Chicago Media Ugly Christmas Sweater Bash Tonight!
(Image: Come one. Come all. Come tacky.)
Chicago Carless and Chicagosphere are both happy to be co-sponsors of tonight’s Chicago Ugly Christmas Sweater Party, benefiting the Greater Chicago Food Depository! (See my original post from Friday here.) The event is organized by Brad Flora, editor & publisher of the Windy Citizen.
The event is free, the bar is cash, and we’re asking for a suggested $15 donation check (only, please) at the door made out to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Details are below. Ugly Christmas sweater not required (though if you come, you may get to see me in my Disneyland moue-ear Santa hat. For more information, browse the main party page on Windy Citizen or follow the official party Twitter hastag, #chisweaterbash.
WHAT:
The Chicago Ugly Christmas Sweater Party
WHEN:
TONIGHT! Thursday, December 10th, 2009, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Black Rock Bar, 3614 N. Damen Avenue, Chicago, IL (see map)
CTA: Brown Line to Addison, then walk two blocks west
Sponsored by these Chicago hometown blogs (a growing list!):
- Windy Citizen
- Outside the Loop Radio
- Centerstage Chicago
- Chicago Carless
- Chicagosphere
- What’s a Boy to Do?
- Lake Effect News
- Chicago Foodies
- The Urbanophile
- Backgarage
- Driftglass
- Windy City Wine Guy
- Fun Sherpa
- Chicago Bar Project
- Making Chicago Home
- Sound Citizen
- Loud Loop Press
- Chicago Tumbls Too
- Chicago Dining Examiner
- Gals Guide
- Windy City Watch
- ChiTown Tattler
- Vavoom Pinups
- Buzzflash
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