Once again, Chicago will be the site of at least two top-notch Oscar fetes.
On Sunday, Feb. 27, Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, will host its annual “On The Red Carpet” Oscar Party. Guests will enjoy sponsored cocktails and buffet while the Academy Awards are broadcast live on the big screen in the Hoover-Leppen Theatre. Guests may bid on vacations, spa packages and more in our silent auction throughout the evening. Moreover, for the first time ever, the center is conducting an Oscar prediction competition.
Doors open for the red carpet pre-show at 6 p.m., and the telecast begins at 7 p.m. Director-level tickets ($75) include admission to the party, and producer tickets ($125) include reserved telecast seating in the theater with table service. See www.centeronhalsted.org.
In addition, the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 164 N. State, will host “Oscar Night America—Chicago,” Chicago’s only event sanctioned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The event will be 6 p.m.-12 a.m.
Tickets are $100 each, and they must be purchased in advance. For more information, call the Film Center at 312-846-2072 or e-mail Joel Mangers at jmangers@saic.edu.