PLEASE JOIN US
ON WORLD AIDS DAY
FOR THE 2008 LARRY SLOAN AWARDS featuring the premiere of The Chicago AIDS Quilt Songbook, presented by Chicago Opera Vanguard at THE Court Theater.

The evening kicks off at 6:00pm with cocktails and presentation of the 2008 Larry Sloan Awards at The Smart Museum (next door to The Court), to be followed by the concert performance at 8:00pm.
Tickets are available for the entire evening, or just for the concert - with all proceeds to benefit Season of Concern

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2008 Larry Sloan Awards and Pre-Concert Reception at The Smart Museum, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave., Chicago 60637

6:00 pm - 7:15 p.m - Drinks and appetizers
7:15 pm - 2008 Sloan Awards Presentation
7:45 pm - Guests proceed to The Court

The Chicago AIDS Quilt Songbook at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago 60637. Curtain rises at 8:00pm for this concert of new music written by Chicago-based or associated composers written in direct response to the AIDS epidemic. Performed by Julia Bentley, Michael Bragg, McKinley Carter, Jennifer Connelly, Roberta Duchak, Michael Hoag, Herb Lentz, Nicholas Marotta, Rebecca Prescott, Laura Quest, Stephen Rader, Jeffrey Strauss, Eric Walbruch, Philip Morehead, John Paluch, and VOX3.

THE 2008 LARRY SLOAN AWARDEES 2008 HERITAGE AWARD Mr. William Petersen, Golden Globe and Emmy nominated star of CSI 2008 ADVOCATE AWARD Mr. Larry Baker & JERSEY BOYS Chicago 2008 PARTNERSHIP AWARD Actors Equity Association accepted by Ms. Kathryn Lamkey

"The more I live with AIDS, the more I am amazed not by how much it attacks the body, but by how much it frees the mind." LAWRENCE SLOAN 1959-1995 Artist and activist Larry Sloan died of complications from AIDS on January 19, 1995, but not before making a profound mark on Chicago's theater community and Season Of Concern. A graduate of Northwestern University, Larry's professional career began at the Goodman, where he rose through the ranks to become Associate Director, before moving on to serve as Artistic Director of the critically acclaimed Remains Theatre from 1986-1993. In 1991, Sloan became the first-ever Executive Director of Season of Concern. Under his leadership, SOC doubled its annual budget and raised more than $500,000 for local AIDS service agencies. Larry Sloan remains a shining example of what Season Of Concern can do - and who we are doing it for.