Free admission to PocketBook Monologues Thursday at Malcolm X
Spring has sprung! The grass has riz! Wonder where the flowers is!
PocketBook Pals! – WVON’s news director
Sharon McGhee has asked Kathy Chaney
and Teesee to “star” in her production of The
PocketBook Monologues
on Thurs., 7 p.m., at Malcolm X College, 1900 W. Van Buren.
Free admission! Please
come and cheer us on. It’s all about “everything your mom should have told you about your
McGhee
‘pocketbook’ ... but didn’t! It’s funny, poignant, educational and thought provoking. I guarantee it’s an experience you won’t soon forget! It’s an African American “take” on The Vagina Monologues. Bring your gal-pals, sistahs, moms, daughters, daughters’ friends, friends’ daughters, aunties, grannies, nieces, ma’dears, neighbors, etc. I’ve seen it twice and loved it both times. You will, too! Guaranteed! Hope to see all y’all there! IT’S FREE!
Newsy Names – TV’s Judge Greg Mathis
shares his inspiring true story and talks on
Overcoming the Odds on
Sunday, 10:30 a.m., when he addresses parishioners at the morn- ing worship service at Christ Universal Temple, 119th Street and Ashland
Aveune. Rev. Carlton
Pearson is CUT’s inter- im pastor … Rev. Otis
Mathis
Original Forty Club Celebrates-
Dr. Walter Massey, right, chairman of the board of Bank of America, renowned physicist and former president of Morehouse College (Atlanta), received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from The Original Forty Club of Chicago, the city's oldest African American men's social and philanthropic club, during its 98th Anniversary Gala at the Fairmont Hotel. Also pictured, from left, are Mel Jackson, Forty Club president; Verona Portis, principal of Benjamin Banneker Elementary School in the Englewood area,
which has been the beneficiary of $30,000 from the organization which includes a matching Chicago Public Schools grant over the past two years to build a library and staff it with books; and Shirley Massey, wife of the honoree. The Original Forty Club of Chicago, founded in 1912, is named for the 40 Black professionals who originally were inducted into the club that mentors the city's upcoming leaders in politics, business, law, medicine and numerous other disciplines. Defender/Theresa Fambro Hooks
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Forty Foursome - Enjoying the special evening of recogni- tion and revelry are, from left, retired Illinois Senate President and Mrs. Emil Jones Jr. (Dr. Lorrie) and U.S Senator and Mrs. Roland Burris (Dr. Burlean). Sen. Burris is a former Original Forty Club president. Defender/Theresa Fambro Hooks
Moss III, senior pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ, 400 W. 95th St., delivers “the word” and the Women’s Chorus sings on Friday, 7 p.m., when TUCC’s Prison Ministry hosts its 30th Anniversary Worship
Service, Serving Time with Jesus. (Scripture
reference: Micah 6:8) …
Robyn Rice-Foster,
owner of Parisians du Chocolat, takes on anoth- er title when she’s named
a New Century Leader
for 2010 by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s Central Region at its 76th regional confab Friday at the Chicago Marriott …
Patricia McCreary,
Seaway Bank’s senior vice president and cashier, and Terry Savage, personal finance guru, author and colum- nist, are among several ladies to be saluted by the Women’s Advisory
Rice-Foster McCreary
Committee to Clerk Dorothy Brown of the Circuit Court of Cook County at the annual Women’s History Month Celebration on Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., in Chase Tower Auditorium. Co-hosts of the ceremony,
Sharing the Love: A Salute to Outstanding Women in Finance & Philanthropy: Chase
Women of Color Employee Network Group. Call (312) 603-046 … Gladys Knight shows up and no doubt show out Friday at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Ind. … Happy b’day to Chef David Blackmon,
DePaul Univ.’s Roxanne Brown, Benton Cook III, Loop Capital’s Peter Bynoe, Dianne Cotton, Dana Gleeson, former Defender librarian Lois Walker, Angie Powell, Atty. Ena Frye, Rodney Pate, Carla Williams Namboodori, John Matthews, Mark Loveless, Patrick Shaffeer, Rita Cain, Ayo Maat, Jean Moore and Annette Jarrett Whittington.
Palm Sunday Praise – Adrian L. Dunn,
baritone and executive producer of HOPERA: A Fallen Hero (a hip hop opera), and Rev. Anthony B. Vinson, pianist, team up on Sunday, 4 p.m., to present “The Legacy Concert Recital” at Grant Memorial AME Church, 4017 S. Drexel. The two perform spir- ituals, hymns and gospels by such composers as
Hall Johnson, H.T. Burleigh, Moses Hogan and Kirk Franklin. Rev. Dr. Mickari D. Thomas
is Grant’s senior pastor. Donation: $15… Vocal
coach Dorothy M.
Cobbs travels to Gary, Ind.’s Koinonia
Franklin
Missionary Baptist Church on Friday, 6 p.m., to conduct The Combined Church Choirs of Gary as it sings “The Seven Last Words” pre- sented by Koinoni’s Sanctuary Choir. Rev. Levern Swain Sr. is pastor … The Music Ministry of Emmanuel Baptist Church, 8301 S. Damen, and Friends of Music present A
Celebration of Women Composers of Sacred
Music, a women’s history tribute on Sunday, 6 p.m., with biographical sketches and select compositions.
Fashion Focus -
Sandra Aya Enimil, left, vice president of the Chicago Fashion Foundation, and Kristen Amato, president, are all smiles over the success of CFF’s “Future of Chicago Fashion 2010 Student Design Competition” staged at Macys. Some $6,5000 in scholarships were awarded to the top three winners. CFF's mission: to provide academic scholarships to Chicago-area college students majoring in fashion related studies and coordinate educational programs for the Chicago fashion community. Additionally, Enimil, an attorney, is the Chicago Defender''s intellectual property manager.
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