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InvIted Daniel Bryant, Javon Johnson, and Anthony Irons congo square dinner Michigan Avenue magazine and Mesirow Financial's executive director Les Carter Russell and Twyler Jenkins Coney kicked off the 2012 Congo Square Theatre Company season with an intimate VIP reception hosted at Luxbar. During the event, guests sipped Xanté cocktails and enjoyed light bites as they learned more about the Congo Square Theatre Company and its upcoming performances. Les Coney and Taron Patton Geoffrey Dixon Monika and bear tie ball Mike Strama Chicago's most dashing philanthropists donned their finest duds for the Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation's Bear Tie Ball: Rhythms for a Reason, held on March 10. Hosted by Val Warner and Roe Conn, attendees filled the UIC Forum for an upscale evening of cocktails, dinner, auctions, and dancing. Richard Geoffroy and Clement Durkes Erica and Mario Tricoci, Val Warner, and Roe Conn Nina and Bob Mariano Liz Stiffel and Anthony Freud 40 michiganavemag.com The Women's Board of the Lyric Opera of Chicago held its 10th auction at the Civic Opera House, raising $1.8 million in support of the on-stage work done at the Lyric Opera. Major philanthropists including Tom Ricketts, Christopher and Anne Reyes, and Cindy Pritzker were in attendance for the chance to win travel, wine, or lifestyle experiences and the unveiling of scenes from the recently released Show Boat. wine auction 2012 Elizabeth O'Connor Cole and Eileen Murphy photography by Jeff Schear (congo); Steve Starr (bear tie ball); cheri eiSenberg and dan reSt (wine auction)