Jimmy Bennington Colour and Sound at Red Line Tap

Jimmy Bennington Colour & Sound with saxophonist Artie Black and legendary bassist Brian Smith

featured Sunday November 23rd, 2014 at

Red Line Tap
7006 N. Glenwood Avenue
Chicago, IL. 60626

9 pm - 12 am / $5 cover

Creating the Taste

"Taste of" to feature Rogers Park's Best

The Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce have an idea to create tradition, promote local businesses and host a fun event. Working with World Business Chicago and SEED Chicago, the City of Chicago's curated Kickstarter page, the chamber has launched a crowd-sourced fundraiser to begin the Taste of Rogers Park series of events.

Starting smaller with only forty vendors, the first Taste of Rogers Park will host only twenty restaurants or food vendors, ten for-profit non-food vendors and ten not-for-profit organizations. The reasoning was explained as "showcasing only the best of Rogers Park."



"Being a 1.85 sq mi neighborhood with well over 400 local businesses, the population density and cultural diversity makes this a worthwhile project. It has the right chemistry to succeed. The timing couldn't be better" said Chamber President Bill Morton.



The Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce plans to host the first Taste of Rogers Park at the Artists of the Wall area of Loyola Park with it's Southern boundary being the Windform art sculpture, located North of W. Pratt Boulevard and East of N. Sheridan Road. To include the entire neighborhood, future locations of the event will shift to other parks throughout Rogers Park, including Touhy Park, Willye B. White Park and Pottawatomie Park.

Rogers Park businesses have been calling for the Taste of Rogers Park. One business owner explained his frustration with other festivals in town as not featuring Rogers Park businesses. The Taste of Rogers Park will fulfill this need by accepting only Rogers Park food vendors. Additionally, everything from the promotions company, to printing of signage, banners, tickets, t-shirts, and posters to insuring the event will be by Rogers Park businesses whenever possible.

Sponsorship is three-tiered, Silver ($250), Gold ($500) and Platinum ($1000). Rewards include mentions in all press releases and logos on all flyers. Gold also includes banners and Platinum includes an introduction to all attendee's on the stage during the event. Sponsors and Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce members get $100 off table pricing. Additionally, there are Top Ten packages (for the first ten to pledge) and The One and Only package, which allows a vendor to be the only one of it's kind at the event ($3,000).

In addition, if the Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce successfully completes their goal of $10,000 by August 22nd, 2013, sponsor MillerCoors will donate an additional $5,000.

The Taste of Rogers Park will be a one day family event in August of 2014 which will begin at 8 am and end at 10 pm.

"Come on, everyone! Let's back a Taste of Rogers Park, where the community comes together"! - Chamber Secretary Autumn Davids

Links:

Taste of Rogers Park Kickstarter:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rogerspark/the-taste-of-rogers-park

Official Taste of Rogers Park website:

http://tasteofrogerspark.com/

Official Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce website:

http://www.RogersPark.cc

For additional information contact:

Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce

(773) 850-0049

Taste of Rogers Park

In the words of the Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce:

"The Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce is very happy to announce that today we have launched a thirty day Kickstarter campaign for the first ever Taste of Rogers Park through World Business Chicago's program, SEED Chicago.

The Taste of Rogers Park will be hosted at Artists of the Wall area of Loyola Park with it's Southern boundary being the Windform art sculpture. The Taste will continue to occur every other year and shift to other parks throughout Rogers Park, including Touhy Park, Willye B. White Park and Pottawatomie Park.

Our first Taste of Rogers Park will host twenty restaurants, ten for profits, and ten not for profits, as well as local musicians.

The Taste of Rogers Park will be a one day event in August of 2014 which will begin at 8 am and end at 10 pm.

Children seven and under will enter for free, seniors can attend for ten dollars, and all ages in-between get in for fifteen dollars.

Please check out our Kickstarter and help make the first Taste of Rogers Park happen!

You can fund the event for rewards of tickets, t-shirts, or even sponsorship! Please help us bring this family event to Rogers Park"!

Links:

Sponsorship opens on Kickstarter today at:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rogerspark/the-taste-of-rogers-park

Official Taste of Rogers Park website:

http://tasteofrogerspark.com/

Official Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce website:

http://www.RogersPark.cc

For additional information contact:

Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce

(773) 850-0049

Back Bill Morton Promotions

The Rogers Park 

postcard project

As an advocate for the beauty and potential of my Chicago neighborhood, 

This is the first of a series of postcards featuring Rogers Park.


Rogers Park can be defined by it’s character. It is what we know and love about Rogers Park. It is the personality and spirit of where we live. Examples could be the residents, the beaches or even the cobblestone street on Glenwood Avenue.

Pledge $5 or more - You get this Jarvis on the Lake postcard mailed to your home.

Pledge $10 or more - You get this Jarvis on the Lake postcard mailed to your home and to two other friends.

Pledge $50 or more - You get a framed and signed 8 x 10 photograph mailed to your home.

Visit http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/billmortonpromotions/jarvis-on-the-lake-postcard for more information and to pledge.


- Bill Morton
Bill Morton Promotions
(773) 850-0029

This project will only be funded if at least $350 is pledged by Tuesday Feb 19, 11:30pm CST.


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Just Keep Looking Up

Yolanda Hinton, an accomplished singer, has made great strides in developing and creating a unique and special musical style.

Born in Brooklyn New York, is where she was influenced and surrounded by many musical genres and talent.

Yolanda became involved in music at an early age; participated in musical productions and plays and always noticed for her beautiful, graceful character and great talent. Her signature brand is: “The Lady”.

Yolanda moved from New York to Virginia, after losing her father in a tragic subway accident. Her father’s death caused her to look deep inside her heart to find her purpose in life. She soon discovered people who were lonely and hurting, thus influencing her dream of traveling the world and reaching the masses with a message of hope and healing through music.

Yolanda first reached out in her local community, singing in churches, group homes, youth groups, and drama

companies as well as winning several local music competitions.

Yolanda felt her career needed to move beyond the local arena. She knew that in order to reach national and international audiences, she would have to make drastic moves. She started her own independent record label, Cristo Records™ in 1992. Although she says “the music business is hard”, she still followed her dream and passion to start and make Cristo Records a successful business. With her record label, she produced various artists, created many radio shows, and musicals and traveled the world.

Her album My Secret Place was the start of something big. It had a great amount of progress and Yolanda
quickly invited to Europe to perform with the European Metropolitan Orchestra.


Happy about her success, and felt so blessed that she wanted to give back. Yolanda gave back to the community by establishing Cristo Community Development Corporation, a 501 c3 non-profit organization which started in 2004. CCDC provides mentoring and literacy programs for youth. CCDC also produce and host an annual musical event which provides toys and bicycles for needy families, food and warm clothing for senior citizens.



Cristo Records takes pleasure in introducing Yolanda Hinton in her newest single: Just Keep Looking Up, a song from her forth coming project, entitled: Giving You More.

Just Keep Looking Up is an upbeat inspirational message that will encourage any listener.

Yolanda Hinton
http://www.yolandahinton.com/
Gospel and Christian Adult Contemporary



Yolanda Hinton Just Keep Looking Up is available for secure download to radio stations at: http://www.radiosubmit.com/rs/YolandaHinton


Electronic press kit available at: http://www.radiosubmit.com/rs/YolandaHinton/epk/


Yolanda's Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fSRCQ-uRUU
Yolanda's Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yolanda-Hintons-Fan-Page/257512314283872
Yoland'a Twitter: https://twitter.com/yolandahinton

Information source:
Bill Morton Promotions
radio promotion

The WOO: A Latin Jazz Suite for Soprano Saxophone

Sydney-based, saxophonist Peter MacDonough. His latest album, "The WOO: A Latin Jazz Suite for Soprano Saxophone" is a re-write of the soundtrack to "The Wizard of Oz" in Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian rhythms for Soprano Saxophone. This album features Grammy nominees Jovino Santos Neto and Mark Levine.

sample and purchase Peter MacDonough, The Woo

School of Rock performs in Rogers Park

Working as a member of the Willye B. White Park Advisory Council and owner of Bill Morton Promotions, Bill Morton booked School of Rock at the Rogers Park Men Can Cook event in Rogers Park.

Relevant links:

Rogers Park Men Can Cook Event - Rogers Park in 1,000 Words

photography by Bill's Digital Photography