Join river enthusiasts and Prairie Rivers Network’s staff and board members for good conversation, food, and fun at our Annual Dinner as we celebrate our rivers and streams.
Where: I Hotel and Conference Center, 1900 S. First Street, Champaign, IL 61820
When: Friday, October 11, 2013
Reception – 6:00 pm (music by Tom Turino; kayak and rain barrel raffle)
Dinner – 7:30 pm
After-party at Houlihan’s
Price: $50 per person or $400 for a table of 10
Keynote Speaker: Robert McChesney
With the cost of US elections growing cycle after cycle, many are concerned about how money influences politics. Will causes like clean water fall by the wayside without big donors and powerful lobbyists pushing them? Our keynote speaker will discuss his newest book, Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America. In it, he and co-author John Nichols shine a light on the new class of consultants who wield millions of dollars to control elections while journalism, a core check and balance on the government, declines. It is important for us to understand these forces, and even more important to understand how we can face this challenge and strengthen our democracy.
Dr. McChesney is a Professor of Communications at the University of Illinois, and a leading scholar charting changes in journalism, in print and on the internet. He will be familiar to many of our Champaign-Urbana members; he hosted the “Media Matters” weekly radio program on the local NPR station for 10 years. He has authored many books on the history and political economy of communication, emphasizing the role media play in democratic and capitalist societies. Not just a scholar, McChesney is also an activist in promoting the diverse and independent media needed for a strong democracy; he co-founded Free Press (www.freepress.net) in 2002 and still serves on the board of directors today. A Cleveland native, McChesney was a sports stringer for UPI before launching his academic career. And in 1979 he was the founding publisher of The Rocket, a Seattle-based rock magazine. In his spare time, McChesney writes about professional basketball for a number of websites.
RSVP: Click here to register online for the dinner.
Reservations are required by October 2, 2013!
You may also register for the dinner by mailing the Annual Dinner Response Card with your check to Prairie Rivers Network.
Dinner Choices:
- Potato Crusted Lake Erie Pickerel with truffled spaghetti squash and slow roasted tomato confit, caramelized brussels sprouts, citrus herb emulsion
- Locally Raised Roulade of Chicken with local chevre, kale pesto, and preserved lemon, truffled spaghetti squash, slow roasted tomato confit, caramelized brussels sprouts, smoked portobello demi glace
- Seared Cauliflower Puttanesca with fagioli (Italian) beans, truffled spaghetti squash, caramelized brussels sprouts and Parmigiano-Reggiano
Dress Requirement? No. There is no dress requirement, however, most attendees dress in business or evening informal.
Thank you sponsors
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Prairie Rivers Network invites you to support clean water and healthy rivers by becoming a business member of Prairie Rivers Network. Business sponsors can be recognized at our Annual Dinner and Illinois Marathon – Run for Your Rivers – charity running team.
For more information, please view our Business Sponsor Form, or contact Vickie Nudelman s at 217.344.2371 or vnudelman [at] prairierivers.org.
