ALS Awareness
The Ben Byer ALS Awareness Award will be presented at the "A Toast of Life," the annual benefit for ALS research from 6 to 10 p.m. March 7 at Enclave, 220 W. Chicago Ave. in Chicago. Chicago filmmaker Ben Byer, who chronicled his fight against ALS in the award-winning film, "Indestructible" will be posthumously honored by the Chicago Muscular Dystrophy Association. Tickets are $75 in advance and $100 at the door. For more information, visit
www.mdatoasttolife.com or e-mail Sarah Madden at
smadden@mdausa.org.