 a.m., Navy Pier, Festival Hall, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago, IL 60611
Website: http://www.standfordiabetes.org/
Thursday, March 25, 2010
7:30 a.m.
Guest: Leslie Bardo, Senior Vice President for External Affairs, The Chicago Urban League
Website: http://www.thechicagourbanleague.org
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
8 a.m.
Guest: Michael W. van Zalingen, Director of Home Ownership Services, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago
Fix Your Mortgage
Websites:
City of Chicago: www.cityofchicago.org./dcd
NHS: http://www.nhschicago.org
ATG: www.atgf.com
March 17, 2010
Guest: Ilinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan
Website: http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov
Phone: 1-800-386-5438 (Consumer Fraud Hotline)
(To learn more about the Silver Beat program, contact Erin Ruebbelke at 217-557-1982 or eruebbelke@atg.state.il.us)
Thursday, March 11, 2010
8 a.m.
Guest: Latrice Levitt
Event: Take Back Your Life Mind, Body and Soul Women's retreat with Dr. Iynala Vanzant
Website: www.wvon.com (To purchase tickets)
Phone: 773-247-6200 ext 462 (To purchase tickets)
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
8 a.m.
Guest: Orbert Davis, artistic director of the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic
Tickets for Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic and the Auditorium Theatre Present: From Ella to Mandela: The Legacy of the African and American Spirit:
Phone: 800-982-2787 (For Groups of 10 or more: 312-431-2357)
Website: www.Ticketmaster.com/Auditorium
In-person: the Auditorium Theatre Box Office, 50 E. Congress Parkway, Chicago, Il.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
8 a.m.
Guest: Bobby “Blue” Bland
The Chi-Town Blues Festival, March 6, 2010, Star Plaza Theater, 8001 Delaware Place
Merrillville, IN
Tickets:
Star Plaza Theater Box Office
Website: www.ticketmaster.com
Phone: 800 745 3000
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
6:30 a.m.
Guest: Dr. Valerie M. Kattouf, Associate Professor of Optometry at the Illinois Eye Institute
Website:www.illinoiseyeinstitute.com/IEI_foundation.html
Phone: (312) 949-7070
Email: IEIFoundation@ico.edu
Thursday, February 18, 2010
8 a.m.
Guests: The Stylistics (Airrion Love and Herbert Murrell)
70s Soul Jam:
One show only - Feb. 19th at the Arie Crown Theater:
The Stylistics, The Emotions, Ray Goodman and Brown, Cuba Gooding & the Main Ingredient, New Birth and Bloodstone
Get tickets at:
1. Arie Crown Box Office
2. Ticketmaster
3. www.ticketmaster.com
4. 1 800 745 3000
Friday, February 5, 2010
7:30 a.m.
Guest: Bill Bellamy
Performs at The IMPROV, 5 Woodfield Rd., Schaumburg IL 60173
Show times:
Friday, February 5th - 8 p.m. & 10:15 p.m.
Saturday, February 6th - 7 p.m. & 9:15 p.m.
Website: http://www.symfonee.com/improv/chicago/home/index.aspx
Phone: 847 240 2001 (For tickets)
Thursday, February 4, 2010
8 a.m.
Guest: Sharon McGhee,
The Pocketbook Monologues: February 9th, The Center for Inner-City Studies, 700 E. Oakwood Blvd., Chicago, 60522
Phone: 773 960 6148
Website: www.pocketbookmonologues.com
Monday, February 1, 2010
10 a.m.
Guest: Jim Allen, spokesman for the Chicago Board of Elections
Website: www.Chicagoelections.com
Friday, January 29, 2010
8 a.m.
Guests: Actor/Director Mario Van Peebles and Producer Karen Williams
Fair Game?: a 21CF documentary: Sunday (January 31, 2010), 7 p.m. EST on
TV One
Website: www.21cf.org
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
7 a.m.
Guest: Jennifer Engle, Assistant Director of Higher Education at The Education Trust
Website: http://www.edtrust.org/
Monday, January 25, 2010
7 a.m.
Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees
Guest: Ninaj Raoul, Executive Director and Co-founder
Website: http://haitianwomen.wordpress.com/
Address: IFCO/Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees,418 West 145th Street, New York NY 10031 (To make donations)
RELIEF FOR HAITI:
Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees
418 West 145th Street, New York NY 10031 (To make donations)
Website: http://haitianwomen.wordpress.com/
Yele Haiti
Website: http://www.yele.org/ (To make donations, click “donate”)
Or
Text: "Yéle" to 501501 to automatically donate $5 to the Yéle Haiti Earthquake Fund
World Vision
Website: www.worldvision.org (To make donations)
Phone: 1888 56Child (To make donations)
Partners in Health.
Website: www.pih.org/inforesources/news/Haiti_Earthquake.html (To make donations)
Address: Partners In Health, P.O. Box 845578, Boston, MA 02284-5578 (To make donations)
Doctors Without Borders.
Website: www.doctorswithoutborders.org (To make donations)
Phone: 1-888-392-0392. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (To make donations)
Address: Doctors Without Borders, USA Headquarters ,333 7th Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001-5004.
Hope for Haiti
Website: www.hopeforhaiti.com (To make donations)
Address: Hope for Haiti, 1042 6th Ave. N, Naples, FL 34102 (To make donations)
International Child Care
Website: http://us.internationalchildcare.org/haiti.php
Friday, January 15, 2010
7 a.m.
Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees
Guest: Ninaj Raoul, Executive Director and Co-founder
Website: http://haitianwomen.wordpress.com/
Address: IFCO/Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees,418 West 145th Street, New York NY 10031 (To make donations)
RELIEF FOR HAITI:
Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees
418 West 145th Street, New York NY 10031 (To make donations)
Website: http://haitianwomen.wordpress.com/
Yele Haiti
Website: http://www.yele.org/ (To make donations, click “donate”)
Or
Text: "Yéle" to 501501 to automatically donate $5 to the Yéle Haiti Earthquake Fund
World Vision
Website: www.worldvision.org (To make donations)
Phone: 1 888 56Child (To make donations)
Partners in Health.
Website: www.pih.org/inforesources/news/Haiti_Earthquake.html (To make donations)
Address: Partners In Health, P.O. Box 845578, Boston, MA 02284-5578 (To make donations)
Doctors Without Borders.
Website: www.doctorswithoutborders.org (To make donations)
Phone: 1-888-392-0392. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (To make donations)
Address: Doctors Without Borders, USA Headquarters ,333 7th Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001-5004.
Hope for Haiti
Website: www.hopeforhaiti.com (To make donations)
Address: Hope for Haiti, 1042 6th Ave. N, Naples, FL 34102 (To make donations)
International Child Care
Website: http://us.internationalchildcare.org/haiti.php
Thursday, January 14, 2010
7 a.m.
Haiti Needs Our Help
Guest: State Senator Kwame Raoul
Relief Organizations:
International Child Care
Website: http://us.internationalchildcare.org/haiti.php
Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees
418 West 145th Street, New York NY 10031 (To make donations)
Telephone: 718 735-4660 (To make donations)
Yele Haiti
Website: http://www.yele.org/ (To make donations, click “donate”)
Or
Text "Yéle" to 501501 to automatically donate $5 to the Yéle Haiti Earthquake Fund
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
7 a.m.
Guest: Rachel Wolff of the humanitarian organization World Vision discussed the earthquake in Haiti
Website: www.worldvision.org
(To make donations)
Phone: 1-888-56C-hild
(To make donations)
8 a.m.
Guest: Comedian Donnell Rawlings performs at Zanies Comedy Club, 1548 N. Wells Street, tonight (9:30 p.m.), January 14th (9:30 p.m.)and January 15th (8:30 and 10:30 p.m.)
Website: www.zanies.com
Phone: 312-337-4027 (for tickets)
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