If you’ve noticed a lot more facial hair around Chicago this month, there’s a reason. Men have been growing out their facial hair to raise awareness and funds for prostate and testicular cancer. The Movember (Moustache + November) campaign covers cities across the world and has raised some $47 million dollars thus far.

The event will feature a Bachelor / Bachelorette Auction, celebrity guests, raffle prizes and silent auction including: Chicago Bulls Tickets, Signed Mike Ditka and Marv Levy Footballs, and many more high end items. Attendees will be able to mingle, socialize and network throughout the evening, while helping raise awareness and funding for men’s health and cancer!

For more info, check out the release as well as the Facebook event page.

When: Thursday, November 19

Time: 8:00pm-12:00am

Location: Basil Leaf Cafe

Tech Cocktail makes one last visit to the windy city in 2009!  Tech Cocktail is a highly anticipated event, so register now before it becomes sold out.  Here’s what you can expect:

Join us for Tech Cocktail Chicago 12, a night of fun, mingling with the local technology movers and shakers. Expect to see a handful of new start-up companies showing off their stuff in an expo-style as we wrap up a great 2009 TECH cocktail season.

When: Thursday, December 10

Time: 6:30-9:00pm

Location: John Barleycorn Wrigleyville

Our friend from up north, the always smiling Doni, will be returning to Chicago this month, and you know what that means… a blogger hang! Of course, you don’t have to be a 20-something, or a blogger for that matter to come out.

We’ll be meeting at State, but we can bounce around to a number of other bars in the area afterwards.

Here’s the details:

When: Thursday, November 19

Time: 6:00pm – ???

Location: State Restaurant & Cafe, 935 W Webster (short walk from Armitage brown or Fullerton red line)