Article: Beat the cold with a tropical fund-raiser for Prairie Center.(Neighbor)

Tired of road salt slowly eating away your car, wind chills and foul five-day forecasts?

No problem, mon.

How about some tropical imagery and music to help you weather the winter?

The Prairie Center Arts Foundation plans to transform a local banquet hall into an island getaway Feb. 18 to raise money for arts programming at Schaumburg's Prairie Center for the Arts.

"It's an evening to pretend like it's summer," said Lucinda Flodin, development coordinator at the village-owned performing arts center. "Think warm thoughts."

"Caribbean Nite" will be held from 7 p.m. until midnight Feb. 18 at Avalon Banquets in Elk Grove Village. The hall's owners, who are ...

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