{"id":2184,"date":"2014-10-17T14:47:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T20:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/?p=2184"},"modified":"2014-10-17T14:47:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T20:47:24","slug":"fall-events-posted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/17\/fall-events-posted\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Events Posted!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/halloween.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2185\" src=\"http:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/halloween.png\" alt=\"halloween\" width=\"267\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Asians &amp; Friends Chicago is posting our list of upcoming events through our big Chinese New Year&#8217;s dinner next February. We&#8217;ll probably have a January event as well, but for now, here&#8217;s what&#8217;s planned. You can also check the events tab on our site. Feel free to reach us on our hotline too (312) 409-1573. See you soon!<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Sunday of the Month Dim Sum<\/strong>: We meet for Dim Sum at Furama, 4936 N. Broadway in Chicago at 12:30 p.m., second story landing.\u00a0Upcoming November 2, December 7 and our super spectacular &#8220;Dress as a Super Hero Dim Sum&#8221; on January 4, 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Asians &amp; Friends International Calendar:<\/strong>\u00a0AFC will be collecting submissions through Halloween weekend\u00a0for our second-annual Asians &amp; Friends 2015 calendar. We&#8217;re looking for\u00a0photographs of gay, Asian men for all 12 months, with the\u00a0theme, &#8220;New Orleans: Southern Decadence.&#8221; Email Angel for submission,\u00a0copyright and consent forms and\u00a0other information: AngelChgo@aol.com.\u00a0Three other A&amp;F chapters will be participating in this first-of-its-kind multi-chapter project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Halloween Party at Robert and Carter&#8217;s!<\/strong> Join us on Sat. Nov. 1\u00a0from 7 p.m. to midnight at Robert and Carter&#8217;s for a grand Halloween Bash, 5338 N. Ashland just west of the Andersonville hub of retail shops and restaurants in Chicago. Bring something to eat or drink as a contribution. And bring your best Halloween outfit!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanksgiving Potluck &amp; ifCON 2016 Pow Wow:<\/strong> Angel and Bob are hosting on Sat. Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. what is both a potluck (so bring food and drink) and a meeting to discuss Chicago hosting the annual Asians &amp; Friends conference called &#8220;ifCON&#8221; in 2016. We&#8217;ll also celebrate Angel&#8217;s birthday! The address is 555 N. Artesian Unit\u00a0i (the letter after &#8220;j&#8221;) in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Holiday Dinner &amp; Ornament Exchange<\/strong>: Sat. Dec. 6 at Wing Hoe Restaurant, 5356 N. Sheridan Road at Balmoral in Chicago. We&#8217;ll be upstairs in the second-floor party room beginning at 7 p.m. Bring an ornament to exchange! We&#8217;ll divvy up the tab, but typically it&#8217;ll be in the $25 range with tax and tip. BYOB too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chinese New Year&#8217;s: Year of the Sheep!<\/strong> It&#8217;ll be Sat. Feb. 28. We&#8217;ll be at the renovated Phoenix Restaurant at 2131 S. Archer in Chicago&#8217;s Chinatown district with 6:30 p.m. cocktails and 7:15 p.m. sit-down, multi-course dinner. Designer Kevin Vong&#8211;who this year helped mentor\u00a0&#8220;Project Runway&#8221; contestant Alexander Knox&#8211;will host a fashion show to honor the wool clothing that sheep give to mankind. Tickets and price are pending. 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