On Tuesday January 9, at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago (164 N. State St.) from 3:00pm to 5:00pm, Bill Ivey, Former Chairman of the NEA ( National Endowment for the Arts), will lead a dialogue based on his groundbreaking article “America Needs a New System for Supporting the Arts,†which originally appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education in February 2005.
There will be a champagne reception at 3:00pm, followed by the program at 3:30pm. This event is FREE for all Illinois Arts Alliance members and $10 for non-members (which can be applied towards a one-year membership). To RSVP, please email meeting@artsalliance.org or call (312) 855-3105, x10. For more information and to download a copy of Bill Ivey’s article, please visit http://www.artsalliance.org/
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On Saturday January 13th, 2:00pm, at the Barnes and Noble Bookstore across from the Oakbrook Mall, in Oakbrook Illinois,  hear Artistic Entrepreneur Kathy Pirtle and Dr. John Turner, DC, CCSP, DIBCN present Optimal Health with Traditional Foods. This is part of their continuing education series based on the book Kathy Pirtle and Dr. John Turner have recently published. For more information go to Performance Without Pain.
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