Celebrity Guests


Wilco’s Glenn Kotche, Actor Marc Grapey, Chef Paul Virant
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The next Dinner Party is July 10th in Grant Park as part of Taste of Chicago in the upscale Chef du Jour tent with famed chef Andrew Zimmerman of Sepia. Tickets on sale now here! Did you miss the last Dinner Party. Watch it below featuring WILCO drummer and composer/percussionist Glenn Kotche, Chef Pete of Read more…

Author Sara Paretsky, New Yorker Cartoonist Pat Byrnes, Chefs Rick Bayless & Carrie Nahabedian
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Did you miss the March 31st Dinner Party? Don’t do that again!  The next Dinner Party is May 12th. BUY TIX HERE. Chef Pete of The Gage will be cooking for Wilco Percussionist Glenn Kotche, actor Marc Grapey, the Mix’s Kathy Hart of Eric and Kathy, and host Elysabeth Alfano. Join us! Tix will sell Read more…

Rick Bayless
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Rick Bayless is joining the March 31st Dinner Party with other guests: famed author Sara Paretsky, New Yorker cartoonist Pat Byrnes, Michelin star Chef Carrie Nahabedian and host ElysabethAlfano. Joan Collaso is the opening act.  Tix available HERE. Rick Bayless was born in 1953, into an Oklahoma City family of restaurateurs specializing in the local barbecue. Read more…

Singer Joan Collaso

Joan Collaso is the opening act for the March 31st Dinner Party with guests TV personality Rick Bayless, famed author Sara Peretsky, New Yorker cartoonist Pat Byrnes, Michelin star Chef Carrie Nahabedian and host Elysabeth Alfano. Tix available HERE. Emmy award winner and international vocalist, Joan Collaso, was born, raised and is living in Chicago. Read more…

Chef Tim Graham of Travelle
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Get your tix for the February 17th Dinner Party.   Http://citywinery.com/chicago/fear-no-art-presents-the-dinner-party-2-17.html Travelle features Chef Tim Graham’s contemporary take on the Mediterranean cuisine. Drawing inspiration from the region’s rich culinary history, the kitchen takes guests on a culinary journey that extends from the shores of Southern France to the exotic spice markets of Turkey and beyond. Sourcing Read more…

Architect Jordan Mozer
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Get your tix for the February 17th Dinner Party.   Http://citywinery.com/chicago/fear-no-art-presents-the-dinner-party-2-17.html Stanley Tigerman called him “a Renaissance man.” Justin Henderson described him as “visionary, idiosyncratic and utterly original”, “a poet, an artist and a maker of magic” and “a springboard into the realm of architecture as art.” Sleeper Magazine referred to him as “one of the Read more…

Singer Anna Fermin
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Get your tix for the February 17th Dinner Party.   Http://citywinery.com/chicago/fear-no-art-presents-the-dinner-party-2-17.html An award-winning singer/songwriter, Anna is well known as the front woman for the Chicago alt-country band Trigger Gospel. The band toured internationally and has released five albums, including the Jay Bennett produced Oh, the Stories We Hold. Her first solo album The Contender was originally released in 2009 and produced Read more…

Lookingglass Artistic Director, Andy White
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Get your tix for the February 17th Dinner Party.   Http://citywinery.com/chicago/fear-no-art-presents-the-dinner-party-2-17.html   ANDREW WHITE is a founding member of Lookingglass Theatre Company, where he currently serves as Artistic Director (a position he previously held from 1990-92). As a Lookingglass Ensemble Member and performer, he has participated in the workshop and development of more than thirty Lookingglass original Read more…

Improviser Susan Messing
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Get your tix for the February 17th Dinner Party!   Http://citywinery.com/chicago/fear-no-art-presents-the-dinner-party-2-17.html In this episode of Fear No ART Chicago, host Elysabeth Alfano goes behind the scenes with improviser Susan Messing, just minutes before her TBS Just For Laughs performance with Michael Patrick Thornton at the Annoyance Theatre. Then, in a rare, unedited interview, Elysabeth talks with Susan Read more…

Rapper DESSA, Film Critic Richard Roeper, Chef Joho of Everest
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If you weren’t able to attend the sold out January 20th Dinner Party, check the clips below. You can buy tix for the February 17th Dinner Party here so you don’t miss out again! February guests are Chef Tim Graham of Travelle, Artistic Director of Lookingglass Theatre, Andy White, Improviser Susan Messing, international Architect Jordan Read more…