join us for our annual benefit, KERFUFFLE! on Thursday, may 2, 2024

Kerfuffle! 2024 Logo

Thursday, May 2, 2024
Morgan Manufacturing5:30-10:00 PM

Co-Chairs – Samera Ludwig & Mirja Spooner Haffner
2024 Honorees – Carol Prins & John Hart

On Thursday, May 2, 2024, Kerfuffle! will return to Morgan Manufacturing in the West Loop to support the Music, Theatre, Dance, Creative Writing, and Visual Arts conservatories at The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts). We are thrilled to recognize our 2024 honorees, Carol Prins and John Hart, for their unwavering support and extraordinary contributions to ChiArts and many of Chicago’s most notable cultural institutions.

Kerfuffle! welcomes over 350 supporters, arts partners, and civic leaders to celebrate ChiArts’ public, pre-professional, and 100% donor-funded arts conservatories, serving over 600 students from all of Chicago’s 50 wards. Throughout the event, creative commotion takes center stage as guests explore the worlds of ChiArts’ scholar-artists at this unconventional student performance-driven cocktail and seated dinner experience. Be prepared for a one-of-a-kind evening with spectacular live performances, poetry stations, and visual art showcasing how ChiArts is changing the Chicago arts community and beyond.

Complimentary valet provided. Festive cocktail attire is encouraged! Click here for a digital invitation.

Kerfuffle! 2024 graphic with Music scholar-artist singer alongside donation language

Thank you to our kerfuffle! 2024 sponsors

PRESENTER

The Jim & Kay Mabie Family

ARTISTIC VISIONARY

Elissa Hamid Efroymson & Adnaan Hamid
Jim & Karen Frank
The Laksmi Fund/Mirja Spooner Haffner
Tim Schwertfeger & Gail Waller

PRODUCER

The Collens Family
Peter Fidler & Kate Grossman
Betsy & Arthur Holden
Klaff Family Foundation
Gary Metzner & Scott Johnson
Sylvia Neil & Dan Fischel
Denis & Martha Pierce
Amisha Riga & Adam Caplan
The Roderick Group Foundation

STAR
Tom Hurvis & Ann Andersen
Bill & Anne Goldstein
Goodman Theatre
Marilynn & Ronald Grais
Jack & Sandra Guthman
Robert Kohl & Clark Pellett
Joseph Patt & Maril Alsup
Audrey Prins & Dr. Joshua Trachtenberg
Lisa Simmons & John Street
Abra & Jim Wilkin Fund

PATRON
Anonymous
BMO
Clayco
Lois & Steve Eisen
Susan Feibus & Tom Geoghegan
Helyn Goldenberg & Michael Alper
Matthew & Rebecca Grossman
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Marcena Love
Loraine & Steve Kaufman
Sabrina A. King
Alice & John Sabl
Samera Syeda Ludwig

Updated 4.18.24