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Thursday, March 28
Kate Spade welcomes Project Runway's Tim Gunn to their Chicago store. Champagne and pointers on spring style will be served. Purchases of $100 or more gets you a picture with the man himself. 4pm to 6pm. Kate Spade, 56 E. Oak Street. RSVP to (212) 626-1500.
Ravnia lawn and pavillion tickets are available online only starting today. Big screen projections of the show will be added to the Pavillion this year and featured on the lawn for selected dates as well. Ravinia Festival. 200 Ravinia Park Rd. Highland Park, IL.
Join Columbia College as they continue their celebration of their Big Read selection of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Today they welcome Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Deputy Director of the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom, for a discussion on the topic of intellectual freedom in the context of the book. Free and open to the public, 3pm-5pm, at Colubmia College's library, 624 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd floor. For questions, email Arlie Sims at asime[at]colum[dot]edu.