Celebration+ Emcee: WGN Anchor Dina Bair
Dina Bair is a 15-time Emmy award-winning journalist who is currently the anchor for the WGN Midday News. In addition, she is the medical reporter for the “Medical Watch” segments on WGN Midday News, WGN Evening News, and WGN News at Nine. Dina has managed a team producing Emmy award-winning documentaries on Violence, Sex Trafficking, and Experimental and intensive care medicine. A natural storyteller, Dina has covered Presidential elections, natural disasters, mass shootings, Vatican News, and Pope Francis’s election. As Medical reporter, she highlights health and wellness, new technology, medical breakthroughs, and breaking outbreaks like Covid-19. After 30 years of covering medical and breaking news, she advises station staff and management, translates critical health information, and lends perspective for response to developing stories.
See 2023 Celebration and See 2023 Field Sessions
CELEBRATION+ AWARDS AND RECEPTION
5:45 pm – Registration Opens
6:00 – 10:00 pm – Cocktail Hour, Awards, Reception
FIELD SESSIONS-ONE DESTINATION/TWO SESSIONS
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SESSION 1: COMPOSITION, VALUE, CONTOUR & PERSPECTIVE: 3.0 LACES
12:00 – 4:00 pm Meet at The River Room to board a bus to Graceland Cemetery to join a beginner sketching workshop run by Landscape Architect Dave Lawrie, ASLA. You’ll learn to leverage drawing as a tool for site analysis and communication design intent. Blick Art Material will provide basic drawing supplies.
SESSION 2: THE NEXT CHAPTER FOR GRACELAND CEMETARY: 1 LACES
4:00 – 5:00 pm The Next Chapter for Graceland. The team at Hoerr Scahudt will discuss how Graceland, a historic cemetery, is re-imagining how it can serve its community while honoring its cultural legacy.
HAPPY HOUR
5:00 pm Bus back to the venue for Celebration+
5:30 – 6:00 pm Happy Hour for Field Session attendees sponsored by Division 32.
Early Bird Prices close on August 23, 2024.
We are excited to announce the following sponsors for this year’s events!
CELEBRATION AWARDS AND RECEPTION
PREMIER
Jennifer Woods, Representative
Brad Swanson, ASLA, Representative
LEAD
Cocktail Hour Pre-event Reception Emcee
Bar Bar Lounge
Post-Event Reception Floral Photography
Students
FIELD SESSIONS
Field Session Happy Hour Sponsor
RAFFLE (watch for more!)
Backyard BBQ store
Bark Box
Bronzeville Winery
Chicago Architecture Center
Chicago White Sox
Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants, Arlington Heights
County Materials
Imagine Nation, LLC
Kompan
Landscape Forms
Morton Arboretum
Pikus 3D
Proven Winners
Scavenger Hunts by
For sponsorship and raffle donation questions, contact susan@il-asla.org.
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