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  • A Royal Weekend at InterContinental Chicago, Magnificent Mile - August 10, 2010

  • Cuatro, Chicago's Brazilian Restaurant, with Bossa Nova Brunches and Granada Mojitos - August 8, 2010

  • The Gage Chicago, Near Theatres and Millennium Park! - August 8, 2010

  • Grand Lux Cafe - Chicago, the Dining Destination to Unwind and Greet the City! - August 8, 2010

  • "A Parallelogram" at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre - July 13, 2010

  • Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Jesus Christ Superstar" at Theatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana - July 11, 2010

  • The New York Botanical Garden Presents "The Edible Garden" 2010 , Amidst Roses and Nature Walks - July 1, 2010

  • "The Sins of Sor Juana" at Chicago's Goodman Theatre - June 28, 2010

  • "Lookingglass Alice" Presented by Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre Company - June 23, 2010

  • "A Streetcar Named Desire" at Writers’ Theatre in Glencoe, Illinois - June 20, 2010

  • "Sugar" at Chicago's Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook Terrace - June 2, 2010

  • Clipper City Sunset Sailing on a Warm Spring Evening - May 30, 2010

  • "Hephaestus": A Greek Mythology Circus Tale at Chicago's Goodman Theatre - May 26, 2010

  • Broadway In Chicago Presents Fuerza Bruta: "Look Up" - May 25, 2010

  • Alfred Hitchcock’s "The 39 Steps" at Chicago's Bank of America Theatre - May 19, 2010

  • The New York Botanical Garden Presents: Emily Dickinson's Garden: The Poetry of Flowers - May 1, 2010

  • Interview with Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace Producer and Directors - March 31, 2010

  • "Ragtime: The Musical" at Chicago's Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace - March 31, 2010

  • "Billy Elliot", The Musical, at Chicago's Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre - March 20, 2010

  • "Matisse: Radical Invention 1913 – 1917" at The Art Institute of Chicago - March 18, 2010

  • The New York Botanical Garden's 8th Annual Orchid Show: Cuba in Flower - February 28, 2010

  • Touring New York Harbor on Statue Cruises: A Day at Ellis Island with Statue of Liberty Views - February 24, 2010

  • Chicago's Theatre at the Center Presents "Noises Off" - February 21, 2010

  • The Joffrey Ballet Chicago Presents "Cinderella" at The Auditorium Theater - February 17, 2010

  • "Busch Fest" at Chicago's Mary's Attic - February 6, 2010

  • "The Brother/Sister Plays" at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre - January 30, 2010

  • O'Neill's "Hughie" and Beckett's "Krapp’s Last Tape" at Chicago's Goodman Theatre - January 25, 2010

  • A Sweeping Tour in the Sunny, New York Skies with Liberty Helicopter - January 21, 2010

  • "Icarus" in Chicago in Association with The Actors Gymnasium - December 13, 2009

  • David Mamet's "American Buffalo" at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre - December 12, 2009

  • The Donetsk Ballet Company and L'École de la Dance of the Mt. Laurel Ballet Present "The Nutcracker" - December 10, 2009

  • "The D-Cup Diatribes" at Chicago's Gorilla Tango Theatre - December 3, 2009

  • Porchlight Music Theatre's "Miracle on 34th Street" at Theatre Building Chicago - November 22, 2009

  • Chicago's Court Theatre Presents "The Mystery of Irma Vep" - November 21, 2009

  • Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s 20th Anniversary at the Harris Theatre for Music & Dance - November 19, 2009

  • "Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago" at The Art Institute of Chicago - November 6, 2009

  • Victorian Photocollage at the Art Institute of Chicago - November 6, 2009

  • "Million Dollar Quartet" Revisited at Chicago's Apollo Theater - November 5, 2009

  • Behind the Scenes Look of "SHREK: THE MUSICAL" at Broadway In Chicago - October 27, 2009

  • Chicago's Porchlight Music Theatre Presents "MACABARET" - October 22, 2009

  • Sunday Lunch at a Viennese Restaurant in Western Massachusetts - October 18, 2009

  • The Joffrey Ballet's "Othello", a Dance in Three Acts - October 14, 2009

  • Chicago's Goodman Theatre Stages "Animal Crackers" - October 13, 2009

  • "FAKE" at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company - October 11, 2009

  • "FEDRA: QUEEN OF HAITI", in a World Premiere At Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre - October 10, 2009

  • "Mouse In A Jar" at Red Tape Theatre in Chicago - October 5, 2009

  • Gray Line New York's "Statue by Night" Tour, with a Sunset Harbor Cruise - September 1, 2009

  • Gray Line New York's "Manhattan Comprehensive", a Full Day Tour, with a Harbor Cruise and Top of the Rock - August 31, 2009

  • Shearwater Sailing's Happy Hour on a Breezy Summer Evening - August 7, 2009

  • "Cabaret" Sizzles at Illinois' Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace - July 31, 2009

  • Dining at Wall's Wharf, on LI Sound, with Wraparound Water Views and a Private Beach - July 24, 2009

  • "Footloose" The Musical, at Munster Indiana's Theater at the Center - July 16, 2009

  • "The Arabian Nights" at Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre Company - July 2, 2009

  • Red-Tailed Hawks and Opening Day of The Edible Garden at The New York Botanical Garden - June 27, 2009

  • "Beyond Golden Clouds": Japanese Screens from The Art Institute of Chicago and The Saint Louis Art Museum - June 26, 2009

  • A Spring Visit to Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay, Long Island - May 11, 2009

  • "The Tempest", at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company: Bring On the Bard! - May 6, 2009

  • The Joffrey Ballet Presents Its Spring Program - April 29, 2009

  • "Of Mice and Men" at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company - April 25, 2009

  • Chicago's Smock Alley Theater Company Presents "The Quiet Man Tales" - March 22, 2009

  • "Hairspray", on Tour at Chicago's Center For Performing Arts - March 13, 2009

  • Batterymouth Performs Improv At Chicago's Apollo Theater Studio - January 21, 2009

  • Chicago's Fellowship For The Performing Arts Presents C. S. Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters" - January 18, 2009

  • Chicago's Goodman Theatre Presents The Wooster Group's "Emperor Jones" - January 7, 2009

  • "Mame" at Chicago's Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook Terrace - October 16, 2008

  • "Million Dollar Quartet" at Chicago's Goodman Theatre In The Owen - October 5, 2008

  • "Kafka on the Shore" at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company - September 27, 2008

  • Shearwater Sailing in New York Harbor on September 11, 2008 - September 11, 2008

  • The New York Botanical Garden and "Moore In America": Monumental Sculpture - August 29, 2008

  • A Shearwater Sailing Wine Tasting Tour with a Wine Connoisseur and Guests from Argentina - August 24, 2008

  • Gray Line NY Sightseeing: “Dining on the Town” - August 19, 2008

  • The Circle Line's NYC Rockin' the River Cruise with John Hiatt and the Ageless Beauties - August 7, 2008

  • Dining and Cruising on Bateaux New York on a Misty, Moody Night - July 23, 2008

  • A Shearwater Sailing Excursion with the NYC Waterfalls on a Sunny Saturday Afternoon - July 19, 2008

  • Watching the Sunset Sweep the Sky, While Shearwater Sailing - July 11, 2008

  • Shearwater Sailing in Manhattan - A First Sunset Sail - July 11, 2008

  • "Benin - Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria", at The Art Institute of Chicago - July 8, 2008

  • Sunday in the Park with Roberta - May 11, 2008

  • Ride Downtown to: The National Museum of the American Indian and Greenwich Village on Gray Line NY Sightseeing Downtown Loop - April 25, 2008

  • The Harbor Lights Circle Line Cruise for Sunset and Moonlight - March 21, 2008

  • Cruising on the Circle Line on a Clear, Crisp, Winter Afternoon - February 24, 2008

  • "Edward Hopper" at The Art Institute of Chicago - February 13, 2008

  • Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light - February 13, 2008

  • Gray Line NY Splash Tour: Riding the Aquabus into the Hudson - October 13, 2007

  • Shearwater Sailing in Manhattan: Labor Day Wraparound – Afternoon and Sunset Sails - September 3, 2007

  • Gray Line NY Sightseeing, NYC ShowBiz Insiders Tour, with Radio City and a Rockette - August 25, 2007

  • Gray Line NY Uptown Loop and Cloisters - 8/11/07

  • Gray Line NY ShowBiz Insiders Tour with Radio City and a Rockette - 8/25/07

  • Gray Line NY Sightseeing, The Downtown Loop, Riding on their Red, Double-Decker Tour Bus! - July 28, 2007

  • Gray Line NY Sightseeing, Downtown Loop, a Great Way to See New York! - 7/28/07

  • Shearwater Sailing: Summer Sunset Cruise - July 9, 2007

  • Artropolis at Chicago's Merchandise Mart Plaza - April 28, 2007

  • Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit, Appearing in Chicago - April 24, 2007

  • "Arte Textil Maya" at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago - February 23, 2007

  • On Location in Manhattan 2007: With Susan Weinrebe - Day One - January 25, 2007

  • On Location in Manhattan 2007: With Susan Weinrebe - Day Two - January 26, 2007

  • On Location in Manhattan 2007: With Susan Weinrebe - Day Three - January 27, 2007

  • On Location in Manhattan 2007: With Susan Weinrebe - Day Four - January 28, 2007

  • "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story" at Chicago's Mercury Theater - February 3, 2007

  • "Betrayal" at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company - February 3, 2007

  • "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" at Chicago's Goodman Theatre - January 29, 2007

  • "Radio Golf" at Chicago's Goodman Theatre - January 22, 2007

  • The Three Musketeers at Chicago Shakespeare Theater - January 9, 2007

  • Canadian Opera Company's Ring Cycle in Toronto's New Performing Arts Centre - September 26, 2006 - October 1, 2006

  • Christmas in New York 2006 at The New Yorker Hotel - December 12, 2006 - December 13, 2006

  • The Pillowman at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company - September 26, 2006

  • Shearwater Sailing: Full Moon Evening Cruise - September 8, 2006

  • Ancient Southwest Ceramic Art at the Art Institute of Chicago - April 22, 2006

  • Spring Opera and Concerts in Berlin and Prague - April 10-18, 2006

  • Dame Edna at Broadway in Chicago - March 14, 2006

  • Tuesdays with Morrie at Cadillac Palace Theater in Chicago - February 28, 2006

  • Girodet: Romantic Rebel, at The Art Institute of Chicago - February 8, 2006

  • The Well-Appointed Room Premieres at Steppenwolf Theatre - January 24, 2006

  • For Hearth and Altar: African Ceramics at The Art Institute of Chicago - December 2, 2005

  • On Location in Manhattan: With Susan Weinrebe - Day One - October 26, 2005

  • Master Harold and the Boys at Steppenwolf Theatre Company - October 14, 2005

  • Beyond Glory at The Goodman Theatre - October 9, 2005

  • Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre Revisited at The Art Institute of Chicago - September 23, 2005

  • Phases of Kawagasaga, Watercolors by Selma Lisit in Chicago - October 14, 2005

  • Shearwater Sailing on Labor Day Afternoon - September 5, 2005

  • Shearwater Sailing: Manhattan by Sail - August 20, 2005

  • Aboard Victory Chimes: A Journal and Photo Documentary - June 12 - June 18, 2005

  • Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre at The Art Institute of Chicago - July 13, 2005

  • Dollhouse at The Goodman Theatre - June 16, 2005

  • An Overview of Opera & Ballet in Eastern Europe: Vilnius, Riga, Tallinn, Berlin and Budapest - May 12 – 22, 2005

  • Red Light Winter at Steppenwolf - May 28, 2005

  • Lost Land at Steppenwolf Theatre Company - May 24, 2005

  • Silk at The Goodman Theatre - May 17, 2005

  • Romeo and Juliet at Chicago Shakespeare Theater - May 5, 2005

  • The Art Institute of Chicago: Expanded Galleries of American Art - April 13, 2005

  • Interview with Michael F. Goldberg - Actor: Kabuki Lady Macbeth - April 13, 2005

  • Kabuki Lady Macbeth - March 29, 2005

  • Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist’s Eye - March 26, 2005

  • The Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum in Chicago - March 25, 2005

  • The Art Institute of Chicago: In Sight - Contemporary Dutch Photography - March 23, 2005

  • Kimberly Hester: Dancer/Singer/Actress in The Producers - February 8. 2005

  • Measure for Measure - January 29. 2005

  • Intimate Apparel - January 25, 2005

  • I Am My Own Wife - January 18, 2005

  • A Day at American Girl Place in Chicago - December 22, 2004

  • Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas - November 20, 2004

  • Diane Burko: Earth Water Fire Ice - September 7, 2004

  • Seurat and the Making of "La Grande Jatte" - August 6, 2004

  • The New Millennium Park, Chicago - August 6, 2004

  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Ravinia 2004 - August 8, 2004

  • Saratoga Springs, NY: The Perfect Summer Get-Away - June 10, 2004

  • Argentine Tango in Istanbul

  • Jazz Institute at Skidmore College

  • The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery

  • Ballet Hispanico Residency at Skidmore College

  • Istanbul and Baila Tango Argentine Tango Festival 2003 - A Journal and Photo Documentary- July 31 - August 11, 2003

  • National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame - 6/19/2003

  • Ballet Hispanico Residency at Skidmore College - Interview with Yarden Ronen - 7/17/2003

  • Ballet Hispanico Residency at Skidmore College - Pedro Ruiz Master Class, a flamenco class, a jazz class and a report on several rehearsals

  • Ballet Hispanico Residency at Skidmore College - Report on an open rehearsal - 6/18/2003

  • Ballet Hispanico Residency at Skidmore College - 6/18/2003

  • Boston Ballet - Romeo and Juliet - 5/17/2003

  • Dance-Related and Music-Related Art at The Art Institute of Chicago - 3/22/2003

  • Degas and the Dance - 3/16/2003

  • Opus 1 Contemporary Dance - 3/15/2003

  • First Night -- Providence, RI - 2003 - 12/31/2002

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    For more information, contact Dr. Roberta E. Zlokower at zlokower@bestweb.net