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TV Talk with Blanca Rios and Michael Wall April 27

To know me is to know I'm a connector, convener and sharer. I'm all about helping bridge the gap between people of different backgrounds in all sorts of ways, plus instigating as much fun as possible.

With that said, I’m hosting a gathering for friends and neighbors to meet my lovely TV news colleagues Blanca Rios and Michael Wall. They will share stories about working in TV and what it is like behind the scenes.

Blanca Rios (top) and Michael Wall.

You’re invited for stories, conversation and a nice time.

If you've been on-air or produced TV, come share your stories.
If you want to be on TV, bring all your questions. This will be a very friendly gathering where there will be no such thing as a dumb question.

When: Wednesday, April 27, 7-8 p.m.
Where: Evanston

RSVP: Contact me at MediaCuriousCHI@gmail.com. I'll give you the full address.
Seating is limited so RSVP ASAP.

Cost: We'll pass a hat to cover refreshments and other expenses. (Want to bring some goodies. Cool.)

Sponsors: None. Just me.

Blanca Rios works at ABC 7 Chicago as an Assignment Desk Editor/Field Producer/Writer. She's president of the National Association for Hispanic Journalists-Chicago chapter.

Michael Wall produces ABC 7’s special event coverage — the Auto Show, St. Patrick's Day parade, Bud Billiken Day parade — and steps in occasionally for Windy City Live producers. He was the first bloke to be on the board of the Association for Women Journalists-Chicago.

[Photo of Michael Wall: © Judy Fidkowski]

Daily Herald film critic Dann Gire and I host special screening of SPOTLIGHT February 22

My colleague Dann Gire is on the Chicago Headline Club board of directors.
I'm on the Chicago Headline Club Foundation board of directors.

Dann founded the Chicago Film Critics Association and leads it.
I founded a non-profit and have led a bunch of organizations and initiatives.

He cares about the health and welfare of journalism and journalists.
So do I.

He writes and critiques for the Daily Herald.
I worked at newspapers. Now I write and shoot pictures for clients. I critique occasionally.

He remembers us meeting in person a long time ago.
I don't, but take his word for it.

We like Egg Harbor.

Now we are friends and seeing what we can make happen for the sake of journalism.

To discuss distributing scholarships and fundraising, we met for lunch in late January and things picked up speed.

Quickly we planned the special February 22 screening and discussion of the Oscar-nominated film SPOTLIGHT to raise funds for scholarships and further the conversation with the public about journalism's role in our society.

You are invited, friends and neighbors.

We'll be meeting at the storied Lake Street Screening Room, known as Siskel and Ebert's screening room. It's intimate with only 55 seats.

After watching the acclaimed movie about the Boston Globe investigative team's work that shined a light on the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests in the Archdiocese of Boston, Dann will lead a discussion which will include Fr. Jim Swarthout* and Sarah Karp.

Wise, funny and an expert on addiction and mental health, Jim is a former Catholic priest and currently an Episcopal priest.

Key in uncovering the fact that Chicago Public School's chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett accepted kickbacks in exchange for hiring a principal training firm, Sarah is an investigative reporter focused on education, children and families in Chicago.

We'll talk about how to wrap our heads around news of the violation of children by clergy, plus journalism's responsibility to pursue to truth and transparency, and anything else participants deem worthy.

I hope you can come. This is a great chance for "civilians" and journalists to meet and discuss what we can possibly make happen for the greater good.

Refreshments will be served.

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*Jimmy is my cousin. Our grandfathers grew up in Evanston. He and I are both Rotarians.

Bernstein, Brahms, Berlin, Bruch: Skokie Concert Choir's Winter Concert January 24

For more information, see the concert's Facebook event page.

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Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, 

wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and 
charm and gaiety to life and to everything. ~ Plato