A Salute to Dick Cavett The museum will celebrate Dick Cavett, the television talk-show legend that brought wit and wisdom to late night television. On June 21, Dean Richards, entertainment reporter and critic on WGN-TV and WGN Radio 720 AM, will serve as emcee for the evening’s festivities, and the Alan Gresik Swing Shift Orchestra will provide music throughout the night.
$125. 6:30 reception, 7:30 p.m. dinner, 9 p.m. program. The salute marks the official kickoff of “Dick Cavett: A Retrospective,” a video exhibition that will run June 24 to Sept. 27 (Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.) in the MBC’s Polk Bros. Theater, Museum of Broadcast Communications 360 N. State St Tickets: www.museum.tv.