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Hey head-thumpers and fist-pumpers! This is Taryn from Ripple Public Relations, and I have the scoop on ShedFest, an inspiring musical event coming up in honor of Rebecca’s Dream, an admirable organization dedicated to compassionate understanding for individuals struggling with depression and bipolar disorder.

When is the last time your Wiffled? As in...played wiffle ball? Join Kerry Wood and his celebrity friends for a weekend of wiffle ball and fun to celebrate and support The Wood Family Foundation.

One of my favorite events of the summer is this Thursday, July 11th! This marks the 8th annual Gaming for Green fundraiser, a poker and casino night benefiting Chicago Gateway Green, the organization dedicated to greening and beautifying Chicago & behind the biggest charity of the summer Green Tie Ball!

Billy Dec visits Jonathan Brandmeier at WGN Radio to talk about the Annual Piven Theatre Gala he's hosting with Joan Cusack, July 13th! Support art and theatre in Chicago with a dinner at Sunda at 6pm, then a party at Rockit Bar & Grill at 8pm.

Hey Chicago, it's Kendall again! Let me just tell you that there is nothing better in the summer than relaxing with a nice cocktail. Actually, what's even better than that is relaxing...in the summer...with a nice cocktail...and having it benefit a GREAT CAUSE, especially one that benefits HIV/AIDS!

It’s summer beach bod season and Alex Vasileski of A Mind Body and Total Fitness is hosting his second workout from his fun, weekly summer workout series at Ohio Street Beach this Saturday, June 29 from 9:30-10:15 a.m.

A defensive tackle, a pro soccer player, and a scientist walk into the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago…there’s no punch line, it just gives you a taste of the lucky people selected as Chicago magazine’s Most Eligible Singles! Meet them on Friday, June 21, from 7 – 10:30 pm at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago when The Auxiliary Board of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Chicago magazine present Summer Lovin’, the single best event of the summer!

I’m thrilled to share an event with you that I’m really looking forward to, which will help a number of youth nonprofit organizations in the Chicago area. Theo Epstein (Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations) and his brother Paul Epstein’s “The Foundation to Be Named Later” is bringing Hot Stove Cool Music back to Chicago this Friday at Metro Chicago, and we hope you can join us for this unforgettable event! A limited number of tickets are still available by visiting www.metrochicago.com or by clicking here.

102! That’s the minimum number of couples who have met and then married after meeting at Old St. Pat’s World’s Largest Block Party! What other street fest can say that? Check out this DNAinfo Block Party Love story. That’s right, none! But not only does the #WLBP have love in the air they are raising money for dozens of good causes and you get to benefit.

We’re all familiar with the well-known cultural destinations in the Windy City – the museums, Wrigley Field, Millennium Park -- but there is one little-known gem in Chicago’s River North neighborhood that every Chicagoan needs to put on their to-do list.