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Saturday 29
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You might not have known that today is Geoffrey Fushi Day in Chicago, nor even who the heck Geoffrey Fushi is. Turns out he’s a partner in the world’s largest violin firm, Bein & Fushi Rare Violins, and a cofounder of the Stradivari Society, a group dedicated to getting good violins into the hands of talented young artists. One such artist, Corey Cerovsek, will help Fushi demonstrate a priceless 17th-century Stradivarius at a benefit tonight for the Chicago String Ensemble. A cool $100 gets you a four-course dinner, the demonstration, and a chance to bid on the goods being sold at an accompanying charity auction. It’s at 5:30 in the Red Lacquer Room of the Palmer House, 17 E. Monroe. Call 332-0567 for details.
You can heighten your social life tonight at a meeting of the Paramount Tall Club of Chicago. The group welcomes men six-foot-two and up and women five-foot-ten and up to their spring membership dance at the Sheraton Suites, 121 Northwest Point Blvd. in Elk Grove Village. It’s at 8 and costs $4 if you’re not a member. Call 853-0183.
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For 60 years the School of the Art Institute has presented an annual student fashion show. This year’s model, Fashion 95, at which 52 design students show off more than 100 outfits for men and women, is spread over two days; tonight’s tonier event–a $75-per-person affair with proceeds going to the school’s fashion department–kicks off with a 6:30 PM reception. Tickets for tomorrow’s performances at 2 and 7 are $15 to $25. It’s in the Great Room at the school, 112 S. Michigan. Call 899-5092 for reservations.
