Jan 8, 2010

The Chicago Market: Living and Giving Presents A Shop “Late Night” Event

Chicago, IL –The Chicago Market: Living and Giving® is excited to announce its “Late Night” shopping event on Saturday, January 23, 2010. Attendees of the “Late Night” will enjoy an evening of late night shopping, delicious food, cocktails and music – all for a good cause.

The Chicago Market invites buyers and retailers to shop stay late and enjoy two hours of culinary delights with nine Chicago celebrity chefs serving up their signature dishes. Throughout the evening, buyers and retailers will find delicious food, complimentary cocktails and entertainment on floors 13, 14 and 15. Wine, water and espresso / coffee bars will also be available throughout. Retailers and buyers will also enjoy additional hospitality from participating showrooms as they shop the night away.

Chicago restaurants participating include:
Adobo Grill – Chef Othon Angal
Coco Pazzo – Chef Chris Macchia
David Burke’s PrimeHouse – Chef Rick Gresh
Eve – Chef Troy Graves
Kinzie Chop House – Chef Jesus Martinez, Chef Susan Frasca and Chef Alvaro Zamudio
Proseco – Chef Mark Sparacino
Province – Chef Randy Zweiban
Sugar Toad – Chef Geoff Rhyne
Wildfire – Chef Moreno Espinoza

As the “Late Night” event partner, GiftForLife will receive a sizable donation from the Chicago Market. GiftForLife is a charitable organization that was founded in 1992 by a small group of gift industry professionals to promote life-saving AIDS research and education. The Chicago Market is please to partner with GiftForLife and to donate to such a worthy cause.

Shop “Late Night” Sponsors include: Artisan Cellar, FiJi Water, Nespresso, Wein Bauer, Inc., Bloomingdale Signs By Tomorrow and Piano Trends Music Company.

CHICAGO MARKET: LIVING AND GIVING SHOW HOURS
Thursday, January 21 – Tuesday, January 26
9 a.m. – 6 p.m. | Floors 13, 14, 15
Saturday, January 23
Showrooms: 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. | Floors 13, 14, 15
Temporaries and Beckman’s Handcrafted Show®: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. | Floor 8
*Shop Late Night Blowout
6–8 p.m. | Floors 13, 14, 15

Join us for The Chicago Market’s “Late Night” for an evening of showroom hospitality, music and late night shopping, all in the name of charity. The Chicago Market will host two incredible hours with Chicago’s top chefs, serving up their signature dishes. Proceeds will benefit GiftForLife, a charitable organization that funds life-saving AIDS research and education.
Wednesday, January 27
Showrooms: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Floors 13, 14, 15

For more information on The Chicago Market: Living and Giving, please visit www.shopchicagomarket.com or call 800.677.6278 (MART).

GIFTFORLIFE was founded in 1992 by a small group of gift industry professionals who felt compelled to respond to the tragic loss of talented friends and colleagues to AIDS. This group has grown in numbers and has gained significant visibility within the gift and home industries raising more than $4 million for life-saving AIDS research and education. In 2008,GIFTFORLIFE selected DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS, one of the largest funding organizations for HIV/AIDS service and education programs in the United States, as its sole charity partner.

The Chicago Market: Living and Giving is a trademark of MMPI. Beckman’s Handcrafted Gift Show is a registered trademark of MMPI. The Chicago Market: Living and Giving is the longest running gift show in the United States and is a quarterly wholesale tradeshow designed for store owners, retail buyers and designers to shop a wide array of quality products ranging from home accents and furniture to handcrafted or eco-friendly product to collectible items, holiday, baby/children’s product, gourmet and more. The Chicago Merchandise Mart is located at 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654. For more information call 800.677.6278 (MART) or visit shopchicagomarket.com. MMPI is a trade show and property management firm, specializing in managing buildings devoted to wholesale showrooms and commercial office space. MMPI produces more than 300 trade shows, market events and conferences each year.

MMPI manages The Merchandise Mart and 350 West Mart Center in Chicago; Market Square, the Suites at Market Square, Hamilton Market, Plaza Suites, Furniture Plaza and the National Furniture Mart in High Point, N.C.; the Architects & Designers Building and 7 W New York in New York; the Boston Design Center in Boston; the L.A. Mart in Los Angeles; and the Washington Design Center in Washington D.C.

Vornado Realty Trust, owners of MMPI, based in New York City, is a fully integrated equity real estate investment trust. Vornado’s common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and are traded under the symbol VNO.