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Second City, HBH team
for Women's Health Fair
2018-08-29
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The ladies of The Second City and Chicago's premiere women's health organizations are collaboration on the first-ever Second City Women's Health Fair, with She the People & Women's Health Services at Howard Brown Health ( HBH ) as hosts.
The event will take place Thursday, Sept. 6, at UP Comedy Club, 230 W. North Ave. The fair will begin at 6:30 p.m., while the show She the People: Girlfriends' Guide to Sisters Doing It for Themselves will start at 8 p.m.
Representatives from groups including Planned Parenthood of IL, Chicago Women's Health Center, Early to Bed, Empowered Therapy and Howard Brown Health will be on hand before they take in a performance of Second City's The Second City's She the People: Girlfriends' Guide to Sisters Doing It for Themselves—a sketch show created, designed and performed entirely by the women of Second City.
See SecondCity.com/womenshealthfair. |
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