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CONCIERGE UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL July 2014 culturalupdate Volume XXIV—Issue VII Celebrate in Red, White & Blue all July Long! Arts/Museums Let freedom ring and find your favorite red white and blue apparel opens because July is all about fireworks, food, futbol, and fun! You won’t have a 4 Saul Steinberg: 100th Anniversary Art Institute dull moment this July with all the festivities it has to offer! 4 What May Come Art Institute ♦ Bastille Day ♦ Restaurant Openings & Hot Spots ♦ Fourth of July ♦ 13 A Walk Through Space & Time ♦Theatre Openings ♦ Summer ♦ and more! ♦ 19 Onchi Koshiro: The Abstract Prints Art Institute through New/News 13 Utamaro: Aspects of Beauty Art Institute To Open 13 Truths: Photography & Motherhood MoCP 20 Fractured: North Dakota’s Oil Boom Field Museum The Betty (839 West Fulton Market) Footman Hospitality team, the 27 M.F. Husain London, UK masterminds behind Bangers & Lace and Anthem, will offer a menu of 27 When the Greeks Ruled Egypt Art Institute distilled drinks with a focus on bourbon and craft beers accompanied by 8/3 Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives MSI a small plates menu. The bar atmosphere will provide a piano player and 8/3 Isa Genzken: Retrospective MCA a visual design by Karen Herold (Embeya & Girl & The Goat). STK (360 North ) is a concept by ONE Group Inc that is a Ongoing steakhouse for the ladies! STK aims for something similar to their New Of Gods and Glamour Art Institute York and Las Vegas locations in .The plates will include smaller Museum Free Dates cuts of meat and more salads. The restaurant is slated to open in 2015. Art Institute: 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 (Thursdays) Ask your CUI Concierge about updates on what’s new in restaurants! Chicago Children’s Museum: 3, 6, 10, 17, 24, 31 (15 years & Under) : 4 Just Opened DuSable Museum: 6, 13, 20, 27 (Sundays) Rustle + Roux Cafe (227 West Monroe) is a global café featuring seven Museum of Contemporary Art: 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 (Tuesdays) kitchens of elevated lunch cuisine. From wood-fired pizzas to authentic street tacos, gelato and more. And with one rotating kitchen, the choices Ballet/Dance will always be fresh. Options range from Chicago favorites like Mercadito opens Taqueria, and Mercato by Fabio Viviani! 1-5 American Ballet Theatre: Coppelia New York, NY Henry’s Swing Club (18 West Hubbard) from the group that brought 15 AfriCaribe Performance Group AfriCaribe Cultural Center DMK Burger Bar comes a new eatery! The DMK installation takes the 18-20 Thodos Dance Chicago: New Dances 2014 place of Lao 18 and brings a new experience to the area. It is trendy and 25 Summer Dance: SoundMinas Quartet 30-8/3 JUBA! Masters of Tap & Percussive Dance MCA: Stage offers cocktails like frozen mezcal mules and s’mores you cook tabletop! Fig & Olive (70-104 Oak Street) the group opened their Gold Coast mansion location on June 28th for dinner. The restaurant offers a through spacious terrace for al fresco dining and serves mediterranean cuisine. 11 Move Live Tour: Julianne & Derek Hough Expect lunch to be served beginning July 14th and brunch July 19th. Children/Family Contact your CUI Concierge to arrange a VIP dinner for business or opens pleasure! Let us be At Your Service for all of your dining needs! 2 Mid-Week Yoga 11-13 Windy City Smokeout Grand & The 23-24 The Kratt Brothers Brookfield Zoo We Recommend 8/2 Chicago Bears Meijer Family Fest This is Our Youth (1650 North Halsted) Headliners Kieran Culkin and through Michael Cera take the stage in the new theatre production. This wild, 31 Circus Zirkus funny and bittersweet production portrays a modern classic! The story 8/24 Family Fun Festival Millennium Park follows forty-eight hours in the lives of three lost young souls in New 9/1 Cirque Shanghai Navy Pier York in the 1980s. Armed with nothing but the knowledge gained in their teen years, they want to take on the world. Classical/ at Ravinia Want to see this or other shows? Contact your CUI Concierge today! 7 Emerson String Quartet Contact your CUI Concierge to save time and money on group and Carts of Chicago “on-site” catering company specializing in carted 17&18 West Side Story foods like Ice Cream Carts, Hot Dog Carts, and Sundae Bars. A full- 24 All-Beethoven Evening meeting spaces for your next function! 27 service BBQ company that is large enough to service all your needs and Tchaikovsky Spectacular small enough to know you. With access to a Private Picnic Grove loca- at Pritzker Pavilion tion near O’Hare Airport they can accommodate up to 2000 people. 2 Saint-Saens Cello Concerto 4 Independence Day Salute Need assistance catering your next event? Contact your CUI 5 Portland Youth Philharmonic Concierge today for all your event needs! 6 Madame Butterfly Videocast 9 Ella, Louis and All That Jazz 12 Holst The Planets Wine Insight 16 The Blue Planet In 18&19 Dvorak and Beethoven View our “Wine Insights” at www.conciergeunlimited.com 28 National Youth Orchestra 30 Symphonie Espangnole : 2014 Season Concierge Unlimited International Cultural Update July 2014• 2 opens 2 Paris, France 8 La Lucrezia and Lascia Ch’io Pianga St. James Cathedral Concert/Rock/Blues/Jazz 9 Otello Summer Encore AMC River East 21 3 Earth, Wind & Fire Ravinia 16 Rolling Meadows 4-5 Band Northerly Island 20 Opera Scenes Gala Lutkin Hall 5 Congress Theatre 29 Lyric Shorts: Mozart’s Don Giovanni St. James Cathedral 5 Sarah McLachlan Ravinia 7 & Cyndi Lauper New York, NY Theatre 9 Paul McCartney opens 9 Awolnation and Saints of Valory 5 Seussical Chicago Shakespeare Theatre 11 Lady Gaga United Center 11 Charlotte’s Web Broadway Playhouse 10 Sara Bareilles Chicago Theatre 30 Cascabel Lookingglass Theatre 11 First Midwest Bank through 11 311 Northerly Island 13 The Last Ship Bank of America Theatre 11 Nickel Creek, Emmylou Harris, Parker MillsapTaste of Chicago 27 This is Our Youth Steppenwolf 12 Willie Nelson & Ravinia 8/9 Motown the Musical Oriental Theatre 12 Jeff Tweedy and Lucinda Williams Taste of Chicago 8/10 Brigadoon 12 Journey and Steve Miller Band First Midwest Bank 10/26 Avenue Q Mercury Theatre 13 Toby Keith First Midwest Bank 13 Aloe Blacc and The Wailers Taste of Chicago open run 14 Counting Crows Ravinia Blue Man Group 16 Taj Mahal Trio City Winery Million Dollar Quartet Theatre 18 Billy Joel Apes of Wrath Second City ETC 18 Courtney Love Jack Lemmon Returns Royal George Theatre 19 Blake Shelton & The Band Perry Wrigley Field Let your CUI Concierge arrange the perfect seat for your 20 Northerly Island favorite performance at preferred pricing. 21-22 David Crosby City Winery 23 Company and Lynyrd Skynrd First Midwest Bank Sneak Previews 24 Jack White 8/5 Wiz Khalifa, Jeezy & More First Midwest Bank 24 /Soundgarden First Midwest Bank 8/5 Tori Amos Chicago Theatre 24 Jay Z & Beyonce Soldier Field 8/7 United Center 25 Panic! At the Disco Northerly Island 8/9 Chicago Theatre 8/10 Drake vs. Lil Wayne First Midwest Bank Sports 8/14 Miley Cyrus United Center White Sox Cubs 8/16 Rod Stewart and Santana Arena 1-2 Angels 11-13 Braves 22-24 Padres 8/16-17 Air and Water Show North Avenue Beach 4-6 Mariners 25-27 Cardinals 8/16-17 Navy Pier 18-20 Astros Lobster Fest 28-31 Rockies 8/18 Kiss and Def Leppard First Midwest Bank 21&23 Royals 8/23 Tom Petty/Steve Winwood United Center Chicago Fire FIFA World Cup 8/26-27 Arcade Fire United Center 2 FC Visit our website for 8/29-30 One Direction Soldier Field 19 Philadelphia results of FIFA World 8/31 Luke Bryan Soldier Field 26 Tottenham Hotspur Cup Second Stage! 9/5 Stratford Festival Stratford, Ontario, Canada 30 Vancouver 9/10-14 Disney on Ice: Princesses & Heros United Center also... 9/20 R5 6/24-7/6 Wimbledon London, England 9/20 Food Network in Concert Ravinia 6/28-12 FIFA World Cup (Second Stage) Manaus, Brazil 9/23 Is MCA 5-27 Tour de France Yorkshire, England 9/26-28 Chicago Gourmet Millennium Park 10-13 Women’s British Open Southport, UK 9/27 Jeff Dunham Horseshoe Casino 17-20 The British Open Wirral, UK 9/27-28 Black Keys United Center 10/2-3 United Center Special/Seasonal 4 Independence Day USA 10/14 with Christina Perri United Center 10 The Dinner Party w/ Andrew Zimmerman Taste of Chicago 10/15 Swan Lake Auditorium Theatre 9-13 Taste of Chicago Grant Park 10/18 Wanda Sykes Chicago Theatre 12 Zoo Ball Lincoln Park Zoo 10/21 Jim Gaffigan Chicago Theatre 14 Sardinian Dinner Trattoria No. 10 11/6 Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey: Legends 14 Bastille Day Worldwide 11/6 Ina Garten: The Barefoot Contessa Auditorium Theatre 18-20 Union Park 12/8 Justin Timerberlake United Center 24 Country Thunder Twin Lakes, WI Contact your CUI Concierge for top tickets to all upcoming events! 8/1-3 Grant Park

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Bastille Day Travel Abroad: All Around The World The best of French cuisine! Celebrate Bastille Day with the July 14th, 2014 best authetic plates Paris has to offer! Here is a meal-by-meal guide to the city of lights for your next trip or The French National Day commemorates the beginning of the find these favorites with the help of your CUI Concierge! French Revolution with the Storming of the Bastille on July 14th, 1789, as well as the Fête de la Fédération on the 14 July 1790. Contact your CUI Concierge to celebrate with all the Pain Au Chocolat beauty France has to offer in Chicago! A buttery, flaky croissant filled with dark chocolate. Great for breakfast with un café noisette (espresso with a touch of cream; French Restaurants called noisette, French for hazelnut). Brandade de Morue Cafe des Architectes Brindille 20 East Chestnut 534 North Clark Mashed salt cod blended with olive oil and Les Nomades Everest garlic until it becomes a smooth cream, 222 East Ontario 440 South LaSalle often mixed in with whipped potatoes.

Le Petit Paris Tru 260 East Chestnut 676 North St. Clair Ile flottante

Light meringue gently sculpted appearing to Bistros float on a bed of vanilla custard.

Kiki’s Bistro Bistronomic 900 North Franklin 840 North Wabash Avenue

Paris Club Bistro and Bar La Sardine Escargot 59 West Hubbard 111 North Carpenter A true french delicacy! Tender snails, cooked Bistro Campagne Le Bouchon 4518 North Lincoln 1958 North Damen in butter, garlic and parsley.

Chez Moi Bistrot Zinc 2100 North Halsted 1131 N State Coq au Vin Is this French holiday making your mouth water for Crêpes & Soufflé? Chicken braised with wine, lardons, mushrooms, & Contact your CUI Concierge for reservations to a French eatery. garlic. While typically Burgundy is used, many regions of France have variants; using the lo- cal wine, such as coq au vin jaune (Jura), coq au Festivities Riesling (Alsace), coq au pourpre or coq au violet (Beaujolais nouveau), and coq au Champagne. Bastille Day Chicago 2014 Daley Plaza 50 West Washington Blanquette de Veau Monday July 14th, 2014 5:00pm to 9:00pm Blanquette is a stew consisting of veal in a white Special Bastille Day Parking sauce. Served with rice or steamed potatoes. The powerful cloves play such an important role. Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler Lincoln Park They perfume the blanquette de veau and turn it 5k/8k Run & Block Party into an unforgettable tasting stew. Thursday July 10th, 2014 8k begins at 7:15pm Contact your CUI Concierge for more information for 5k begins at 7:30pm restaurant suggestions to obtain these delights, hotel,

Don’t miss the celebrations around the city! Your CUI Concierge can and travel plans across the globe! secure your parking, race, and Bastille Day needs!

For more event information, VIP restaurant & hotel accommodations or top tickets, contact Concierge Unlimited International, your time-saving concierge service and resource for local, national, and international needs. Concierge Unlimited International Cultural Update • July 2014 • 4 Fourth of July Key Reasons Friday July 4th, 2014 Clients Rely on CUI! Fireworks Arlington Park- Dusk, Friday July 4th Arlington Park Racetrack (2200 Euclid, Arlington Heights) an’t be in two places at once? Let Aurora- 9:00pm, Friday, July 4th C CUI Concierge fill in! A client had 38 RiverEdge Park (360 North Broadway) colleagues in the office for a daylong seminar. The Downers Grove- 9:30pm, Friday, July 4th lunch catering was to be delivered during the exact Shopping District (75th Street and Lemont) same time the seminar leader was gonig to be out of the Evanston- 9:15pm, Friday, July 4th building! CUI Concierge put the clients worries at ease Clark Street Beach (1811 Sheridan) by assuring they would be there to set up, and secure the catering order, ensuring a delicious lunch for all! Glenview- 7:30pm, Friday, July 4th Glenview Park Golf Club (800 Shermer) Lake Forest & Lake Bluff- 9:00pm othing is too far out of reach for Deerpath Park (Deerpath at Hastings, Lake Forest) N CUI! When a client contacted CUI Concierge in Naperville- 9:30pm, Friday, July 4th need of 175 hawiian leis, but not just any leis! The Knoch Park (700 South West Street) client had requested fresh, orchid leis! With one call Navy Pier- 9:30pm, Friday July 4th their CUI Concierge was able to secure over night Navy Pier (600 East Grand) shipping, directly from Honolulu, Hawaii! There are Rosemont- 9:45pm, Thursday, July 3rd no boudaries to where CUI will go to ensure their MB Financial Park (5501 Park Place) clients only the best! Skokie- Dusk, Friday, July 4th Niles West High School (5701 Oakton)

Fun & Festivities Windy City Ribfest-Friday, July 4th to Sunday, July 6th Chicago Save your valuable time and let us be At Your Service. Uptown (Lawrence and Broadway) Ribfest- Thursday, July 3rd to Sunday, July 6th ♦Catering & Corporate Dinners♦ Naperville, IL ♦Entertainment♦ Knoch Park (700 S West Street, Naperville) ♦Favorable Hotel Rates♦ Independence Day Salute, 6:30pm-8:15pm, Friday, July 4th ♦Flowers & Unique Gifts♦ Millennium Park ♦ VIP Restaurant Reservations♦ Pavilion (201 East Randolph) ♦Private & Corporate Events ♦ Freedom Fest 2014-6:30,Thursday, July 4th ♦Top Tickets: Theatre, Sports, Concerts & more♦ Navy Pier Rooftop Terrace (600 East Grand) ♦Travel & Transportation ♦ Spirit Cruises Fireworks Dinner-7:30pm-11:00pm, Friday, July 4th Spirit Docking at Navy Pier Contact your CUI Concierge, Bonnie Krkles, at Navy Pier (600 East Grand)  (312) 220-0500   [email protected]  www.conciergeunlimited.com Need catering for your Independence Day celebration or tickets to a Fireworks Dinner Cruise? Contact your CUI Concierge for all of your July 4th needs!

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