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• Pre-Pride Parade Continental Brunch

  • When
    20 Aug 2017
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    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Red Elephant Chocolate | 119 State Street

  
  

  Pre-Pride Parade Continental Brunch right on the Pride parade route, featuring a light brunch of various chocolate specialties including chocolate covered bacon! Each guest receives one mimosa with registration, additional available for purchase. 

  Red Elephant Chocolate specializes in premium, handcrafted chocolates featuring artistic truffles, caramels, figures, gift boxes and also selections made with the world’s rarest, single-origin chocolate. Located just off the square of the Wisconsin State Capitol Building, the State Street café offers a charming seating area in a picturesque urban setting where guests can relax and enjoy chocolates, ice creams and unique beverages like REAL Hot Chocolate and healthy Cocoa Bean Tea. For those looking for “an experience you’ll never forget,” Red Elephant Chocolate offers classes, tastings and is a perfect venue for parties and events.

  Guests in attendance will receive 10% off Red Elephant Chocolate purchases.

  Cost:  Members: Free; Non-members: $15

  Registration Deadline: August 14, 2017

  
  

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• The LGBTQ Professional in the Trump Era

  • When
    13 Sep 2017
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    7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
  • Location
    The Madison Club, 5 East Wilson Street

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  Marriage equality became the law of the land in 2015. While that was a huge step forward for the LGBTQ community, it was only one step along the journey to full lived equality. Join us to learn about the current political climate in the Trump Era, what is happening on the federal, state and local level, and how that impacts LGBTQ professionals in the area. Joining us to talk about this will be Jason Rae, executive director of the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce.

  
  

  Jason Rae is the founder and executive director of the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce, an organization of more than 500 LGBT owned and allied businesses from around the state. Rae founded the organization in 2012 and has seen it grow to record numbers and achievements, including winning the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce’s Chamber of the Year award in 2015. Prior to his work at the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber, Rae served as a senior associate at a public affairs consulting firm in Milwaukee, WI where he focused on non-profit management, corporate communications, and political campaigns. Rae holds an Honors Bachelors of Arts degree from Marquette University in history and political science. He presently lives in Milwaukee’s historic Bay View neighborhood with his husband, Phillip, and their dog, George Washington.

  Registration opens at 7:00am, program begins at 8:00am and includes a breakfast buffet. Registration deadline is September 6.

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• OPEN Art Exhibit and Networking Event

  • When
    19 Oct 2017
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    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Winnebago Studios, 2046 Winnebago Street

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  Enjoy an evening networking with OPEN at one of Madison's finest art studios. Eric Baillies is opening his studio for an evening of wine, cheese boards from Fromagination and a demonstration of tintype art. 

  
  

  Eric creates photographs using the historical antique process known as tintypes. The process was invented by Fredrick Scott Archer in 1851, and is a wet plate process in which the image is prepared, exposed and developed while the plate is still wet, taking about 10-15 minutes to complete start to finish. The result is a one-of-a-kind, direct positive, which is varnished, cannot be reproduced and will last hundreds of years.

  
  

  During the event, Eric will demonstrate the tintype process. Attendees will have the chance to win a tintype of their own and will receive a discount on future private tintype bookings. 

  Thursday, October 19 from 5:30-7:30pm at  Winnebago Studios, 2046 Winnebago Street. Parking is located behind the building and on the street.

  Members: Free l Non-members: $15
  

  Registration Deadline: August 14, 2017
  

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