{"id":2835,"date":"2016-02-21T09:09:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-21T15:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/?p=2835"},"modified":"2016-02-21T09:09:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T15:09:24","slug":"year-of-the-monkey-business-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/21\/year-of-the-monkey-business-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Year of the Monkey Business 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Great memories of last night&#8217;s Year of the Monkey Business, with rousing numbers like &#8220;Lydia the Tattooed Lady,&#8221; &#8220;Minnie the Moocher&#8221; and &#8220;Let&#8217;s Misbehave.&#8221; Thanks to the Phoenix Restaurant for great food, Joel and Craig for MC&#8217;ing, Rob for sound crew, Bob for videotaping and the cast: Angel, Frank, Matt, Robert and Ruben. We had a barrel of monkeys!<\/p>\n<p>And check out our Calendar of Events for two upcoming March gatherings: A drag show in Lake Forest and a St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Dining Club outing at Chief O&#8217;Neill&#8217;s. See you soon!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2851\" src=\"http:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3653.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3653\" width=\"1373\" height=\"1078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3653.jpg 1373w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3653-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3653-600x471.jpg 600w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3653-768x603.jpg 768w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3653-1024x804.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1373px) 100vw, 1373px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/21\/year-of-the-monkey-business-2016\/okeeffe\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2836\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2836\" 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