Fox & Obel –> for more information please visit the website www.fox-obel.com
**With Prepared Foods & Charcuterie Manager Amy Donati
Thursday, February 12th
6-7:30pm�
$45
Want to impress your loved one, but feeling a little shy in the kitchen? This class is for you. Fox & Obel’s own Amy Donati will show you how to whip up the perfect feast for two (or a few more) in this demonstration class without spending the whole evening slaving over the stove. Leave time for romance and learn to make this impressive menu: Caesar Salad, Beef Tenderloin or Salmon en Croute, Baby Grilled Vegetables, Milk Chocolate Tarts, and Fresh Berry Tarts. Enjoy a glass of bubbly while you watch, taste samples of each recipe, and receive 10% off all class-night Market purchases.
**Wine Tasting: Aurelie Baetche of Laurent-Perrier
Saturday, February 14, 2009
5:30 to 6:00 PM
$10
Aurelie Baetche was born and raised in the Champagne (who better to hook you up with its juice?), and is the Brand Ambassador for Laurent-Perrier, the largest independent family-owned house in Champagne. Sure, you’ve been intimate with Laurent-Perrier Brut, but have you been seduced by the Ultra Brut and the Rose?
**With Cheesemonger Aaron Stek
And Jenni Heim of Winebow
Tuesday, February 17th
6-7:30pm
$35
There are so many things to love about Italy: the landscape, the fashion, the food, the people. And of course our favorite – the cheese! Taste your way through over half a dozen classic Italian cheeses including Gorgonzola Dolce and Picante, Taleggio, Robiola, Piave, Brunei, and the mother of all cheeses, Parmiggiano-Reggiano. All will be expertly paired with wines from our boutique department by Jenni Heim of Winebow, one of America’s leading importers of Italian wines. As always, receive 10% off all class-night Market purchases.

Millennium Park –> for more information please visit the website www.millenniumpark.org
**November 19 - March 15, 2009
McCormick Tribune Ice Rink 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM�
McCormick Tribune Plaza and Ice Rink
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Chicago Cultural Center –> for more information please visit the website www.cityofchicago.org
**February 19, 2009 at the Chicago Cultural Center
Lurie Garden Lecture Series: Visions of Green - Daniel H. Burnham and Jens Jensen’s Open Space Plans for Chicago  6:00 PM - 7:00 PM�
**February 21, 2009 at the Chicago Cultural Center
Lurie Garden Family Workshop: That Smells…Great! 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM�
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Harris Theater — for more information please visit the website www.harristheaterchicago.org
**February 13 & 14, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Valentine’s Weekend
River North Chicago Dance
**February 15, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Guadalupe Pineda
Mexican Cultural

Art Institute of Chicago –> for more information please visit the website www.artic.edu/aic
**February 12, 6 p.m. - “The Mysteries of Munch’s Working Methods—Recent Research on The Scream and Madonna”
**February 12, 1 p.m. - “Stories in Art”
**February 13, 2 p.m. - “The Stock Exchange Trading Room by Adler and Sullivan”
**February 15, 2-3 p.m. - John Work Chorale
**February 16, 12-1 p.m. - Consuls General Concert Series—Switzerland
**February 17, 12 p.m. - “The Carriage Trade—Art before the Auto”
**February 17, 12-1 p.m. - Consuls General Concert Series—Thailand
**February 18, 12 p.m. - “Out on the Town in Classical Athens”