CONCIERGE UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL April 2018 culturalupdate Volume XXVIII—Issue IV new / news arts / museums ♦Punch Bowl Social, 310 N. Green Street Opens 3/23 Arte Diseño Xicágo National Museum of Mexican Art Welcome to the trendy, new, Fulton 14 Modern Japanese Portraits Art Institute Chicago Market sports bar for hungry 27 Volta Photo Art Institute Chicago customers and game players alike. 28 Picture Fiction: Kenneth Josephson MCA Chicago Sporting a 30,000 square-foot play and Contemporary Photography area, Punch Bowl Social has booze, 28 John Akomfrah: Three Films SF Museum of Modern Art a bowling alley, food, and more. 31 Helen Frankenthaler Prints: Art Institute Chicago Their cocktails are themed to match The Romance of a New Medium each city location; specially there’s a through punch named after the Stanley Cup to honor the Blackhawks. 1 We are here MCA Chicago 8 Felix MCA Chicago Stefani Prime, 6755 N Cicero Ave ♦ 15 New York on Ice Museum of the City NYC 12/31 Saturday Night Live, The Experience Museum Broadcast Communications Recently opened in Lincolnwood, Free Admission to Museums Stefani Prime, an Italian restaurant Art Institute Chicago* All Thursdays after 5pm aims to bring “prime” steak, seafood and Italian food options to Chicago History Museum* All Tuesday’s after 12:30pm the Chicago suburbs. DuSable Museum* 3,10,17,24 * Available to Illinois residents only. Must show valid ID. Contact your CUI Concierge to secure your VIP Reservations! ballet / dance 6-8 Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg David H. Koch Theatre NYC we recommend 7 Springfive Harris Theatre ♦Pretty Woman: The Musical 18-19 Youth America Grand Prix David H. Koch Theatre NYC at the Oriental Theatre 25-29 Midsummer Night’s Dream Auditorium Theatre Witness the pre-Broadway World 26-27 Tab Show Harris Theatre Premiere stage production until April 15th. It features original music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner classical / symphony Bryan Adams and song writing 2 MusicNow: Amy Beth Kirsten Symphony Center partner, J.F. Lawton. 5-10 Ravel Daphnis and Chloe & Piano Symphony Center Contact your CUI Concierge to secure your VIP Reservations! Concerto for the Left Hand 9 Civic Orchestra: Beethoven & Symphony Center wine insight Rachmaninov 11-17 Armadeus: Live David Geffen Hall, NYC Emily Lightfoot, Wine Expert 13 National Chorale-Beethoven David Geffen Hall, NYC ♦Viñátigo Vijariego Blanco 2016 Tenerife Symphony #9 Described as “a less lemony Asyrtiko”, this white wine combines acidic Greek tastes with similar zesty flavors. Grapes for this wine are hand-picked and sorted into the gravity-fed stone wall winery; children / family it is created by fermenting in French oak barrels for six months, 7 Family Day at Lyric Lyric Opera House then spending time in stainless steel tanks before settling and 21 Migratory Bird Hike Lake Renwick Heron Rookery Nature bottling. It pairs nicely with white meats, fish in sauce, as well as 19-30 Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat DePaul’s Merle Reskin Theatre cheeses. Contact your CUI Concierge for top tickets to all Contact your CUI Concierge for top tickets to upcoming performances and events! upcoming concerts and sporting events!
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2018 Concierge Unlimited International, hereinafter CUI. All rights reserved. Data may not be transferred or copied without written consent from CUI. Concierge Unlimited International • Cultural Update • April 2018 • 2 opera concert/ rock/ blues/ jazz Opens 1 Rising Stars in Concert Civic Opera House 1 Christopher Cross City Winery 12 Cendrillon Metropolitan Opera NYC 6-7 English Beat City Winery 23 Roméo et Juliette Metropolitan Opera NYC 10 The Decemberists Chicago Theatre 27 Jesus Christ Superstar Lyric Opera Chicago 16 Five Seconds of Summer Tour House of Blues 20 Trey Anastasio Band Chicago Theatre through 19 Cosi fan tutte Metropolitan Opera NYC 26 Bon Jovi United Center 21 Lusia Miller Metropolitan Opera NYC 26 Theresa Caputo Live! Rosemont Theatre 28 Pancho Barraza Rosemont Theatre theatre Contact your CUI Concierge for your top tickets! Ongoing through 2018: Hamilton CIBC Theatre opens sports 5 The Doppelganger Steppenwolf Theatre ♦Chicago Cubs ♦Chicago White Sox (An International Farce) 1 @ Miami Marlins 1 @ Kansas City 10 The Sound of Music Cadillac Palace Theatre 2-3 @ Cincinnati 2-4 @Blue Jays 21 Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cadillac Palace Theatre Cinderella 5-8 @ Milwaukee 5,7,8 vs. Detroit Tigers 21 Until the Flood Goodman Theatre 9,11,12 vs Pittsburgh 9-11 vs Tampa Bay 25 MacBeth Chicago Shakespeare 13-15 vs. Atlanta Braves 12-15 @ Minnesota Twins through 8 On Your Feet! Cadillac Palace Theatre 16-18 vs. St. Louis 16-18 @ Oakland Athletics 15 Mary Stuart Chicago Shakespeare 20-22 @ Colorado Rockies 20-22 vs Houston Astros 22 Plantation Lookingglass Theatre 24-25 @ Cleveland Indians 23-25 vs Seattle Mariners Let your CUI Concierge arrange the perfect seat for your 26-29 vs. Milwaukee 26-29 @ Kansas City favorite performance at CUI preferred pricing! 30 vs. Colorado Rockies Home Games at Home Games at sneak peek Wrigley Field Guaranteed Rate Field 5/5 Godfrey Kentucky Derby Viewing Godfrey Rooftop 5/17 Cyrano De Bergerac Chicago Shakespeare ♦Chicago Bulls ♦Chicago Fire 5/23 20,000 Leagues Under Lookingglass Theatre the Seas opens 1 vs. Washington 7 vs. Columbus 8/2-5 Lollapalooza Grant Park 3 vs. Charlotte 14 vs. LA Galaxy 6 @ Boston 21 @ New York special / seasonal 7 vs. New Jersey 28 @ Toronto FC 9 @ New Jersey 5-19 Latino Film Festival Grant Park 11 vs Detroit 6,7 Baconfest UIC Forum 6-8 Comic & Entertainment Expo McCormick Place 7-15 National Robotics Week Museum of Science & Industry ♦Chicago Blackhawks 14 Beer & Wine Festival Tinley Park Convention Center 4 @ St. Louis 17 Festivals of Colors Naperville Riverwalk 6 vs. St. Louis 21 Brunch Walk River North 7 @ Winnipeg Jets 21-22 Home Improvement Show Odeum Expo Center 29 Greek Independence Day Parade Halsted Street Contact your CUI Concierge for your top tickets! Contact your CUI Concierge for your top tickets!
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2018 Concierge Unlimited International, hereinafter CUI. All rights reserved. Data may not be transferred or copied without written consent from CUI. Concierge Unlimited International • Cultural Update • April 2018 • 3 easter international culture Easter is on Sunday, April 1st, 2018, with (most) celebrations Experience the elegance of Paris with must visit restaurants and happening across the world between April 1st-3rd. Easter takes world renowned spirits. Experience the local culture with wineries, place between Good Friday, March 30th and Easter Monday, April drinks, and food you are unable to find anywhere else in the 2nd. This year Easter falls on April Fool’s Day! Contact your CUI world! Contact your CUI Concierge to secure your reservations Concierge to secure your last minute easter and festival plans! and select wine!
♦White House Easter Egg Roll ♦Septime Neo-industrial decor Watch as First Lady, paired with seasonal Melania Trump, hosts dishes. Perfect for the annual tradition of a laid-back French wooden egg rolling that experience in Paris. dates back to 1878.
♦NYC Easter ♦Compagnie des Vins Parade and Bonnet Surnaturels Festival A romantically Grab your favorite sophisticated wine Easter bonnet and bar with a long list of welcome the annual regional wine offerings parade in New York City (reds, whites, and roses).
♦New Orleans French ♦Breizh Cafe Quarter Easter A trendy Paris Parade restaurant feating Enjoy colorful floats, innovative crepes. beads, and marching Features a warm bands in the historic ambience with a French Quarter. Japenese flavor.
♦ Château Coutet, ♦Saalfeld Easter Barsac 2014 Tree Celebration Owned and operated An Easter tradition, by the Baly family since the Saalfeld Tree is 1977, this wine fea- decorated with over tures a balanced blend 10,000 Easter eggs. of Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle.
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2018 Concierge Unlimited International, hereinafter CUI. All rights reserved. Data may not be transferred or copied without written consent from CUI. Concierge Unlimited International • Cultural Update • April 2018• 4 earth day why do clients rely on cui? Earth Day is on Sunday, April 22nd. What better way of honoring our planet, than by going outside to enjoy it? Plan UI Saves The Day! your next spring adventure, from bird watching to flower C “With one phone call, the CUI Concierge was able to secure festivals, with assistance from your CUI Concierge! a last minute window table at one of Chicago’s newest and most difficult restaurants to get in to during a completely booked time. The client was thankful. ” ♦Mississippi Palisades VIP Client: February 2018 State Park Located near the Mississippi UI Saves You Money! River in northwestern C “A VIP client was seeking ideas and assistance for planning Illinois, this 2,500-acre a Bachelorette Party weekend in Chicago. Their CUI Concierge state park is a bird was able to secure hotel rates for 3 hotel rooms at a luxury hotel, watching paradise. VIP Guest List entry at 2 popular nightclub bars, and a dinner reservation at a prime Mexican restaurant for 10 people.” ♦National Cherry VIP Client: February 2018 Blossom Festival Enjoy rows of Cherry may we be at your service? Blossoms in Washington, DC that honor the friendship between Japan and the United States. Your CUI Executive Concierge, Bonnie Krkles-Gail, has been At Your Service for over 17 years and will ♦Olbrich Botanical Gardens Research, Locate, Negotiate, Recommend, A Wisconsin treasure, filled Coordinate, Secure, & Procure: with 16 acres of outdoor display gardens and a tropical conservatory.
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