{"id":5077,"date":"2023-04-19T10:49:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T16:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/?p=5077"},"modified":"2023-05-03T13:59:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T19:59:09","slug":"snatchy-matchy-may-20-afc-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/2023\/04\/19\/snatchy-matchy-may-20-afc-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Snatchy Matchy May 20 AFC Fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>CHICAGO &#8212;<\/strong> To recreate the popular 70\u2019s game show, <em>Match Game<\/em>, in the style of TV\u2019s <em>RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race,<\/em> Asians and Friends Chicago (AFC) will stage its own live version featuring member volunteers and local drag celebrities, including Sunny L.A. and Coco Sho-Nell, all to raise money for its entry in the 2023 Gay Pride Parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AFC will host its annual fundraiser on <strong>Saturday, May 20, 2023, at Holiday Club, 4000 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, Illinois, at 7 p.m.<\/strong> In addition to re-enacting the classic game show, a raffle of donated items and special performances will be part of the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets are $15 presale online at http:\/\/afchicago.org and $20 at the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, which will bring together members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) community, also coincides with festivities celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Snatch-Game-Event-photo-042823-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Snatch-Game-Event-photo-042823-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Snatch-Game-Event-photo-042823-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Snatch-Game-Event-photo-042823-150x67.jpg 150w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Snatch-Game-Event-photo-042823-768x345.jpg 768w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Snatch-Game-Event-photo-042823-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Snatch-Game-Event-photo-042823-600x270.jpg 600w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Snatch-Game-Event-photo-042823-133x60.jpg 133w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Snatch-Game-Event-photo-042823-200x90.jpg 200w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Snatch-Game-Event-photo-042823.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AFC Board members Angel A. (lower left) and John M. (lower right), attend drag bingo at The Glenwood recently, laughing to the antics of Bingo MC Coco Sho-Nell. All three will be participating in the Snatchy Matchy Game during AFC&#8217;s May 20 Pride Fundraiser.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Sponsor-thank-you.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5095\" width=\"749\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Sponsor-thank-you.jpg 749w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Sponsor-thank-you-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Sponsor-thank-you-150x136.jpg 150w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Sponsor-thank-you-600x545.jpg 600w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Sponsor-thank-you-66x60.jpg 66w, https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Sponsor-thank-you-99x90.jpg 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO &#8212; To recreate the popular 70\u2019s game show, Match Game, in the style of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5077"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5096,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5077\/revisions\/5096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}