If you’ve lost sleep worrying about filling your hotel room block and avoiding attrition charges, you’re not alone. It’s a major concern for many meeting and event planners. According to the Event ...

Owner of The Silver Room, Eric Williams and Mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson at The Silver Room Sound System Block Party (Photo credit: Eddy “Precise” Lamarre) In its final year, the Silver Room Block ...

No one told my wife and me that planning a wedding would be easy, but we thought reserving a hotel block -- a cluster of 10 rooms or more, at a reduced rate, at a hotel where our out-of-town guests ...

When your department or school reserves a block of rooms at a hotel for a special event, conference, or meeting, the hotel will likely require an event agreement. This typically will include ...

What started as a block party to bring dozens of Silver Room customers together to celebrate arts and culture grew into an event for thousands in Chicago over 17 years. Now the Silver Room Sound ...

Most large, complex health systems rely on block schedules for managing the complexity of operating room utilization. The concept has a visceral appeal to it — give the surgeon or the service line a ...

The Silver Room Sound System Block Party is coming to an end following a final edition at Oakwood Beach on July 29 and 30, its organizers say. Founded in 2002 by local entrepreneur Eric Williams as a ...

Kilwin’s Chocolates and Fudge franchise owner Jackie Jackson remembers the day The Silver Room came into her life. It was a Saturday, a couple of years ago, about 2 p.m. in July. When she got closer ...

The contestants are certainly taking different approaches. Last year, it was the cheating scandal that rocked Blockheads. But this time around, it was Joel and Elle’s sudden and mysterious departure a ...

Continuing our recaps from our expert panel of ex-Block contestants, who will this year get to spend room-reveal night judging from their couch rather than standing on the proverbial chopping block ...