CHICAGO - Welcome spring and all its glory with Le Prestige du Monde (PdM) and Kahlo Salon as they celebrate their first boutique benefit, Bienvenue Printemps, on April 18th from 7pm-10pm. Join the highly-anticipated rendezvous as designers, haute models, media insiders, and local businesses come together for fun, fashion, and philanthropy.

Proceeds from the evening's decadence will benefit the American Diabetes Association and will include special notable guests wearing haute couture by La Chambre d'Anit, including:

Miss Heart of Illinois 2013 Marisa Buchheit
Miss Northern Illinois 2012 Lauren Kudsi
Miss Illinois Latina 2011/Nuestra Belleza Latina finalist Vanessa Cruz
Model, Actress, and Entertainment Reporter Ruth Diaz
Global Fashionista Ogilvie

$15 donation ($20 at the door) will include access to succulent champagne, savory wine by Aged 2 Perfection, and spirits along with catered cuisine from diverse, notable Chicago restaurants, including Cedar's Mediterranean Cuisine, The Bungalow Cafe, Phil Stefani Signature Restaurants, Noodles and Company, Chipotle, and Couture Cakes and Decadence provided by Sandy Cakes!

Additionally, a lux raffle will take place with decadent goodies from Keller's Martial Arts Studio, Lee Dental, Aged 2 Perfection, MJ Products,  Parfumes Mercdes of Los Angeles, California, and Tina La Diamantina Couture Jewelry. Additionally, one lucky winner will win a luxury 5 days, 4 nights stay for 2 in Cancun (value of $850) from the generous support of DaTo Marketing and Travelati.

Kahlo Salon is located at 6452 N. Milwaukee Avenue. Complimentary parking available.

Tickets are VERY limited as this will be a who's who boutique, intimate setting, so get yours today!

http://pdmkahloprintemps.eventbrite.com/#

See you on April 18th!

CHICAGO - On April 13rh, 2013, over 400 of Chicago’s top young professionals
will gather for a spectacular evening for of dining, dancing, and entertainment high above
the Chicago River and the Magnificent Mile when the Junior Board of Mercy Home for
Boys & Girls holds its 6th annual Have Mercy! spring gala at Trump International Hotel
and Towers Chicago, 401 N. Wabash, from 8:00 p.m. to midnight. All of the proceeds
from the event will support Mercy Home’s Legacy of Learning campaign, an initiative to
guarantee access to a great education for every child in its care.

Have Mercy! guests will enjoy:

Premium St. Claire vodka martini bar
Gourmet appetizers
Music by DJ Ryan Pullano
Beer provided by Chicago Beverage
Dancing
Karaoke

The event also features an exciting silent auction filled with highly-anticipated goodies that includes:

Chicago Bulls floor seats
Chicago Blackhawks hockey stick signed by entire team
Two 3-day passes to SOLD OUT Lollapalooza
VIP Passes to Chicago Bears training camp
One-night stay at Trump & Dinner at 16

Following the event, guests will be admitted free to the official Have Mercy! after party at
Cuvée Chicago, 308 West Erie.

The Junior Board of Mercy Home gives young professionals a special opportunity to help
kids in crisis. Members promote the mission of Mercy Home through social, volunteer
and fundraising activities, including several special events throughout the year. Have
Mercy! is the group’s signature annual fundraising event. Purchase tickets here.

PdM will be present to showcase the evening's developments.

About Mercy Home for Boys & Girls

Mercy Home for Boys & Girls (www.mercyhome.org) has been a solution for kids in
crisis since 1887. Through its residential, aftercare, and mentoring programs, Mercy
Home offers a safe home, emotional healing, education, and life-changing opportunities
for more than 600 young people every year. It gives children who have suffered abuse,
neglect, poverty and even abandonment the therapeutic, academic and vocational
support they need to heal from the traumas of their pasts and build success for their
futures. Mercy Home is 99.7% privately funded and operates at two locations in Chicago
– a home for boys in the West Loop neighborhood, and a home for girls in Beverly.

CHICAGO - On Sunday, April 7th, 2013 the Verismo Opera Theater (VOT) will present OperaRocks 2013: An Unconventional Classical Gala at Monastero's Ristorante and Banquets. The high-energy, much-anticipated event is produced by the wonderful Miss Heart of Illinois 2013 Marisa Buchheit and will be emceed by Roxane Assaf. Expected to draw a cultured, upwardly-mobile crowd, OperaRocks 2013 surely will be one of the most memorable events of the season.

WHEN:  Sunday April 7, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
WHERE:  Monastero’s Ristorante & Banquets: 3935 W. Devon Ave., Chicago 60659
WHAT:  Dinner and a show.  Audience members enjoy a buffet-style Italian dinner, followed by an opera concert featuring clothing designs by Rachel Frank
WHY:  A fundraising concert for Verismo Opera Theater’s 2013 season
WHO:  Verismo Opera Theater singers and Special Guest Star David Adam Moore--cast in 2 shows this season with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Rachel Frank Design (RFD), Producer Miss Chicago/Miss Heart of Illinois Marisa Buchheit, Emcee Roxane Assaf, the Glam Team from Glam Ooh La La Hair and Makeup, Mike Smith Photography

Tickets can be purchased by clicking here.

About VOT:

Verismo Opera Theater was founded by Artistic Director Bradley Schuller in 2010. The Mission of VOT is to engage audiences by producing relevant, truthful, and emotionally direct performances. This season, VOT presents OperaRocks in April, a fully staged production of La Traviata by Verdi in August (set in Oak Park with a Frank Lloyd Wright theme), and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde in November with a signature VOT ‘wildcard’ twist.