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Lou Malnati’s Tastes of Chicago – Father’s Day Lookbook!

In honor of Father’s Day, we wanted to reach out and celebrate the holiday with some delicious Lou Malnati’s deep dish and Chicago-style food gifts! Just wanted to send a friendly reminder to treat yourself or someone you love to a sweet box of treats shipped nationwide from Tastes of Chicago. Whether you want to indulge yourself, share great Chicago foods with your friends and family, or if you miss the flavors of home – we have everything you crave!

Tastes of Chicago offers hometown favorites from iconic Chicago brands including: Carol’s Gourmet Cookies, Eli’s Cheesecake, Garrett Popcorn Shops, Long Grove Confectionery, Manny’s Deli, Portillo’s, Vienna Beef, Wildfire, and many more! We offer gift packages perfect for any occasion, gift cards, apparel and other merchandise from Lou Malnati’s. Check out the Father’s Day Lookbook (attached) and website (below) for the following:

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Top Sellers – Treat dad to Chicago’s best foods from Deerfields Bakery, Garrett Popcorn, Portillo’s Italian Beef, Vienna Beef Hot Dogs and more delicious foods!

· BBQ at Home – Spread the love at home with these delicious items just for dad including Original Nottoli & Son Italian Sausage, Portillo’s Hot Dogs, Real Urban BBQ Pulled Pork, Twin Anchors Baby Back Ribs, Wildfire Filets and more to throw on the grill!

· Gifts for Graduates– Send a gift worthy of their big accomplishment with Capannari Ice Cream, Carol’s Cookies, Portillo’s Chocolate Cake, Sweet Thing Confetti Cookie Cake, Trio of Treats, Vosges Mini Exotic Chocolate Bars and many more sweet options!

Celebrate Father’s Day with Lou’s and your favorite foods! For gift giving made easy – we’ve got you covered. From sweet treats to his favorite deep dish pizza, we have just the thing to make him smile. There’s no better excuse to treat yourself, your dad or someone you love. Please visit www.tastesofchicago.com to order many more delicious options. We’ve been shipping holiday happiness nationwide for over 30 years!

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Orange Crush Festival Weekend 2021

Friday, June 18 to Monday, June 21
Jacksonville Beach, FL

Orange Crush Festival Weekend 2021

Orange Crush Festival Jacksonville Beach FL June 18-20,2021 #OrangeCrushFestival #OrangeCrush2021

Formerly Orange Crush Tybee island has been permanently relocated due to lack of resources, limited parking, civil rights violations, and political injustices the annual beach event has been moved and has new locations and new dates. It is unclear if Orange Crush will ever return to TYBEE ISLAND, GA. Luckily Jacksonville FL has agreed to be the NEW HOST city for the culturally historic ORANGE CRUSH FESTIVAL brand. #juneteenth #juneteenth2021

Orange Crush Festival Jacksonville Beach FL June 18-20,2021 #OrangeCrushFestival #OrangeCrush2021

Formerly Orange Crush Tybee island has been permanently relocated due to lack of resources, limited parking, civil rights violations, and political injustices the annual beach event has been moved and has new locations and new dates. It is unclear if Orange Crush will ever return to TYBEE ISLAND, GA. Luckily Jacksonville FL has agreed to be the NEW HOST city for the culturally historic ORANGE CRUSH FESTIVAL brand. #juneteenth #juneteenth2021

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7th International Day of Yoga – Embassy of India

Be with Yoga Be at Home

Embassy of India in Washington DC in partnership with friends of Yoga is organizing a virtual celebration of the 7th International Day of Yoga (IDY 2021) on Sunday, 20 June 2021 at 10:00 AM (EDT).

Keeping in mind the prevailing situation, the theme of the IDY 2021 has been set as “Be with Yoga Be at Home”. The live demonstration of Yoga Protocol will be broadcast through Embassy’s social media channels – Facebook and YouTube. You are requested to watch live and follow on the links given below:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IndiaInUSA/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/IndiainUSA

In addition, the Embassy welcomes you to join the Yoga session with other Yoga enthusiasts and friends online from your home through Zoom. The link for virtual participation is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89053096692

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SOLSTICE IN TIMES SQUARE 2021

Find calm once again within the chaos of life in New York City. Solstice in Times Square will be returning this year for a combined virtual and in-person event on Sunday, June 20, 2021!

Experienced yogis and first-timers alike are welcome to join us in person for one of seven socially-distanced, limited capacity classes, or join us virtually by livestreaming one of the classes throughout the day.

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The Rabbi and the Painter by Shoshana Weiss

Based on stories handed down from the past, The Rabbi and the Painter by Shoshana Weiss and illlustrated by Jennifer Kirkham (9/21/21; ISBN: 978-0-9988527-8-2; Hardcover $19.99; Ages 6-11; 32 pages) tells of the unique relationship between the sixteenth-century Venetian painter Tintoretto and Rabbi Leon of Modena, also known as Rabbi Judah Aryeh. Tintoretto breaks all the artistic rules of the Renaissance with his mannerist painting style while Modena’s interests extended far beyond the typical confines of the ghetto’s synagogue life to the secular world around him. In The Rabbi and the Painter we are transported to a place where cultures mixed to create a breathtaking masterpiece.

Jennifer Kirkham’s colorful illustrations bring Renaissance Venice to life. At the same time, the expressive texture evokes those brush strokes of Tintoretto’s own masterpieces.

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My Israel and Me by Alice McGinty

Coming this fall:
Kalaniot Books will be publishing My Israel and Me by Alice McGinty and illustrated by Rotem Teplow (9/21/2021; ISBN: 978-1-7350875-3-5; Hardcover $19.99; Ages 4-11; 32 pages). In recent history, Israel’s role in the world’s consciousness has been one of conflict, but over the centuries, millions of people have also traced their history, culture, and religion back to this tiny desert land. The result is a country with an incredible variety of peoples and traditions, and a diaspora that still feels connected to that homeland, thinking of it as “My Israel.”

Told in verse, the book introduces readers to the diversity of Israel’s people from a child’s perspective. Explanatory text sheds light on the varied cultures and traditions that inspire the special connection many feel with “their Israel.” Though coincidental, this book has arrived at a critical time and Kalaniot Books hopes it proves useful to parents and educators in starting thoughtful conversations and sharing their own insights about the complicated feelings surrounding modern day Israel.

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8th Annual The Americas Film Festival New York Virtual Cinema

Monday, June 21 to Sunday, June 27

8th Annual The Americas Film Festival New York Virtual Cinema Opens Monday, June 21 with box-office hit THE WEASELS’ TALE by Oscar-award-winning director Juan José Campanella

In partnership with Instituto Cervantes New York

The Festival closes with award-winning dramatic feature MONKEY BEACH by Loretta S. Todd on Sunday, June 27

In partnership with the National Museum of the American Indian

Special guests include filmmakers Loretta S. Todd, Grace Dove, Deirdre Fishel, Campbell Dalglish, Henrietta Mann, Marta Hincapié Uribe, Catherine Murphy

All screenings are free of charge and available online to audiences in NY, NJ and CT

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OF WOMEN AND SALT by Gabriela Garcia -book club event

OF WOMEN AND SALT is the sweeping, masterful debut by Gabriela Garcia — about a daughter’s fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past, and a family legacy that begins in Cuba before either of them were born.

In present-day Miami, Jeanette is battling addiction. Daughter of Carmen, a Cuban immigrant, she is determined to learn more about her family history from her reticent mother and makes the snap decision to take in the daughter of a neighbor detained by ICE. Carmen, still wrestling with the trauma of displacement, must process her difficult relationship with her own mother while trying to raise a wayward Jeanette. Steadfast in her quest for understanding, Jeanette travels to Cuba to see her grandmother and reckon with secrets from the past destined to erupt.

From 19th-century cigar factories to present-day detention centers, from Cuba to Mexico, Gabriela Garcia’s Of Women and Salt is a kaleidoscopic portrait of betrayals — personal and political, self-inflicted and those done by others — that have shaped the lives of these extraordinary women.

A haunting meditation on the choices of mothers, the legacy of the memories they carry, and the tenacity of women who choose to tell their stories despite those who wish to silence them, this is more than a diaspora story; it is a story of America’s most tangled, honest, human roots.

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Coke 400 at Daytona

Saturday, August 28 to Saturday, August 28
Daytona International Speedway

Get outside this summer and spend time with the whole family while experiencing the thrill of NASCAR racing in person at the Coke Zero Sugar 400 Saturday August 28.
From exploring the Midway to the spectacle of pre-race festivities to the excitement of drivers going all-out in this final chance to make the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, you’re bound to create memories that your family will cherish for a lifetime.

Find your tickets now while the best seats are available!

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Rolex 24 – 2022 at Daytona

Thursday, January 27 to Sunday, January 30
Daytona International Speedway

The historic 60th Anniversary of the Rolex 24 At DAYTONA, North America’s most prestigious sports car race that is the ultimate test of endurance, speed and skill for world-class competition, will be held on Jan. 29-30, 2022 at Daytona International Speedway to open the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.

“We are excited to celebrate 60 years of memorable, iconic moments, and the continuation of a rich legacy with the 2022 Rolex 24 At DAYTONA,” said Daytona International Speedway President Frank Kelleher. “We are looking forward to hosting fans from across the globe at the World Center of Racing for 24 hours of the most incredible sports car racing, along with an unforgettable experience at this diamond event in sports.”

The inaugural Rolex 24 was a three-hour event in 1962, initially known as the Daytona Continental, with Hall of Famer Dan Gurney taking the checkered flag. Held on Daytona’s world-famous 3.56-mile road course, the event has become renowned for annually attracting many of the world’s finest race car drivers – from various racing disciplines – to make history against the world’s best sports car racers. Historically, drivers from NASCAR, IndyCar, Formula 1 and the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) have joined forces for the chance to win the coveted Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona.

Daytona International Speedway will pay tribute to noted Rolex 24 Champions with names like Andretti, Haywood, Pruett, Gordon, Foyt, to name a few – as well as the magnificent machines that carried them to victory (Porsche is the all-time overall wins leader with 18 triumphs). Wayne Taylor Racing’s No. 10 Acura quartet of Filipe Albuquerque, Helio Castroneves, Alexander Rossi and Ricky Taylor are the reigning Rolex 24 At DAYTONA Champions.

The 2022 Rolex 24 At DAYTONA will again open the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season, which currently features competition in five classes: the headlining Daytona Prototype International (DPi), Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP2), the new GTD PRO class making its world debut with factory teams and divers, and GT Daytona (GTD) for customer racing programs.

The Rolex 24 weekend kicks off on Thursday, Jan. 27 with practice sessions in all classes. On Friday, Jan. 28 – prior to the Saturday-Sunday, twice-around-the-clock Rolex 24 – the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge season will begin with the four-hour BMW Endurance Challenge.

Like 2021, the track actually will host back-to-back racing weekends with the annual Roar Before the Rolex 24 preseason test sessions on Jan. 21-23 (Friday-Sunday). Qualifying to determine the starting lineup for the Rolex 24 At DAYTONA will take place on Sunday, Jan. 23. Scout Days, a longtime tradition during the Roar Before the Rolex 24 that didn’t occur earlier this year because of the pandemic, are set to return in January.

Select tickets are currently available for the Rolex 24 At DAYTONA and can be purchased online at www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com or by calling 1-800-PITSHOP. They include both 2- and 4-day infield admission packages: 2-day pass – $60 (includes free admission to the Roar); and 4-day pass – $110 (includes garage access and free admission to the Roar). Kids 12 and under are free. Returning guests from 2021 may also log into their account to view their renewal and take advantage of special pricing and no-interest payment plan options.

The Taste of the 24, held annually on the Saturday evening after the drop of the green flag to the Rolex 24, will once again be held with the proceeds benefitting the NASCAR Foundation. It features unrivalled dining experience featuring local restaurant fare in the Midway Suites as part of the frontstetch seating.

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