Opening Night Eve “The Devil Wears Prada 2”

​OMG haven’t seen a movie that fabulous in ages!!! Merch completely ran out !!!#TheDevilWeardPrada2

Opening Night Eve
“The Devil Wears Prada 2”
AMC River East, Chicago, Illinois 
(SP/Photo by/Copyright 2026 Rieny G. Cualoping - April) via cell cam

Opening Night Eve! Finally! #TheDevilWearsPrada2!

​Opening Night Eve! Finally! #TheDevilWearsPrada2! 

​“Martin Wong: Chinatown USA” Major Exhibition Sheds New Light on the Art of Martin Wong On View at Wrightwood 659, April 17, 2026 – July 18, 2026

​“Martin Wong: Chinatown USA”

Major Exhibition Sheds New Light on the Art of Martin Wong

On View at Wrightwood 659, April 17, 2026 – July 18, 2026

By Rieny G. Cualoping

Wrightwood 659 hosts exhibitions on socially engaged art and architecture, on issues facing LGBTQ+ communities, and on Asian art and architecture. Located in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood in a building transformed by Pritzker Prize winner Tadao Ando.

Yesterday (April 16, 2026), I was treated to a Preview of the fantastical new Wrightwood 659 exhibition, “Martin Wong: Chinatown USA,” which opens to the public April 17, 2026. Located at beautiful 659 West Wrightwood Avenue, in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, the exhibition focuses on “an underexplored through-line in the practice of visionary Chinese American artist Martin Wong (1946-1999): his fascination with Asia through Chinatowns as personal, mythical cityscapes.Wong explored these spaces—filled with Asian art and architecture as adopted in the United States amid the explosion of street culture in San Francisco and New York in the late 20th century—as amalgams of memory, identity, and queer and pop-culture narratives.” 

The first U.S. museum exhibition devoted to Wong since 2017, “Martin Wong: Chinatown USA” is curated by Yasufumi Nakamori, PhD, with Ashley Janke, Assistant Curator, Wrightwood 659. Nakamori is an experienced museum leader, curator and noted scholar of modern and contemporary Asian art from cross-disciplinary and transnational perspectives.

Presented by the Halsted A&A Foundation, the exhibition takes it title from the artist’s 1993 exhibition at the downtown Manhattan gallery P·P·O·W, which still represents the artist’s estate today. Only six years later, Wong died of an AIDS-related illness at the age of 53. Since then, his reputation has continued to grow as a queer painter and poet who traversed identities and sampled a dizzying array of cultural references. Critical attention, however, has largely focused on his paintings of the Lower East Side, and the artists, poets, and immigrants in this neighborhood. Far less recognized are the Chinatown- and Asia-inspired paintings, drawings, and sculptures he created throughout his career. 

Chinatown USA features more than 100 paintings, drawings, ceramic works, and photo collages, complemented by videos and artifacts, among many other subjects of interest.

“Martin Wong: Chinatown USA” is on view atWrightwood 659, April 17, 2026 – July 18, 2026.

For more information about this and other exhibitions at Wrightwood 659, please visit 

https://wrightwood659.org

Wrightwood 659 is open Fridays, 12 noon-7 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m .- 5 p.m. Tickets are $20, available online and by advance purchase only. https://tickets.wrightwood659.org/events

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​#TeamSavannah GOOD Monday Mornin’! #SavannahGuthrie #ClassAct #TodayShowReturn #April6

​#TeamSavannah GOOD Monday Mornin’!

Hell y’ah, WE watched.

#SavannahGuthrie #ClassAct #TodayShowReturn #April6 #ConsummateProfessional

(P.S. And may the evil people who took #NancyGuthrie rot in u know where.)

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Savannah Guthrie Returns as 'Today' Anchor as Mom Remains Missing

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Savannah Guthrie Returns to ‘Today’ Anchor Desk Amid Mom’s Disappearance and Says ‘It’s Good to Be Home’: ‘Ready or Not, Let’s Do the News’

By Zack Sharf

Savannah Guthrie returned to NBC‘s “Today” on April 6 amid the continued disappearance of her mother, Nancy. Joined by co-anchor Craig Melvin, Guthrie got right into the news and did not spend any time addressing the ongoing investigation into her mother’s whereabouts. Guthrie tee’d up the morning’s big stories, from Trump’s war in Iran to inflated gas prices, the Artemis II mission to journey around the moon, Prince William and Kate Middleton attending their first Easter service in three years and more.

“It is good to be home,” Guthrie declared afterward, the only nod to her absence at the top of the show. “Ready or not, let’s do the news.”

“So good to have you home,” Melvin added.

About 20 minutes into the broadcast, Guthrie and Melvin threw to Al Roker for the morning’s first weather update. “I just like looking over here,” Roker said while looking at Guthrie in a loving nod to her return. She replied, “Good morning, sunshine.”

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Savannah Guthrie Returns as 'Today' Anchor as Mom Remains Missing

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2025 Chinese American Museum of Chicago 25th Benefit Dinner (April 18, 2026)

​Always such a fun time! We ❤️ getting to see and spend time with all the smart, interesting, artistic, creative, talented and dedicated people connected to CAMOC! Please join us if you can! 

If we haven’t already reached out to you and you’d like to join our Friends of ENERI group for the 2025 Chinese American Museum of Chicago 25th Benefit Dinner on Saturday, April 18, 2026 at New Furama Restaurant in Chicago Chinatown, please let us know **** and we will submit your seating request. We ask that you fund directly at the CAMOC link below by that date to ensure our seating together!

***** RSVP By Saturday, April 11, 2026 COB or ASAP****with “Friends of ENERI CAMOC 4/18/26” in the subject line. Tickets are $130 each. 

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FW: CAMOC Chinese American Museum of Chicago - Raymond B. & Jean T. Lee Center
Chinese American Museum of Chicago - Raymond B. & Jean T. Lee Center

You’re Invited! Come support CAMOC at our 25th Benefit Dinner.

The Chinese American Museum of Chicago is a special space for connection and discovery. Located in the heart of Chinatown, CAMOC serves as a hub for dialogue, celebration, and learning for everyone.

Whether it’s showcasing the work of local Chinese American artists, highlighting little known touch points of community history, or opening up the space for thousands of school children each year, we are proud to be your cultural home in the Midwest.

Our Benefit Dinner is a night to honor this community and gather together to support our shared future. Secure your seat today and be a part of our journey.✨

🎉 🥢 🎊 🎶 💝 🥂

🗓️ Saturday, April 18th, 2026 | 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Doors open 5:00 PM),
📍New Furama Restaurant 

Tickets on sale now! Become a CAMOC Partner by purchasing a Sponsorships Package or Ad.

🎫 Buy Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2026-camoc-benefit-dinner

✨ Purchase Sponsorships or Ads: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/2026-camoc-benefit-dinner-sponsorship-and-ad

The night’s offerings include:

🥢 A traditional ten-course Chinese banquet dinner
🪭 Live performances
🎟️ Raffle prizes
🌟 Silent auction
🍾 Cash bar and specialty cocktails
🪩 Live DJ and dancing

#Chicago #BenefitDinner #SupportChicagoarts #CommunityHeritage #ChicagoArts #CAMOC

2026 CAMOC Benefit Dinner

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#SetLife Your Friends & Neighbors Season 2 Premiere April 3, 2026!

​T’was incredibly fun last year in New York to be booked to film a Tai Chi scene in a Manhattan park under a code name. Little did yours know who the stars were, or what the real show was, until overhearing a couple crew members talking about when #JonHamm was on set yet! 

Yes he was! And thrilled to be booked as BG in the scene with all the Chinese Americans in the Tai Chi class in the park, while Jon Hamm’s character walked back and forth. 

#YourFriends&Neighbors Season 2 Premiere tomorrow, April 3, 2026 on apple TV+!

Our scene could be Season 2 Episode 1 or Episode 2; hope it stays in! Blink if you see us as a blur in the BG! All of us are in #GoodLuck #Red!

#SetLife #MyLifeAsAnExtra #WhatIDoInBetweenMyOwnShows #FilmingInNewYork #YourFriends&Neighbors #Season2 #JonHamm #OliviaMunn #AmandaPeet #Manhattan #TheBigApple #Jobs #Opportunities #ThankstoMyCastingAgents #SoFun #NewYorkSetBuddies

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