The Riverside Foundation’s annual benefit gala “An Affair to Remember” will take place at 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 21 at the Lincolnshire Marriott Resort, Ten Marriott Dr. in Lincolnshire. The event will feature dinner, dancing to a live orchestra, and raffle. Tickets are $200 each and must be purchased in advance. Call Riverside Foundation at (847) 634-3973. Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency will hold its annual winter benefit art auction from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at SAIC Sullivan Galleries, 33 S. State St., Seventh Floor in Chicago. The benefit will feature over 100 works of art, donated by Ox-Bow’s friends, former students, faculty and artists in residence. There will also be an open bar, full buffet and a silent and live auction. All funds raised at the event will be used to support scholarships and programming. Tickets are $100 at the door. For more information, call Laurie Price at (312) 629-6159. The Organic School Project, an organization attempting to fight childhood obesity, will hold its “Smackdown” event from 7 to 10 p.m. Feb. 19 at Goose Island Brewery, 3535 N. Clark Ave. in Chicago. Ten professional chefs and 15 culinary amateurs, chosen by submission, will battle to see who makes the best mac-and-cheese. The evening will include cocktails, appetizers, desserts, eclectic entertainment, live music and a silent auction. Tickets are $75 in advance or $100 at the door. Call Maureen George at (312) 924-0196 or e-mail maureenorganicschoolproject.org. Northbrook Court’s “Wearing Red for a Cause” fashion show and wellness event will take place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 19 at Lord and Taylor Court, 2171 Northbrook Court in Northbrook. The fashion show will be free and guests will have the opportunity to view a yoga/fitness demonstration and receive health screenings or therapeutic massages. There is a $5 donation for each wellness. Call (847) 498-8161. Remy Bumppo Theatre Company will hold its 12th annual benefit at 6 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Grand Piazza, 1431 W. Taylor St. in Chicago. The theme is “The Play’s the Thing” and the evening will feature hors d’oeuvres, a three-course dinner, an open bar and a silent auction. Tickets are $175. For more information, call Remy Bumppo Theatre Company at (773) 244-8119 or visit . The Cove School, a non-profit kindergarten through twelfth grade school in Northbrook, will hold its “Gala of Dreams Benefit 2009” from 6:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at The Chicago Marriott O’Hare, 8535 W. Higgins Road. The event will feature music by the Jeff Sandler Orchestra along with dinner, dancing and silent and live auctions. Tickets are $160 per person. Call The Cove School at (847) 562-2100.
The Justin Wynn Fund Benefit Gala will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Feb. 21 at Prairie Moon Restaurant, 1502 Sherman Ave. in Evanston. The evening will honor the Honorable Lorraine Morton and Don Baker and include hors d’oeuvres, dancing to the Jam Band, a silent auction and cash bar. Tickets are $75. For more information, call (847) 869-4449.