In the aftermath of the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the US in 2015, Cuba is buzzing with the sense that change is underway.

Where

Gleacher Center
608
450 Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, Illinois

Driving Directions:

See www.gleachercenter.com

NOTE ON PARKING

300 East Illinois Street (AMC Theater-River East Self Park Garage)
$8.00 after 3:00 pm on weekdays and all day Saturday and Sunday for a 12-hour period
Garage: Self Park Facility
Payment: Automated; at pay-stations by cash or credit card or upon exit pay by credit card only.
To receive discounted rate: There is a card validator at the first floor security desk of the Gleacher Center. You will only need to insert your parking card in the validator and the new price will be automatically applied. When you leave the lot you will be charged for the lower $8.00 fee.

 

Detailed Directions:
Garage is located next to PJ Clarks and below the AMC Theater.
a) When traveling east on Illinois cross over Columbus and enter the Garage on the left (north) side of the street
b) If driving west on Grand (north of Theater), you can enter the garage ½ block before Columbus on the left (south) side of the street.

Event Details

In baseball-crazed Cuba, nothing might symbolize the prospect for change more than the December visit to Cuba of White Sox slugger Jose Abreu and seven other major-league baseball players. Is baseball to US-Cuba relations as was ping pong to US-China relations? Is Antonio Castro's, a son of Fidel, handshake with Cuban defector Abreu a sign of changing relations between the US and Cuba? David Haugh accompanied these players and will reflect on his experiences against the backdrop of rapidly changing conditions in US-Cuba official, commercial, and cultural relations.

Cost

No Charge

Registration

Register Online

Deadline: 1/21/2016

Program

6:00 PM-6:30 PM: Networking

6:30 PM-8:00 PM: Presentation

8:00 PM-9:00 PM: Drinks at The Midway Club, 5th Floor

Speaker Profiles

David Haugh (Speaker)
Sports Columnist, Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com

David Haugh is a North Judson, Ind., native who played football at Ball State University and graduated with a degree in journalism and political science. He earned a master's from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. His first job was covering Notre Dame football at the South Bend Tribune, where he spent 10 years -- the last eight as sports columnist. He came to the Chicago Tribune in 2003 and spent two years as the Bears beat writer, two as an enterprise writer and three as the Bears columnist. Since 2009, he has written In the Wake of the News as the Tribune's sports columnist. He has won numerous local and national writing awards, as well as maintain a presence on Chicago radio and TV. His wife, Allison, is a yoga instructor who owns and operates her own studio, and they have a son, Blair, and two dogs.

Questions

Karl L. Buschmann, '85 
Co-chair
847 310 0412

Other Information

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Karl L. Buschmann
kbuschma@ChicagoBooth.edu
847 310 0412

Sophia Kholodenko
skholode@uchicago.edu
773 702 0783

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Upcoming Sessions
Mark your calendar for upcoming sessions on the 3rd Thursday of the month in 2016